Authors: Maxine Joselow Park Service suspends air-quality monitoring at all national parks The Trump administration has temporarily suspended an air-quality monitoring program at national parks across the country, according to an internal email obtained by The Washington Post and two people familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the decision […]
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Trump administration plans to end Energy Star program for home appliances
Authors: Maxine Joselow The Environmental Protection Agency plans to end Energy Star, a popular program whose iconic blue labels have certified the energy efficiency of home appliances for more than three decades, according to two people briefed on the matter. During an all-hands meeting Monday of the EPA’s Office of Atmospheric Protection, Trump administration officials […]
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Newsom asks Trump to work together on $7.5 billion Hollywood tax credit
by Kelsey Ables Special to The Washington Post California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) is offering to partner with the Trump administration to create a federal film tax credit program worth at least $7.5 billion to boost domestic film production, his office said late Monday. The proposal came after President Donald Trump set Hollywood on edge […]
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A Russian fake news ring was struggling. Then it targeted USAID.
Authors: Will Oremus, Andrea Jiménez Russian disinformation doesn’t always work. Out of 135 Kremlin-aligned propaganda posts analyzed in a new report, 134 more or less fell flat with social media users, getting liked and reshared mostly by a network of bots. But one went big – and with artificial intelligence making disinformation cheaper to produce, […]
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Trump tariffs set off doubts – even in Rust Belt area he pledged to restore
by Hannah Knowles (c) 2025 , The Washington Post ALLENTOWN, Pa. – One month into a sweeping new tariff regime that President Donald Trump vowed would bring jobs and factories “roaring back,” a Pennsylvania manufacturing hub is full of skepticism. Trump once told supporters here in the Lehigh Valley that they know “better than almost […]
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Here are the U.S. citizens caught in Trump’s immigration crackdown
Authors: María Luisa Paúl As the Trump administration races to fulfill its promise of mass deportations, over a dozen U.S. citizens have already been swept up in the immigration crackdown. The cases have alarmed attorneys, civil rights advocates and immigration scholars, who warn that citizens are becoming increasingly vulnerable in a system moving faster and […]
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Memorial to victims of gun violence taken down at ATF headquarters
Authors: Perry Stein The Trump administration has removed a memorial honoring victims of gun violence from the main atrium of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, taking down about 120 portraits hung during the Biden administration. Justice Department spokesman Chad Gilmartin said that the decision to remove the portraits was not political and […]
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Big brands distance themselves from Pride events amid DEI rollback
Authors: Taylor Telford Marty Zuniga, who helps organize PrideFest in St. Louis – one of the Midwest’s biggest LGBTQ+celebrations – could tell by January thatthis season would be unlike any he’s seen. That’s when Zuniga noticed that corporate contacts weren’t answering his emails. In the weeks that followed, longtime partners like Anheuser-Busch declined to sponsor […]
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Trump says ‘I don’t know’ when asked if he’s required to uphold Constitution
Matt Viser, Washington Post WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – President Donald Trump, asked during an interview on NBC News’s “Meet the Press” whether he believes that he needs to uphold the Constitution during his presidency, responded, “I don’t know.” The comment came as Trump remained adamant that he wanted to ship undocumented immigrants out of […]
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White House budget calls for $163 billion in federal cuts next year
By Jeff Stein, Jacob Bogage · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The White House released a partial budget proposal Friday calling for $163 billion in cuts to federal spending in the next fiscal year, pushing reductions to health care, education and many other government programs while boosting spending on defense and homeland security. The White House’s 2026 […]