Trump administration to dismantle climate and weather research center

Trump administration to dismantle climate and weather research center

The Trump administration is moving to dismantle one of the world’s leading climate and weather research institutions, the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo., in a decision experts say will undermine U.S. scientific competitiveness and leave millions vulnerable to worsening climate hazards. Russell Vought, director of the White House’s Office of Management and…

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β€˜We want it back’: Trump asserts U.S. claims to Venezuelan oil and land

β€˜We want it back’: Trump asserts U.S. claims to Venezuelan oil and land

MEXICO CITYΒ β€”Β President Trump’s order of a partial blockade on oil tankers going to and from Venezuela and his claim that Caracas stole β€œoil, land and other assets” from the United States mark a significant escalation of Washington’s unrelenting campaign against the government of President NicolΓ‘s Maduro. Asked about Venezuela on Wednesday, Trump said the United…

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Investors ask: Why did Trump free a man convicted of defrauding them?

Investors ask: Why did Trump free a man convicted of defrauding them?

WASHINGTONΒ β€”Β Jeffrey Rosenberg is still trying to understand why President Trump would free the man who defrauded him out of a quarter of a million dollars. Rosenberg, a retired wholesale produce distributor living in Nevada, has supported Trump since he entered politics, but the president’s decision in November to commute the sentence of former private equity…

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Trump administration, Congress move to cut off transgender care for children

Trump administration, Congress move to cut off transgender care for children

The Trump administration and House Republicans advanced measures this week to end gender-affirming care for transgender children and some young adults, drawing outrage and resistance from LGBTQ+ advocacy organizations, families with transgender kids, medical providers and some of California’s liberal leaders. The latest efforts β€” which seek to ban such care nationwide, strip funding from…

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Justice Department releases Epstein files, with redactions and omissions

Justice Department releases Epstein files, with redactions and omissions

WASHINGTONΒ β€”Β The Justice Department released a library of files on Friday related to Jeffrey Epstein, partially complying with a new federal law compelling their release, while acknowledging that hundreds of thousands of files remain sealed. The portal, on the department’s website, includes videos, photos and documents from the years-long investigation of the disgraced financier and convicted…

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Newsom, prominent Democrats rally voters before special election about redrawing congressional districts

Newsom, prominent Democrats rally voters before special election about redrawing congressional districts

Gov. Gavin Newsom, former Vice President Kamala Harris and a slew of other national and California Democrats on Saturday rallied supporters to stay fired up in seeking passage of a ballot measure to redraw the state’s congressional districts ahead of the midterm elections. While polling suggests Proposition 50 is likely to pass Tuesday, volunteers must…

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