The Artemis I Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft, atop the mobile launcher at Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 14, 2022. Cory Huston/NASA via AP President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Aug. 13 to ease regulations for the commercial space industry and enhance “American greatness in
Workers from PG&E work on repairing and restoring power lines in Altadena, Calif., on Jan. 13, 2025. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images President Donald Trump has named David Rosner as chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the agency announced on Wednesday. Rosner was already serving as interim chair at the federal energy
The trial over President Trump’s deployment of thousands of National Guard troops to Los Angeles earlier this summer reached its third and final day Wednesday, as lawyers for the Justice Department and the state of California argued over the validity of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s lawsuit and whether the Posse Comitatus Act — which generally bars
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Nov. 1, 2021. Drew Angerer/Getty Images An Illinois judge on Aug. 13 denied Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s request to enforce civil arrest warrants for Texas House Democrats who left the state to try blocking a mid-cycle redistricting effort that could
U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive order in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington on July 31, 2025. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images President Donald Trump signed a brief executive order on Aug. 13 revoking an order from his predecessor that directed agencies to crack down on anti-competitive practices in industries like pharmaceuticals
Gasoline prices at a Shell station in Los Angeles on Oct. 5, 2023. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images The California Energy Commission (CEC) has tabled a resolution calling for a pause in implementing a 2023 state law that would impose financial penalties on gasoline producers accused of accruing “excess profits” while “price gouging” consumers.
President Donald Trump speaks at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 13, 2025.Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Aug. 13 to enhance American drug supply chain resilience by filling and maintaining the strategic reserve for essential pharmaceutical ingredients, with a preference for American-made ingredients—a move designed