Dec 09 Analysis: This Supreme Court case could affect how federal agencies consider environmental and climate impact By J.B. Ruhl, The Conversation Should bureaucrats be required to think through the extended effects of decisions like funding a highway intersection or approving an offshore wind farm?… Continue reading
Dec 09 Watch 7:04 Trump lays out agenda on border, tariffs and potential political retribution in interview By Laura Barrón-López, Saher Khan Over the weekend, President-elect Donald Trump sat down for his first formal interview since winning a second term in the White House. Trump spoke to Meet the Press about his plans for his new administration, doubling down on campaign promises… Continue watching
Dec 09 What is birthright citizenship and could Trump end it? By Rebecca Santana, Associated Press Any efforts to halt the policy would face steep legal hurdles. Continue reading
Dec 09 Supreme Court rejects challenge from Wisconsin parents on school guidance for transgender students By Mark Sherman, Associated Press Sixteen Republican-led states had urged the court to take up the parents' case. Continue reading
Dec 09 Fact-checking Trump's 'Meet the Press' interview By Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact In a Dec. 8 interview, President-elect Donald Trump elaborated on plans for removing people in the country illegally and imposing tariffs on trade partners — and made some false claims to support them. Continue reading
Dec 09 WATCH: Biden announces creation of Native American boarding school national monument at Tribal Nations Summit By Matt Brown, Marc Levy, Associated Press “We don't erase history. We acknowledge it, we learn from it and we remember so we never repeat it again.”… Continue reading
Dec 08 Trump won't rule out revenge prosecutions, deportation of U.S. citizens when he takes office By Bill Barrow, Will Weissert, Associated Press In an interview with NBC's “Meet the Press” that aired Sunday, Trump suggested once more that some political rivals and federal officials who pursued legal cases against him should be imprisoned. He also said that he does not want to… Continue reading
Dec 08 WATCH: Biden delivers remarks on the ouster of Syrian President Assad by opposition forces By Will Weissert, Associated Press President Joe Biden said Sunday that the sudden collapse of the Syrian government under Bashar Assad is a “fundamental act of justice” after decades of repression, but it was “a moment of risk and uncertainty” for the Middle East. Continue reading
Dec 07 Trump meets with France's Macron and Ukraine's Zelenskyy during visit to Paris By Sylvie Corbet, Adriana Gomez Licon, Jill Colvin, Associated Press The president-elect's visit to France, ahead of a celebration of the reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral five years after a devastating fire, comes as Macron and other European leaders are trying to win Trump’s favor and persuade him to maintain… Continue reading
Dec 06 Watch 8:15 Examining the major changes RFK Jr. could make to federal food regulations By William Brangham, Frank Carlson President-elect Trump’s nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services has raised a number of questions in the public health community about Kennedy’s long history of opposing vaccines. It’s also put a spotlight… Continue watching