Politics Jul 11 Trump’s Fourth of July event cost an estimated $5.4 million President Donald Trump's July Fourth extravaganza — featuring tanks, a military flyover, and a Trump speech at the Lincoln Memorial — cost an estimated $5.4 million, according to rough figures Thursday.
Nation Jul 09 23 governors join California to oppose Trump’s rollback of mileage standards The Trump administration says American consumers increasingly want bigger, gas-guzzling SUVs and pickup trucks.
Nation Jun 19 EPA guts Obama rule on coal power plants The final Trump administration rule that would replace Obama's Clean Power Plan would give individual states wide discretion to decide whether to require efficiency upgrades at coal-fired power plants.
Health Jun 03 FDA food testing finds contamination by PFAS and other ‘forever chemicals’ The levels in nearly half of the meat and fish tested were double or more the only currently existing federal advisory level for any kind of the widely used manmade compounds.
Health May 22 Children’s health research at risk over lack of EPA funding Long-running research projects credited with pivotal discoveries about the harm that pesticides, air pollution and other hazards pose to children are in jeopardy or shutting down because the EPA will not commit to their continued funding.
Nation May 02 Trump administration to ease safety rules created after deadly Deepwater Horizon explosion Interior Secretary David Bernhardt said in a statement the administration was acting to eliminate "unnecessary regulatory burdens while maintaining safety and environmental protection offshore."…
Politics Apr 23 Watchdogs open a second ethics probe of top Interior Department officials Tuesday's announcement comes a week after news that the same watchdog office was investigating ethics allegations against the agency's newly confirmed chief, David Bernhardt.
Politics Apr 16 Former Interior Secretary Zinke hired by gold mining firm U.S. Gold Corp. is pursuing project approvals involving the federal agency that Zinke left fewer than four months ago.
Politics Apr 04 Senate committee endorses Bernhardt to head Interior Department The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee voted 14-6 Thursday to approve David Bernhardt's appointment.
Nation Mar 28 Interior pick faces tough questioning on wildlife, lobbying David Bernhardt, who has been tapped to lead the Interior Department, appeared Thursday before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.