Trump hints at deep cuts at the EPA, alarming workers and groups

President Trump said the head of the Environmental Protection Agency is prepared to implement deep staffing and spending cuts as part of the administration’s efforts to downsize the executive branch, raising fears among employees and environmental groups about the impacts of the reductions. “He thinks he’s going to be cutting 65 or so percent of

Replay: House Committee Hearing on Fostering American Innovation

The House Small Business Committee holds a hearing on “Fostering American Innovation: Insights into SBIR/STTR Program” at 10 a.m. ET on Feb.26. Witnesses: Mr. Bill Marinelli, president and CEO, Physical Sciences Inc. Ms. ML Mackey, CEO and co-founder, Beacon Interactive Systems Mr. Cyrus Miryekta, CEO, Ravelin US Mr. Jere G… Original News Source Link –

House Committee Hearing on Fostering American Innovation

The House Small Business Committee holds a hearing on “Fostering American Innovation: Insights into SBIR/STTR Program” at 10 a.m. ET on Feb.26. Witnesses: Mr. Bill Marinelli, president and CEO, Physical Sciences Inc. Ms. ML Mackey, CEO and co-founder, Beacon Interactive Systems Mr. Cyrus Miryekta, CEO, Ravelin US Mr. Jere G… Original News Source Link –

U.S. charges Tajik man living in New York with conspiring to help ISIS

Washington — A Tajik man living in New York was arrested and charged with conspiring to provide material support to the ISIS and ISIS-K terrorist groups, according to court documents unsealed Wednesday. Federal prosecutors alleged that Mansuri Manuchekhri, a Tajik national who was illegally living in Brooklyn, facilitated the transfer of over $70,000 to ISIS-affiliated

U.S. officials walk back plans to stop culling poultry for bird flu

U.S. Department of Agriculture officials said Wednesday that there are “no anticipated changes” to the current federal policy requiring poultry to be culled in response to bird flu outbreaks, which have driven up egg prices to record highs in recent months. The decision marks a rebuke of an idea floated by Trump administration officials in

DOJ Will Crack Down on Campus Anti-Semitism, Trump Nominee for Civil Rights Division Says

The Department of Justice will take aggressive action against rising anti-Semitism on college campuses throughout the United States, Harmeet Dhillon said Wednesday at her confirmation hearing for assistant attorney general for the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division. “We’ve seen anti-Semitism sweep the nation, and it is very problematic that many people of the Jewish faith are

Survey Shows Pause in US Decline of Christianity

Young adults also presented as far less religious than those of older generations—a fact that the study’s researchers noted could portend an eventual decline. A years-long decline in the U.S. Christian population appears to have subsided, at least temporarily, according to a new survey. The Pew Research Center’s latest Religious Landscape Study found that the