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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s bill making its way through Congress will cut taxes by $3.75 trillion but also increase deficits by $2.4 trillion over the next decade, according to an analysis released this week by the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office. The package would reduce federal outlays, or spending, by nearly $1.3 trillion over [...]
A specialized plane equipped with advanced sensors that the federal government deploys to chemical disasters could have helped authorities avoid needlessly blowing open five rail tank cars and burning their toxic contents after the 2023 East Palestine train derailment, a new report says. The report released earlier this week found the single-engine Cessna wasn’t called [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House earlier this week officially asked Congress to claw back $9.4 billion in already approved spending, taking funding away from programs targeted by the Department of Government Efficiency. It’s a process known as “rescission,” which requires President Donald Trump to get approval from Congress to return money that had previously [...]
BOSTON (AP) — The head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement earlier this week defended his tactics against criticism that authorities are being too heavy-handed as they increase arrests toward President Donald Trump’s promises of mass deportations. San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria said he was “deeply upset” by an ICE operation at a popular Italian [...]
DEADHORSE, Alaska (AP) — President Donald Trump wants to double the amount of oil coursing through Alaska’s vast pipeline system and build a massive natural gas project as its “big, beautiful twin,” a top administration official said this week while touring an oil field near the Arctic Ocean. The remarks by U.S. Energy Secretary Chris [...]
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans have made it a priority this year to require people to prove citizenship before they can register to vote. Turning that aspiration into reality has proved difficult. Trump’s executive order directing a documentary, proof-of-citizenship requirement for federal elections has been blocked by a judge, while [...]
Building an underground tunnel for an aging Enbridge oil pipeline that stretches across a Great Lakes channel could destroy wetlands and harm bat habitats but would eliminate the chances of a boat anchor rupturing the line and causing a catastrophic spill, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said in a long-awaited draft analysis of the [...]
MASSAPEQUA, N.Y. (AP) — New York is discriminating against a school district that refuses to get rid of its Native American chief mascot and could face a Justice Department investigation or risk losing federal funding, President Donald Trump’s top education official said. U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon, on a visit to Massapequa High School [...]
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The explosive growth of the data centers needed to power America’s fast-rising demand for artificial intelligence and cloud computing platforms has spurred states to dangle incentives in hopes of landing an economic bonanza, but it’s also eliciting pushback from lawmakers and communities. Activity in state legislatures — and competition for data [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said last week that he will no longer be “Mr. NICE GUY” with China on trade, declaring in a social media post that the country had broken an agreement with the United States. Hours later, Trump said in the Oval Office that he will speak with Chinese President Xi [...]