President Trump’s focus on repair and beautification projects around Washington, D.C., risks backfiring on Republicans ahead of the midterms as the issue of affordability takes center stage across the country. Just this week, Trump began an unrelated executive order signing and an energy announcement in the Oval Office talking about the completion of repairs of...
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) staffing losses after a tumultuous year at the agency are raising questions about whether it will be able to effectively respond to this hurricane season. While the Trump administration has backed off its most controversial ideas — such as outright eliminating FEMA or cutting its staff by 50 percent —...
A pair of House Democrats is asking a congressional watchdog to probe the Trump administration’s disaster declarations after high-profile denials of disaster aid requests. Reps. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) and Timothy Kennedy (D-N.Y.) asked the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to look into the criteria used by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to determine whether to recommend the president...
The U.S. has announced a new partnership with Japan on science and artificial intelligence. Energy Department Under Secretary for Science Darío Gil told reporters Thursday that each country would invest $500 million in the joint venture. “This is the defining moment for the next era of science,” he said. “We’re linking our brightest minds and...
Americans will no longer be able to get cash back for making the switch to electric appliances under a Trump administration change. The Energy Department recently issued guidance reinterpreting a program in the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act that set up a rebate program for people who make high-efficiency electric purchases for their homes. The program...
Critics are outraged that the Trump administration is moving to roll back chemical safety rules even as the U.S. faces deadly industrial chemical incidents. Last week, about 50,000 people were told to evacuate in Southern California because an overheating chemical tank was at risk of exploding. Those orders have since been lifted. And this week, in Washington...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) formally proposed Friday to rescind its 2024 rule that would have required publicly traded companies to disclose certain information related to climate change. The SEC, which made up of three Republican commissioners and no Democrats, issued a statement outlining its plans to scrap the rule. The rule in question, which passed when...
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