Washington — The cadets graduating Saturday from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point spent four years studying strategy, ethics and the art of leadership. They march past statues of battlefield giants, memorize the lessons of Antietam and Afghanistan and are steeped in stories of courage drawn from the long arc of American military history.
‘A president may not initiate large-scale executive branch reorganization without partnering with Congress,’ the judge wrote. A federal judge on May 22 extended her temporary block on President Donald Trump’s plans to carry out large-scale workforce reductions while a legal challenge plays out, saying his administration cannot restructure the government without the consent of Congress.
President Trump’s signature budget legislation would punish 14 states that offer health coverage to people in the U.S. without authorization. The states, most of them Democratic-led, provide insurance to some low-income immigrants — often children — regardless of their legal status. Advocates argue the policy is both humane and ultimately cost-saving. But the federal legislation,
US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer has earmarked Australia’s impending ‘Revive’ National Cultural Policy. Australia has been named as one of several governments that “undercut” the U.S. film industry, according to a social media post by a top U.S. trade official. On May 23, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer wrote about the Trump administration’s efforts to
Fifth-graders investigate California bill targeting anti-aging skincare sales to minors | Investigating “Sephora kids” Solutions – CBS News <meta property="og:description" content="Skincare brands are making billions of dollars a year selling products to tweens: kids under 12. Dermatologists warn that some of those products can be harmful to young skin. So, a California lawmaker wants to
Inflation Reduction Act rewrite would block access to key U.S. subsidies starting in 2026. Chinese clean energy companies would be excluded from tax benefits they enjoyed under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), should the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, currently considered by the U.S. Congress, become law. The act, a budget reconciliation package aimed to
The GAO says the Transportation Department had overstepped its authority in a directive to revoke EV-related funding that had been mandated by Congress. A government watchdog says President Donald Trump’s administration may have violated a little-known federal law through a move to rescind funding for a Biden-era electric vehicle (EV) program. The law in question,