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{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story EPA moves to cut truck pollution requirements The Trump administration announced on Thursday that it is proposing to loosen requirements for pollution controls that rein in emissions from heavy duty trucks. © AP Photo/Ben Margot, File The administration said the technical changes are expected to...

GOP Sen. Ted Cruz (Texas) sent a warning out to his party that state Rep. James Talarico actually has a shot at flipping the Texas Senate seat in November. “Unfortunately, I do think he has a real chance,” Cruz told Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R), who guest hosted Sean Hannity’s radio show. “I think this...

Senate Judiciary Chair Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) has privately pressed FBI Director Kash Patel over whether he has reimbursed the government for his personal travel, new information obtained by Democrats and revealed on Thursday shows. Patel was the subject of reports in May that he took a VIP snorkel trip in Hawaii around the wreckage of...

"We cannot ​turn a blind eye to the Mexicans who have died."

A key government agency is proposing to lessen the scope of environmental reviews for nuclear reactors, limiting public input and exempting some reactors altogether. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on Wednesday announced that it is narrowing review under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), a bedrock environmental law. This includes exempting reviews of some activities...

Several news outlets, including The New York Times, asked a judge Thursday to sanction OpenAI for allegedly withholding evidence in a copyright dispute with the ChatGPT maker. The newspapers, which have accused the AI firm of improperly using their copyrighted work to train its models, argue that OpenAI incorrectly claimed it could not search and...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants to make it easier for people to get compensated for injuries they claim came from COVID-19 vaccines. A rule being prepared by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) would allow the agency to compile a list of specific injuries that it will presume were...

An Afghan national accused of shooting two National Guard members who were on duty in the nation’s capital last year has been hospitalized after refusing to eat in jail, according to federal court filings. The Justice Department requested limited access to Rahmanullah Lakanwal’s medical records on Thursday, hours after he was taken to the hospital for...

In 2021, Wally Funk traveled to space with Jeff Bezos aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard, becoming the oldest woman to travel in space.

South Carolina Rep. Russell Fry (R) called on the state’s National Guard on Thursday to lift its suspensions on pilots involved in a Fourth of July flyover show in the Palmetto State. “The @SCNationalGuard needs to drop this review and restore these pilots immediately,” the Republican lawmaker wrote in a social media post.  “Millions of...

Planned Parenthood is investing a near-record $47 million into the November midterm elections aiming to unseat the Republicans who voted to cut off the organization from federal funding last year.  The "We Decide" campaign from Planned Parenthood Votes — an independent Super PAC affiliated with Planned Parenthood — will target ads and voter outreach in...

Elected officials don't get to disappear without explanation. Not because we're owed their secrets. Because we're owed their honesty.

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) on Wednesday raised the alarm over Iranian drones believed to be in Cuba. "Iran has been a consistent threat to the united security interests of our country, certainly of Israel," Bush said during a United Against Nuclear Iran event, serving as the group's chair. "And now, we see that...

The credible allegations of sexual assault leveled against him by his former girlfriend, Jenny Racicot, are a dealbreaker, and rightfully so.