Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy rescinded memos from the Biden administration prioritizing infrastructure resilience to climate change, according to a Monday press release. According to the press release from the department, the announcement about the rescinding came from Duffy on Monday. The department said the memos “displaced the long-standing authorities granted to States by law, added...
One of President Trump's first-term appointees to the Kennedy Center board for the performing arts is floating big ideas to revamp the Washington, D.C., cultural mainstay, including a Jacqueline Kennedy-centered fashion show, a new space for "yachts" and potentially even franchising the institution. "It’s shocking how many people have no idea about the Kennedy Center...
House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) said Monday that Ontario’s 25-percent surcharge on electricity exports to his state — announced in response to President Trump’s tariffs on Canada — will only help the U.S. president win support from his base. The Minnesota Republican told NewsNation’s Joe Khalil on Monday that the additional charges are a...
A top official at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) gave an inside account of the “chaos” and “confusion” that overtook the agency when the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) arrived at the consumer watchdog in early February. Adam Martinez, chief operating officer of the CFPB, took the stand Monday in a lawsuit challenging his...
The Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) is investigating 60 universities for antisemitism, according to letters sent on Monday. The department said the 60 institutions are receiving warnings due to allegedly not complying with Title IX obligations to protect Jewish students. “The Department is deeply disappointed that Jewish students studying on elite...