US Small Business Administration Cutting More Than 40 Percent of Workforce

It means that about 2,700 staffers will be removed from the agency’s workforce of 6,500, the SBA announced. The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is planning to cut more than 40 percent of its workforce as part of a broader Trump administration effort to slash federal staffing, the agency announced Friday. The agency said it

Ruling Gives EPA Green Light to Suspend Approvals for New Jersey Wind Power Project

In a potential precedent, an appeals board says the agency can ’remand’ Atlantic Shores’ permits under Trump’s directive halting offshore wind development. An appeals board has upheld the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) suspension of approved permits for a massive wind power venture off New Jersey’s coast in compliance with President Donald Trump’s Jan. 20 executive

Trump’s Energy Chief Maps Out Plan to ‘Unleash America’s Balance Sheet’

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum tells global energy leaders the nation’s assets ‘far exceed’ its debt but must be catalogued, capitalized, and counted. HOUSTON—Americans are constantly reminded the nation is in debt—$36.5 trillion, at last count—and often told what their individual “share” of that liability is, nearly $110,000 each, at last count. But there’s a missing

Trump Admin Grants 30 Day Extension for NYC to End Congestion Toll for Manhattan Drivers

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the extension will give officials more time to discuss the program. The Trump administration announced on March 20 that it is extending a deadline it gave to New York City last month to end its $9 congestion pricing program for drivers entering parts of Manhattan. In February, the U.S. Department

SBA to Take Over Student Loans as Department of Education Is Overhauled, Trump Says

The announcement follows Trump’s executive order to reduce the Department of Education. President Donald Trump announced on March 21 that two primary functions of the Department of Education will be moved to other federal agencies. Student loan processing will be moved to the Small Business Administration (SBA), and the oversight of funding and some programming

Boeing to Build Secretive Future Fighter Jet, Trump Announces

Trump said an experimental version of the Boeing stealth fighter has already been flying for around five years. President Donald Trump on Friday announced that the U.S. Air Force had awarded Boeing a contract to develop the U.S. Air Force’s secretive next-generation fighter jet. Trump said this new fighter jet will be designated the F-47.