“It’s a legal question that the president is looking into,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said. President Donald Trump would consider deporting American citizens convicted repeatedly of violent crimes to prisons outside the country if it were legally allowed, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Tuesday. “It’s a legal question that the
The judge said agencies following the president’s direction cannot ‘hamstring in perpetuity two statutes passed by Congress during the previous administration.’ A federal judge on April 15 blocked the Trump administration from freezing the disbursement of funds for climate and infrastructure grants, finding that the pause in disbursing funds was illegal. Nonprofits suing the administration
Fifteen state attorneys general urged a group of top corporate leaders on April 15 to drop their companies’ diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs. Such programs are “divisive” and “unlawful,” the state officeholders, led by Andrew Bailey of Missouri, said in correspondence addressed to Business Roundtable. The six-page letter was signed by 14 other state
As the president imposes retaliatory tariffs, companies like Nvidia are committing to setting up manufacturing hubs in the country. President Donald Trump issued a memorandum to expeditiously conduct environmental reviews and evaluate permits for leveraging modern technology and fast-tracking related projects in the country. Trump has ordered executive departments and agencies to “make maximum use
The Energy Information Administration’s Long-Range Outlook predicts declining oil demand, flatlining natural gas output, and greater renewable reliance by 2050. The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) is sticking with its previous projections that demand for domestic oil will decline in the next decade, while natural gas production flatlines, and non-nuclear renewable energies continue to grow.
News Analysis WASHINGTON—As the trade war between the United States and China intensifies, Beijing seems ready to use any means necessary to prolong the fight rather than concede. Many in Washington argue that sustained high tariffs could ultimately end the trade relationship between the two countries and accelerate long-desired decoupling from China. Losing access to
Another executive order calls for prioritizing the procurement of ‘commercially available products and services’ rather than noncommercial, custom alternatives. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday that aims to simplify and streamline regulations for the federal government’s procurement of goods and services. The order directs the Office of Federal Public Procurement Policy to