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EPA revokes a key legal underpinning in fighting climate change
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Thursday revoked a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, the most aggressive move by the Republican president to roll back climate regulations. The rule finalized by the Environmental Protection Agency rescinds a 2009 government declaration known as the…
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President Trump and Administrator Zeldin Deliver Single Largest Deregulatory Action in U.S. History
Trump Admin Eliminates Obama-Era Endangerment Finding, off-cycle credits, start-stop feature February 12, 2026 WASHINGTON – Alongside President Trump in the White House’s Roosevelt Room, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the single largest deregulatory action in U.S. history. In this final rule, EPA is saving American taxpayers over $1.3 trillion, eliminating both the Obama-era 2009 Greenhouse Gas (GHG)…
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Unpersuaded by Netanyahu, Trump insists on going ‘jaw-to-jaw’ with Iran and Hamas
WASHINGTON, DC — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu famously sees Winston Churchill as his model of wartime leadership. A bust of Britain’s World War II prime minister keeps a stern and watchful eye over his office, and the premier regularly invokes Churchill in his landmark speeches, especially in his addresses to the US Congress. (Netanyahu surpassed Churchill as the world leader…
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Trump’s EPA will end the basis for federal climate actions : NPR
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency building in Washington, D.C. Jose Luis Magana/AP hide caption toggle caption Jose Luis Magana/AP On Thursday, the Trump administration will rescind the central scientific finding that underpins much of the nation’s climate pollution rules, its most aggressive action yet to halt initiatives that address planetary warming. The 2009 Environmental Protection Agency endangerment finding was a…
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NewYork-Presbyterian Nurses Reject Contract By Overwhelming Margin
NewYork-Presbyterian nurses rejected a tentative agreement by an overwhelming margin Wednesday, voting to extend their strike — now 31 days running — against the hospital system. Their union, the New York State Nurses Association, said the unfair labor practice strike and bargaining will continue. Out of approximately 4,200 NewYork-Presbyterian nurses who were eligible to cast ballots, 3,099 voted to reject…
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MAGA blame game shows Trump in retreat
Roy Cohn’s gospel to his young protégé Donald Trump was simple: never apologize, never admit error, never retreat. Attack, deny, counterpunch. That ethos defined Trump’s political rise. It’s why he is able to lie with such abandon, insult entire communities and still command loyalty from a base that mistakes his belligerence for authenticity. But one year into his second term,…
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Dispute over laser tests led to El Paso airspace closure, AP sources say
WASHINGTON (AP) — The sudden and surprising airspace closure over El Paso, Texas, stemmed from the Pentagon’s plans to test a laser for use in shooting down drones used by Mexican drug cartels, according to three people familiar with the situation who were granted anonymity to share sensitive details. That caused friction with the Federal Aviation Administration, which wanted to…
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What to know about how the SAVE America Act could change voting
Ahead of the midterm elections, Republicans are again pushing for legislation that requires documentary proof of U.S. citizenship to vote. The Trump-backed Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, or the SAVE America Act, seeks to address the president’s longstanding demands to “fix” U.S. elections that he says are “rigged” and “stolen,” despite no evidence of widespread voter fraud. “American citizens, and…
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Top 5 takeaways from the House immigration oversight hearing : NPR
Left to right, Rodney Scott, commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Joseph Edlow, director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, and Todd Lyons, acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, testify during a House Committee on Homeland Security hearing on Feb. 10, 2026. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images Immigration…
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A 14-year-old girl described being zip-tied during Idaho raid, sparking fresh questions about ICE tactics
Wilder, Idaho — When Canyon County Sheriff Kieran Donahue described the October raid on a popular community horse racing venue here, he hailed the detention of 105 undocumented immigrants and flatly rejected allegations that agents used zip ties to restrain some of the dozens of children present. Then he was presented with photographic evidence. Images obtained by CBS News appear…
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