President Donald Trump’s May executive orders seeking to “reinvigorate” the nation’s nuclear energy industry will boost the bipartisan push begun with 2024’s adoption of the ADVANCE Act, but more regulatory clear-cutting and investment is needed to sustain that momentum, reactor developers and operators say. If not, they told a House panel, the United States could
WASHINGTON—Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and diplomats from several other countries in the Arctic Council voiced opposition on Thursday to President Donald Trump’s statements about Greenland. “I am not one who believes that threatening another country is a good diplomatic tool,” said Murkowski, whose Arctic state borders Canada and Russia. Original News Source Link – Epoch
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has a full plate ahead of him if he secures a face-to-face meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump at the upcoming G7 summit. The forum, which will run from June 15 to 17 in Canada, serves as a high-profile political and economic forum for key nations to discuss global issues.
President Donald Trump took environmentally focused executive action on June 12, issuing memoranda concerning wildfires and the Columbia River. The first, titled “Empowering Commonsense Wildfire Prevention and Response,” called for the streamlining of federal wildland fire governance, the encouragement of local wildfire preparation and response, and the strengthening and modernizing of wildfire mitigation and response.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a June 12 press release that the Israeli government acted unilaterally in its decision to strike Iran, and the United States provided no direct assistance in the attack. “We are not involved in strikes against Iran and our top priority is protecting American forces in the region,” Rubio
U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer said in an order that President Donald Trump must return control of the National Guard to California Gov. Gavin Newsom. Trump’s actions “were illegal—both exceeding the scope of his statutory authority and violating the Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution,” Breyer said. Original News Source Link – Epoch TimesRunning
A federal appeals court has issued a temporary stay in a ruling handed down just hours earlier on June 12, essentially restoring President Donald Trump’s control of the California National Guard, which he has temporarily placed under his command amid protests and riots in Los Angeles. The order comes just hours after U.S. District Judge