Downplaying the threat of climate change, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler said in an interview with CBS on Wednesday that the nation’s focus should be on a priority he believes is more pressing: potable water.
Read moreSACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) – In the wake of a catastrophic wildfire that ripped through a foothill community during what’s normally
Read morePresident Trump has tapped a former Delta Air Lines executive to lead the Federal Aviation Administration as the FAA deals with questions about its approval of a Boeing airliner involved in two deadly crashes within five months.
Read moreThe president of Brazil made an unusual visit to CIA headquarters and later spoke of his admiration for the United States on the second day of a trip that reflected his country’s shift to a pro-American stance.
Read moreAmong the cuts suggested in the budget President Donald Trump proposed last week is the elimination of a federally funded corporation that gives grants to civil legal aid programs, according to a document the White House released Monday.
Read moreA federal judge ruled that the Department of Justice must release the names of people mentioned in an email from a conservative group that tried to influence the makeup of President Donald Trump’s disbanded voter-fraud commission.
Read moreA federal judge denied Friday the Trump administration’s motion to dismiss a class action brought by young immigrants who were abused, neglected or abandoned by their parents and sought the right to seek Special Immigrant Juvenile Status.
Read moreThe Trump administration’s final land-use plans for seven Western states ease restrictions on mining and drilling, which critics say will further encroach on the habitat of an iconic bird species already in decline.
Read morePresident Donald Trump issued his first-ever veto Friday to block a bill that would have terminated his declaration of a national emergency at the southern border.
Read moreIt’s hard to tell where the auto shop ends and the shelter starts at Armando Vilchis Vargas’ “albergue” an hour west of Mexico City.
Read moreOne of the former prosecutors behind the country’s only successful conviction of a 9/11 plotter is one of two candidates tapped Friday by President Donald Trump for federal judgeships.
Read moreAmid new tension between the two countries, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday that the U.S. expects North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to live up to his promise to President Donald Trump to continue his moratorium on missile launches and nuclear tests.
Read moreWarning of far-reaching environmental impacts, 16 attorneys general accused the Trump administration on Wednesday of relying on a flawed study to justify the start of drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Read moreThree environmental groups sued the Trump administration on Wednesday over its decision to sell leases of millions of acres of land along the Gulf of Mexico for offshore drilling.
Read moreThe Senate on Thursday voted to terminate President Donald Trump’s declaration of a national emergency at the southern border, delivering an historic, if likely short-lived, rebuke to the president.
Read moreAccusing him of misleading Congress and withholding key documents, House Democrats on Thursday tore into Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross over the Trump administration’s decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census.
Read moreThe reason so many refugees from El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua come through Mexico to seek asylum at America’s doorstep is simple, according to a University of California researcher who studies migration. It’s pretty much the only way.
Read moreThe Republican-led Senate is set to deal President Trump a rebuke on his declaration of a national emergency at the Mexican border, with the only remaining question how many Republican senators will join Democrats in defying him.
Read moreThe Senate voted 54-46 Wednesday to end America’s involvement in the Saudi-led war in Yemen, potentially setting the stage for President Donald Trump to use veto powers for the first time.
Read moreThe U.S. is issuing an emergency order Wednesday grounding all Boeing 737 Max 8 and Max 9 aircraft “effective immediately,” in the wake of the crash of an Ethiopian Airliner that killed 157 people, President Donald Trump said.
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