To nobody’s surprise, it is already evident that President Trump’s second term will mark a significant shift in environmental regulation and policy from the Biden Administration. This article marks the first in a where we will highlight and analyze some of the Trump Administration’s early initiatives regarding environmental law and regulation as well as what…
U.S. President Donald Trump toured parts of California damaged by wildfire as firefighters in the Los Angeles area continued to confront multiple blazes amid high winds and dry conditions. Trump surveyed recovery efforts from a helicopter on Friday, including flying over the Pacific Palisades neighborhood where a fire left rows of homes in ashes. The…
WASHINGTON — The Sultani family was nearing the final stages of their case to resettle in the U.S., though their plan was disrupted after President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Jan. 20 suspending the relocation of refugees to the U.S. “My family and I couldn’t sleep at night” since the executive order was…
Now that President Bashar al-Assad’s long rule in Syria has ended, family members and hostage aid groups are taking the search for missing journalist Austin Tice to Damascus, checking abandoned prisons for signs of the American. Cristina Caicedo Smit has more. Camera: Hasan Aljani and Yan BoechatThis post was originally published on here
Among the plans U.S. President Donald Trump laid out on his first day back in office was a directive for the United States to abandon its shift toward clean energy and increase oil production. White House Bureau Chief Patsy Widakuswara looks at the challenges facing such policies, as much of the world continues to embrace…
The list of American presidents stretches over more than two centuries, starting with George Washington, the first president of the United States, who took office in 1789. Each president played a vital role in shaping the nation’s policies, from domestic matters to international diplomacy. Serving as the head of the executive branch, presidents are tasked…
Last week, EFF, along with the Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan, ACLU, and ACLU of Michigan, filed an amicus brief in People v. Carson in the Supreme Court of Michigan, challenging the constitutionality of the search warrant of Mr. Carson’s smart phone. In this case, Mr. Carson was arrested for stealing money from his neighbor’s…
WASHINGTON — The State Department ordered a sweeping freeze Friday on new funding for almost all U.S. foreign assistance, making exceptions for emergency food programs and military aid to Israel and Egypt. The order threatened a quick halt to many of the billions of dollars in U.S.-funded projects globally to support health, education, development, job…
Welcome to 538’s politics chat. The transcript below has been lightly edited. tia.yang (Tia Yang, senior editor): President Donald Trump’s second term began on Monday, and he’s already taken a record number of executive actions. A lot has happened this week, so today we thought we’d debrief and discuss what mattered most (or least), what…
washington — Giant pandas have returned to the National Zoo in Washington, drawing joyful crowds. Two pandas, Bao Li and Qing Bao, made their public debut Friday in front of hundreds of excited fans, the first pandas at the zoo in more than a year. Lisa Barham came all the way from Cleveland, Ohio, with…