CEQ-led Permitting Innovation Center Debuts Tech to Streamline NEPA Reviews – CE Explorer

The White House continues its momentum to modernize permitting technology, launching a tool to aid the finding of categorical exclusions across Federal agencies. Today, the White House Council on Environmental Quality unveiled the Categorical Exclusion Explorer (CE Explorer), a technology tool that will increase transparency and streamline environmental reviews and permitting processes by providing a

Trump, Musk Trade Barbs Amid Break Over Policy Bill

The relationship ruptured in real time online, spurred by disagreement over the deficit impact of Trump’s policy bill. Simmering policy disagreements between President Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk on June 4 devolved into open conflict after Trump criticized his former ally from the Oval Office. After Musk ratcheted up his criticisms of Trump’s

IDF Recovers Bodies of Two Israeli Americans Killed by Hamas on October 7

The Israel Defense Forces confirmed Thursday that it has recovered from Gaza the bodies of two Israeli Americans who were killed during Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attack on Israel. Victims Gadi Haggai, 72, and Judy Weinstein-Haggai, 70, were murdered by members of the Mujahideen Brigades, a small Palestinian terrorist group, and taken into Gaza

FBI Deputy Director Says Current US ‘Threat Picture’ Is ‘Dramatic’

Bongino cited the “threat of China infiltration into our systems” and “the threat of AI alignment,” in addition to “the drone threat.’ FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino provided an update on Wednesday about what “threat picture” the United States currently faces, citing drone attacks, artificial intelligence (AI), and Chinese infiltration. “The threat picture now for