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Audrey Streb

Audrey Streb is a D.C.-based reporter covering energy and politics for Heartlander News. Her reporting has been featured in The Daily Caller, The Daily Signal, RealClear Policy/Energy, and The…

Government
Trump EPA chief warns no one should spend Biden-era green bank money: ‘Those grants are canceled’ 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin said Wednesday that Biden-era climate grants are canceled “litigation aside” and that anyone holding the money should return it to the federal… Read More

October 15, 2026
Politics
GOP lawmaker says Congress can’t wait for Supreme Court to stop backdoor climate tax 

Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyoming, told Heartlander News the Supreme Court could rule in a landmark climate change case in a way that prolongs the litigation. She urged Congress to… Read More

October 9, 2026
(Image credit: Heartlander News' Audrey Streb interviews Andrew Thompson)
Politics
WATCH: ‘Not necessarily concerned about labels’: DSA leader isn’t too worried about being called a communist

Andrew Thompson, a member of the National Political Committee for the Democratic Socialists of America, told Heartlander News that he is more concerned with building a better world than… Read More

October 8, 2026
Politics
WATCH: ‘I don’t really know if I have an answer’: Top DSA member on what it means to be an American 

What does it mean to be American? Andrew Thompson, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America’s National Political Committee, said he sees himself as “more of an internationalist.”… Read More

October 8, 2026
Members of the Democratic Socialists of America march at the Occupy Wall Street protest in New York. 17 September 2011. By David Shankbone
Politics
EXCLUSIVE: Socialism is gaining ground in America. We asked a DSA leader all about it. 

(This is the first part in a series on the rise of the DSA, Democratic Socialists of America) They want to abolish the Senate, the Electoral College and… Read More

October 7, 2026