WEXFORD, Pennsylvania — Richard Bazzy wanted to do something big. If you are from Western Pennsylvania, that is not all that surprising. The cowboy hat-wearing owner of several Shults Ford dealerships is known for his larger-than-life “Yee Haw” ads for Ford vehicles — and for his generosity, offering scholarships, turkey drives, and other do-good deeds. […]
President Richard Nixon signed the National Environmental Policy Act on New Year’s Day in 1970. The law responded to demands for broad environmental analyses for major federal projects. Environmental concerns, such as a burning Cuyahoga River, fueled its overwhelming passage by Congress. NEPA, as initially drafted, made sense. Since then, however, NEPA has undergone a […]
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, led a group of Democrats on Tuesday in introducing a bill requiring Congressional notification of any major layoffs at the State Department and other agencies under the panel’s jurisdiction. The move comes as Secretary of State Marco Rubio has designated July 1...
President Trump on Tuesday said he was somewhat confident that his tax and spending megabill can pass the upper chamber, as senators head to the floor to vote. When asked about his confidence level, the president replied, “I don’t know, what does confident mean when you have one vote and you have 100 people going...
President Trump knocked AT&T after his conference call experienced glitches. “I’m doing a major Conference Call with Faith Leaders from all over the Country, and AT&T is totally unable to make their equipment work properly,” Trump wrote Monday in a post on Truth Social. “This is the second time it’s happened,” he continued. “If the...
President Trump has instructed his top Cabinet officials to adjust regulations to curb policies that encourage American tourism and financial transactions with Cuba, in line with his campaign promise to stand with the Cuban people and hold the Communist regime accountable.
Sixteen Democratic-led states filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on Monday challenging the Department of Education’s cuts to mental health funding for schools. In April, the Education Department announced the $1 billion cut to mental health funding, citing concerns with diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives embedded in the contracts. The states allege the...
Tesla stock tumbled Tuesday as founder Elon Musk continues to feud with President Trump over the pending GOP spending package. Republicans have proposed a series of rollbacks in the bill, including a strike to electric vehicle (EV) credits, which could roil Tesla’s profits. The company’s stock dropped by almost 6 percent in early trading Tuesday,...
In early 1943, Allied intelligence confirmed that Nazi Germany was developing “vengeance” weapons, including the V-2 long-range rocket, at Peenemünde on the Baltic Sea.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) says he thinks he has a deal with Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) to pass President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” — a major breakthrough more than 25 hours after lawmakers began considering the measure on the Senate floor. But Thune also cautioned he’s a “realist,” indicating that he’s not counting...