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Mark Makela/Getty Images Former Vice President Joe Biden blasted Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ plan to rescind sexual assault reporting procedures on college campus. “Sexual assault is the ultimate abuse of power, and its pernicious presence in our schools is unacceptable,” Biden wrote in a Facebook post on Thursday. “Policies that do not treat this epidemic with the utmost […]
The zip code where a child grows up can have a huge effect on that kid’s entire life. Children who grow up in low-poverty areas make more money than people who grow up in high-poverty areas, according to work by a team of researchers led by Raj Chetty, a Stanford economist. They’re also more likely […]
President Trump has repealed a strict Obama mandate for building new federally-funded projects, such as roads and hospitals, in flood zones so they flood less. Trump announced he was revoking the standard in a single line in his sweeping infrastructure executive order signed on Tuesday. “This is part of our plan to streamline the current […]
Published time: 4 Jul, 2017 04:23 The Environmental Protection Agency’s 90-day suspension of new emission standards on oil and gas wells has been struck down by a US appeals court. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt has long sought a repeal of the Obama-era rules. A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the District […]
President Donald Trump’s administration has announced plans to scrap regulation, that protects waterways that provide one-third of the nation’s drinking water. Critics said the regulation was a federal overreach and a job-killer. On Tuesday, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Army Corps of Engineers formally proposed to repeal the 2015 Clean Water Rule or […]
Associated Press/Susan Walsh WASHINGTON (AP) — An Obama-era immigration program intended to protect parents of US citizens and legal residents from deportation has been formally cancelled, fulfilling a key campaign promise from President Donald Trump, the Homeland Security Department announced late Thursday. Homeland Security John Kelly formally revoked a policy memo that created the Deferred […]
Enlarge / Former First Lady Michelle Obama unveiled the new, modernized Nutrition Facts Label at the Building a Healthier Future Summit. (credit: Getty | Nurphoto) Following pressure from the food and beverage industry, the Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday that it would indefinitely delay the rollout of new nutrition labels that were designed to […]
A company with a mining operation in Alaska has reached a settlement with the EPA, reversing restrictions implemented under former President Barack Obama that declared the mines would render an “unacceptable adverse effect” on the area. On Friday, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that they settled a case with the Pebble Limited Partnership relating […]
Enlarge The US Senate declined to overturn an Obama-era rule that requires oil and gas companies to limit their methane emissions if they’re drilling on federal and tribal lands. The outcome of the 51-49 vote was surprising given that Congress has thus far opted 13 times to use the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to overturn […]
President Donald Trump signed two presidential memoranda aimed at scaling back or repealing finance regulations put in place by the Obama administration – the 2010 Dodd-Frank law, and the 2017 fiduciary rule that has not yet gone into effect. Trump has instructed the Treasury department to consult with federal regulatory agencies and the Financial Stability […]
