Nearly 8,000 Venezuelan nationals returned on ICE deportation flights since March

The Trump administration has conducted 40 removal flights to the Venezuelan capital of Caracas, deporting nearly 8,000 Venezuelan nationals since March, according to senior Department of Homeland Security officials who spoke to CBS News on the condition of anonymity.  The flights began after Venezuela agreed in March to resume repatriation flights, and have continued amid

Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Grants Regulatory Relief from Burdensome EPA Restrictions to Promote American Copper Security

PROVIDING REGULATORY RELIEF: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed a Proclamation granting two years of regulatory relief from a stringent Biden-Era EPA rule on primary copper smelting, an industry vital to national security and economic resilience. The Proclamation allows the stationary source named in the Proclamation to comply with the EPA standards that were in

Regulatory Relief for Certain Stationary Sources to Promote American Mineral Security

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION  1.  Copper is essential to America’s energy, defense, and manufacturing sectors.  From the electric grid to semiconductors, copper plays a critical role in supporting our modern economy.  Maintaining and increasing domestic copper smelting capacity is vital to reducing reliance on foreign supply chains and