POLITICS

Trump EPA Refers Biden Green Grants to Inspector General, Citing ‘Pattern of Political Favoritism’

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EPA’s inspector general referral cites multiple Free Beacon reports EPA administrator Lee Zeldin at his confirmation hearing (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) The Environmental Protection Agency formally referred several Biden-era green energy grants to its inspector general, requesting a full investigation into the matter following a series of Washington Free Beacon reports that highlighted potential conflicts of

Trump announces Taiwanese chip giant’s $100 billion investment in U.S.

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Washington — President Trump announced Monday that a leading Taiwanese semiconductor chip company plans to invest $100 billion in new manufacturing plants in the U.S. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, or TSMC, is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of semiconductor chips, and plans to make the major investment over the next several years. Mr. Trump

USAID Official Warns Block of Foreign Aid Will Cost Lives, Then Says He’s Been Put on Leave

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Nicholas Enrich is USAID’s acting assistant administrator for global health. A senior official with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in an email on March 2 warned that the Trump administration’s dismantling of the agency will result in unnecessary deaths—only to email his staff less than 30 minutes later to say that he had been placed

Trump Vows ‘Big’ Congressional Address: ‘I Will Tell It Like It Is’

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The president is expected to address his recent clash with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, among other topics. President Donald Trump’s first congressional address of his second term will take place on March 3. “Tomorrow night will be big. I will tell it like it is!” the president wrote in all caps on his Truth Social