Trump Cuts Protection for Nearly Three Million Acres of Utah’s National Monuments
President Donald Trump has sharply reduced the boundaries of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante, two national monuments in southern Utah known for their extraordinary landscapes, archaeological resources and cultural importance to Native American tribes. The new orders reduce the monuments’ combined protected area by roughly 90%, from more than 3.2 million acres to less than […]
White House Accuses Smithsonian of Replacing American History With Political Activism
The Trump administration has intensified its confrontation with the Smithsonian Institution, releasing a sweeping report that accuses the National Museum of American History of abandoning objective scholarship in favor of “extreme political activism.” The 162-page document, titled “Saving America’s Story,” argues that museum leaders present the United States primarily through themes of racism, oppression, inequality […]
Trump Regulators Warn Banks Against Lending to Undocumented Immigrants
The Trump administration is intensifying its effort to restrict undocumented immigrants’ access to the American financial system. New guidance issued by three federal regulators instructs banks and credit unions to consider whether borrowers who lack authorization to work in the United States present a greater risk of failing to repay loans. Although the guidance does […]
Repeated Emergency Oil Releases Push America’s Strategic Reserve Toward a Breaking Point
The United States’ Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR)—the nation’s emergency stockpile of crude oil—is showing signs of serious strain after years of repeated large-scale withdrawals, raising concerns about whether it will be able to respond effectively to future energy crises. Aging infrastructure, mechanical failures and decades of deferred maintenance are combining with historically frequent oil releases […]
Activists Accuse EPA of Choosing Deregulation Over Pesticide and Chemical Reform
The Environmental Protection Agency is facing growing anger from supporters of the Make America Healthy Again movement after failing to release the environmental-health agenda it promised nearly eight months ago. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin pledged last December to publish a formal plan outlining how the agency would address pesticides, toxic chemicals, microplastics and other environmental […]
U.S. Coffee Industry Urges Trump to Keep Brazilian Beans Exempt From New Tariffs
The U.S. coffee industry is asking the Trump administration to preserve tariff exemptions for Brazilian green coffee and expand them to include instant coffee, warning that new duties could raise prices for consumers and damage American manufacturers. The National Coffee Association made the request during a public consultation examining possible tariffs on Brazilian imports under […]
Oil Jumps and Global Stocks Slide as Trump Casts Doubt on Iran Ceasefire
Global markets turned sharply uneasy after President Donald Trump cast doubt on the temporary truce in the war with Iran, sending oil prices higher and stock indexes lower as investors recalculated the risk of a wider conflict and renewed inflation pressure. The move came after Trump said the ceasefire was “over,” though he later softened […]
CISA Turns to Anthropic’s Mythos to Hunt Bugs in U.S. Government Code
The U.S. government is increasingly turning to advanced artificial intelligence not just for productivity or analysis, but for core cybersecurity work. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, or CISA, is using Anthropic’s AI model Mythos to scan government software repositories for vulnerabilities that could be exploited by foreign intelligence services or cybercriminals. According to three […]
Trump Targets Hospital Drug Markups With New Medicare Rule Promising $1.1 Billion in Savings
The Trump administration is proposing a new Medicare rule aimed at stopping hospitals from charging large markups on discounted prescription drugs, a move the White House says could save patients $1.1 billion next year. The proposal would change how hospitals are reimbursed for certain medicines purchased through the federal 340B drug discount program, which is […]
Supreme Court Blocks Trump’s Attempt to Fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected President Donald Trump’s effort to remove Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, delivering a major ruling in defense of the central bank’s independence even as the Court expanded presidential power elsewhere the same day. The ruling was 5-4 and keeps Cook in place for now, making clear that Trump could not […]
