Trump Issues Memo Streamlining Critical Mineral Funding, Permitting

Lepidolite, used for lithium ores, in a mine near San Diego County on Dec. 27, 2024. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times President Donald Trump on June 30 signed a memorandum that the White House in a fact sheet said “fosters interagency coordination” in energy funding for critical mineral projects “to better prioritize the use of taxpayer

Planned Parenthood Defunding Provision Clears Senate Parliamentarian Review in GOP Budget Bill

Planned Parenthood signage is displayed outside of a clinic in Los Angeles on May 16, 2023. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP/Getty Images A Republican provision to block Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood for one year can remain in the Trump-endorsed One Big Beautiful Bill Act without jeopardizing its passage through a party-line budget reconciliation process, the Senate

These Energy Tax Credits Are on Chopping Block in GOP Megabill

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) departs a meeting with Senate Republicans in the U.S. Capitol on June 28, 2025. Al Drago/Getty Images A revised Senate Republican megabill to implement President Donald Trump’s agenda hastens terminations of tax credits for renewable energy development, while offering a new tax inducement for coal production. Senate Republicans are currently racing