Washington — A federal judge on Tuesday said she will prevent the Trump administration from enforcing portions of an executive order that targets the law firm Susman Godfrey, finding that the directive likely retaliates against the firm and its clients for their exercise of constitutionally protected speech. U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan granted the firm’s
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 prodigal great-grandfather returns: Democrats aren’t particularly enthusiastic about Joe Biden’s return to the national spotlight. The 82-year-old former president doesn’t seem to care, with the man sometimes referred to as “Sleepy Joe” delivering his first major address since leaving the White House at a conference hosted by Advocates, Counselors, and Representatives for the Disabled.
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.
A federal judge in Puerto Rico issued a scathing order last week accusing Democratic prosecutors on the island of plagiarizing nearly their entire 241-page complaint that blamed oil companies for causing global warming. In the order Wednesday, district court judge Aida Delgado-Colon outlined how David Efron, the lead attorney representing Puerto Rico’s capital city San
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