President Trump plans to overhaul the Endangered Species Act to make it easier to build in the U.S. where endangered species live, a White House official confirmed Wednesday. The president has voiced frustration with the 1973 law and similar environmental protections, saying environmentalists are impeding growth. Real Clear Politics first reported Mr. Trump’s plans to
Washington — A federal judge said Wednesday that probable cause exists to find the Trump administration in criminal contempt over its defiance of an order to turn around planes carrying Venezuelan migrants that was bound for El Salvador. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg wrote in a 46-page decision that the government’s actions on March 15
Trump EPA immediately appealed the ruling Wednesday morning Lee Zeldin, Chris Wright, Donald Trump (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) A federal judge ruled late Tuesday evening that the Environmental Protection Agency must immediately restart a $20 billion Biden-era green energy program that the Trump administration terminated last month, restarting the flow of taxpayer funds to eight environmentalist
The suspect in the Sunday arson attack on Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro’s (D.) residence said he set fire to the home because Shapiro is Jewish and supports Israel, according to a newly unsealed warrant. According to the warrant, Cody Balmer, 38, targeted Shapiro’s home on the first night of Passover because of “perceived injustices to
A government memo obtained by CBS News shows the Trump administration created broad rules outlining which migrants can be held at Guantanamo Bay, allowing officials to send non-criminal detainees there despite a vow to hold “the worst” offenders at the naval base. As part of his aggressive crackdown on immigration, President Trump in late January
A State Department official confirmed the development. A staffer with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), the effort headed by Elon Musk, was tapped to be in charge of the Office of Foreign Assistance in the State Department. An official with the Department of State confirmed that Jeremy Lewin will be the acting director of
The Department of Justice will consider retroactively pulling funding from schools that continue to allow transgender boys to compete in girls’ sports. The Department of Justice is seeking a federal court injunction requiring Pine Tree State schools to immediately stop transgender boys from competing in girls’ sports and return all athletic records and titles to