Tag: Biden
EPA Chief Lee Zeldin Cancels $20 Billion in Climate Grants, Sparking Legal Battle
“The only way we can reduce waste, increase oversight and meet the intent of the law as it was written is by terminating these grants," Lee Zeldin sa [...]
Climate Coalition Sues Trump Administration and Citibank Over Frozen $7 Billion in Federal Funds
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin speaks to reporters on Feb. 18. | Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images
A coalition of climate an [...]
Mark Carney Poised to Become Canada’s Next Prime Minister, Bringing European Ties to the Role
Mark Carney spent the early part of his career at Goldman Sachs, where he worked for 13 years before serving a five-year term as Canada’s central ban [...]
Trump Administration Targets $20 Billion Biden-Era Climate Fund, Orders FBI Probe
President Donald Trump's administration is ratcheting up pressure on groups that received $20 billion from a Biden-era climate initiative. | Alex Bra [...]
Federal Judge Rules Trump’s Firing of Watchdog Illegal, Setting Up Supreme Court Battle
Hampton Dellinger at his nomination hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on July 28, 2021. | Senate Committee on the Judiciary
A federal [...]
Trump Administration’s Budget Cuts Threaten Domestic Violence Support Programs
Advocates warn that any cuts to grant money would disproportionately harm marginalized communities. | Ted S. Warren/AP
The Trump administration’s [...]
Republicans and Democrats Clash Over Federal Spending as Shutdown Looms
President Donald Trump listens during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Feb. 26. | Pool via AP
The battle over federal spending is escalatin [...]
Trump Administration Cuts $60 Billion in Foreign Aid, Eliminating 90% of USAID Contracts
Demonstrators protest against cuts to American foreign aid spending, including USAID, at the Cannon House Office Building on Capitol Hill on Wednesda [...]
Trump Fires Joint Chiefs Chair in Unprecedented Pentagon Shakeup
Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. C.Q. Brown speaks during a press briefing at the Pentagon on July 25, 2024. | Kevin Wolf/AP
President Dona [...]
Elon Musk’s Government Layoffs Accelerate Under Trump’s Cost-Cutting Agenda
President Donald Trump speaks as Elon Musk listens in the Oval Office at the White House, Feb. 11, 2025, in Washington. | Alex Brandon/AP
The Trum [...]
