The Trump administration is rescinding a total of $1.5 billion in health and transportation funds from multiple blue states, a spokesperson for the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) confirmed Thursday. The OMB directed the Transportation Department to rescind $943 million from Colorado, Illinois, California and Minnesota, and it directed the Centers for...
Dozens of Democratic lawmakers are calling on the Trump administration to halt a proposed rollback of vehicle mileage standards, warning that weakening the standards could have detrimental effects on fuel efficiency and Americans’ wallets and worsen climate change. The lawmakers argued in a Feb. 4 letter to Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy that the rollbacks would...
The Trump administration on Wednesday pushed for a trade system involving price floors for minerals during a summit it held with representatives from multiple nations. Vice President J.D. Vance announced the price floor initiative at the Critical Minerals Ministerial meeting at the State Department. “This morning, the Trump administration is proposing a concrete mechanism to...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Russian missiles and drones have pounded Ukraine’s energy grid in recent weeks, plunging people into frozen darkness in one of the country’s coldest winters on record. Ukraine has accused Russia of illegally targeting power infrastructure during the war to deny civilians light, heating and running water. "Taking advantage of the...
From Feb. 12-28, park resource crews will cut down tamarisk trees in the area and then treat the stumps with the herbicide triclopyr. The National Parks Service said in a Jan. 27 news release that it will remove invasive trees in Big Bend National Park, along the Rio Grande and the park's hot springs area.
The Trump administration is preparing to issue a license to formally allow more companies to drill for oil in Venezuela. A source familiar with the plan told The Hill that a general license could come as soon as this week. The plan was first reported by Bloomberg. White House spokesperson Taylor Rogers, in a written statement,...
A federal court on Monday halted the last of five stop work orders issued by the Trump administration in December to block major offshore wind farms, giving the wind energy industry five legal wins in a row over the government. Reagan appointee Royce Lamberth granted an injunction against the administration's stop work order against Sunrise Wind,...
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and 15 other Senate Democrats sent a letter to the EPA and Army Corps of Engineers rebuking a proposed rule that would limit federal water protections, arguing that it ignores science and threatens drinking water for millions of Americans.
The Trump administration plans to roll back vehicle mileage standards for heavy-duty pickup trucks and vans, it announced in a letter to manufacturers Friday. In the letter, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Administrator Jonathan Morrison said the administration would propose to roll back the standards, which were tightened under the Biden administration. “NHTSA is moving forward...
President Trump announced a trade deal with India on Monday after he said the country’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi pledged to buy U.S. and “potentially” Venezuela oil, and not oil from Russia. Trump wrote in a TruthSocial post that it was “an honor” to speak to Modi on Monday morning, noting that the two leaders...
