WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin on Feb. 12 announced the elimination of a 2009 finding that served as the basis of U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. “Effective immediately, we are repealing the ridiculous endangerment finding and terminating all additional green emissions standards imposed unnecessarily on vehicle models
The U.S. Department of Justice in Washington on Aug. 7, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times Gail Slater said on Feb. 12 that she is resigning from her role leading the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) antitrust litigation. “It is with great sadness and abiding hope that I leave my role as [assistant attorney general] for antitrust
President Donald Trump waves as he boards Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Md., on Jan. 16, 2026. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images President Donald Trump on Feb. 12 warned Republican lawmakers they will face consequences if they vote against his tariff agenda, after a handful of GOP lawmakers sided with Democrats to pass
The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier leaves Naval Station Norfolk, in Norfolk, Va., on June 23, 2025. AP Photo/John Clark, File President Donald Trump on Thursday appeared to confirm in a post on social media that a second aircraft carrier is being prepared to be sent to the Middle East as talks with Iran
The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier leaves Naval Station Norfolk, in Norfolk, Va., on June 23, 2025. AP Photo/John Clark, File President Donald Trump on Thursday appeared to confirm in a post on social media that a second aircraft carrier is being prepared to be sent to the Middle East as talks with Iran
Ballots for the primary elections are arranged by party affiliation at the Lancaster County Election Committee offices in Lincoln, Neb., on April 14, 2020. Nati Harnik/AP Photo Nebraska’s Republican secretary of state is moving ahead with plans to turn over sensitive voter registration data to the Department of Justice (DOJ) after the Nebraska Supreme Court
A street during a winter storm in New York City on Jan. 25, 2026. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times Fallout from the severe winter storm continues to show up in employment data, with initial jobless claims remaining elevated last week. The number of Americans filing applications for first-time unemployment benefits dropped by 5,000 to 227,000 for