On Thursday, the Trump administration moved against what has long been the central pillar of modern federal climate regulation: the 2009 Obama EPA “Endangerment Finding.” EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced he will eliminate the declaration that greenhouse gases “endanger the public health and welfare of current and future generations,” a judgment that set in motion most federal vehicle emissions standards.
The quiet power of curation… A study by the Media Research Center reports that Apple’s News app has been aggressively promoting left-leaning outlets while effectively excluding right-leaning publications from its most prominent placements. The group examined 620 stories featured in high-traffic morning time slots between Jan. 1 and Jan. 31. The Apple News feed, it noted, is a mix of
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A certain Washington drama is back onstage, with a familiar prop in the spotlight: a scientific determination from 2009 that became, in time, a legal foundation. The Trump Administration is preparing to repeal that Obama-era determination — the EPA’s “endangerment finding” — and U.S. officials say it could become the most far-reaching rollback of U.S. climate policy to date. The
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Los Angeles is already a hard place to govern. Now a blueprint for changing it — radically — has landed in the middle of a mayor’s race. Socialist-aligned activists’ “Program for Los Angeles” is drawing fresh scrutiny as City Councilmember Nithya Raman launches a bid for mayor. Critics point to a Democratic Socialists of America document that calls for sweeping
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There’s a certain American phrase we’ve stopped saying out loud: standards. Not preferences. Not vibes. Standards. And when you drop them — quietly, bureaucratically, with a shrug — you don’t get a gentler society. You get chaos with paperwork. You get tragedies no one wants to own. That’s why this week’s news from federal transportation officials is so welcome. In
There is a certain gravity that comes with the Supreme Court. It is not written down anywhere, but Americans feel it instinctively. The justices wear black robes, not costumes. They speak in opinions, not punchlines. Which is why Sen. Marsha Blackburn’s letter to Chief Justice John Roberts landed this week with a thud. Blackburn urged Roberts to open an investigation
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It is a strange thing, the way America now keeps having to look at the unthinkable and call it by its proper name. Ryan Routh was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison plus seven years for his 2024 assassination attempt against then-presidential candidate Donald Trump at Trump’s West Palm Beach golf club in Florida. There are people who will insist
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After months of lawyerly jousting and slow-walking, former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will sit for filmed, closed-door, transcribed depositions before the House Oversight Committee at the end of this month. Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., says Hillary Clinton will appear Feb. 26, with Bill Clinton following Feb. 27, under the same terms. Both sessions will
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Democrat Rep. Jared Huffman (CA) accused the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) of politically weaponizing religion by “rebuking” Democrats who support abortion, and the congressman suggested that these Catholic churches should
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