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Associated Press/Susan Walsh Climate scientists are responding to President Donald Trump’s comments on the fourth National Climate Assessment — a publicly reviewed, congressionally mandated climate assessment put together by 13 government agencies and a team of 300 experts. On Monday, Trump was asked by reporters about the assessment — specifically the economic impact — to which […]
Charles Dharapak/AP Ike Perlmutter, the chairman of Marvel Entertainment and a longtime acquaintance of President Donald Trump, is leading an informal council that is exerting sweeping influence on the Veterans Affairs Department from Mar-a-Lago. None of the informal council’s three members has ever served in the US military or government. They have remained hidden except to […]
Administration for Children and Families at the US Department of Health and Human Services Walmart on Tuesday attacked the Trump administration’s detainment of migrant children in one of its former stores. “We had no idea our former store would be used for such a disturbing purpose,” Walmart tweeted. “We are just as shocked and disappointed […]
Carlos Barria/Reuters Key figures in President Donald Trump’s White House are claiming that executive privilege keeps them from testifying before the investigations into Russia’s meddling in the 2016 presidential election. The White House claims that pretty much everything is off limits until the president says it’s not. But members of Congress on both sides of […]
Over the weekend, The Washington Postreported that the Trump administration is prohibiting the Centers for Disease Control from using certain words and phrases in documents they’re preparing for next year’s budget. The list of seven words – and leave it to the Trump administration to not grasp the historical irony of a list of seven […]
Bandar Algaloud/Courtesy of Saudi Royal Court/Handout Saudi Arabia is planning to shift to nuclear power and looking for help from the US. The US plan to share nuclear technology with the Saudis has been in the works for years, but has stalled because Saudi Arabia hasn’t agreed to certain safeguards. Now critics worry that the […]
Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Photo Tech experts and rights groups are criticizing a plan from the Trump administration to develop software that would automate the vetting process immigrants undergo. In recent months, the Department of Homeland Security has sought contractors to build the software, but it’s unclear what the status of those plans are. Such software would […]
– They’re just guidelines and they’re toothless, but the contents of the Trump administration’s updated policy paper on autonomous vehicles are important for getting everyone on the same page so innovation can blossom. The rise of self-driving cars means more mobility options for those with disabilities, less commuter congestion, and fewer freeway fatalities, so the […]
AP Photo/Evan Vucci An independent, bipartisan federal commission tasked with advising President Donald Trump and Congress on civil-rights issues approved a two-year investigation that will examine how the Trump administration’s “current budgets and staffing levels allow civil rights offices to perform,” NBC News reported Friday. The United States Commission on Civil Rights unanimously approved an […]
Mike Segar/Reuters Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin sat in front of the Senate Banking Committee on Thursday and attempted to explain the Trump administration’s position on various economic policies, including the regulation of large banks. Mnuchin continually said that the administration supports a “21st Century Glass-Steagall,” referring to the Depression-era bill that required commercial and investment […]
