Environmental groups warn that weakening air toxics and mercury standards will lead to higher health-related costs The Trump administration announced on Friday it would roll back air regulations for power plants limiting mercury and hazardous air toxics at an event in Kentucky, a move it says will boost baseload energy but that public health groups … Read more
Billions of dollars earmarked for reconstruction and the promise of an international stabilization force for the destroyed Gaza Strip.
Congressional Republicans are pushing back against Democratic claims that their marquee voter ID legislation would wreak havoc on elections in the country. Congressional Democrats have panned the Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act as a tool of voter suppression — saying it’s a bill that allows the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to monitor … Read more
President Donald Trump slammed the Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision that ruled he does not have the authority to levy sweeping tariffs under a specific emergency powers law, noting he will pursue “alternatives” to tariffs under emergency law. “Other alternatives will now be used to replace the ones that the court incorrectly rejected,” Trump said during … Read more
Democrats cry foul at change to airport closest to Mar-a-Lago days after president’s lawyers trademarked new name Democrats in Florida have condemned Republican colleagues in the state legislature who approved the renaming of the airport in West Palm Beach the “President Donald J Trump International Airport”, less than a week after lawyers for Trump sought … Read more
Some Republicans are quietly cheering the Supreme Court’s decision blocking most of President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Friday, even as it deals a blow to a cornerstone of the commander in chief’s foreign policy and economic strategy. One conservative House GOP lawmaker granted anonymity to speak freely, for example, said they were “relieved.” “It’s the … Read more
As aid trickles into Gaza, Washington channels $10bn into a body chaired by the president. Peace in the region rests on law and sovereignty, not ego and brinkmanship In Gaza, aid still trickles in at levels relief agencies say are far below what is required. Temporary shelters are scarce. Reconstruction materials are restricted by Israel’s … Read more
Breaking from the president, Congress voted to fund institutions including the Institute of American Indian Arts In a break with Donald Trump, the Republican-controlled Congress approved a funding bill for multiple key government agencies and institutions in January. Some of those groups included the cultural institutions whose federal funds the president had sought to severely … Read more
6-3 ruling against unilateral imposition of tariffs without congressional approval labelled a ‘disgrace’ by Trump Trump illegally used executive power to impose global tariffs, supreme court rules The US supreme court has struck down Donald Trump’s flagship policy of imposing tariffs on foreign imports in his bid to revitalise American manufacturing. The US president has … Read more
British Chambers of Commerce official says US supreme court decision ‘does little to clear the murky waters’ US politics – live updates The US supreme court just declared Donald Trump’s boldest tariffs illegal, but international businesses and governments are still uncertain over what’s to come. After the court said the president cannot enact tariffs in … Read more
