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How local backlash is derailing Albany’s clean-energy fantasies

New York has been an epicenter of the revolt against Big Solar and Big Wind for years — and now even the most rabid...

American board game industry fears devastation from Trump’s tariffs

Tabletop gaming companies have enjoyed a massive renaissance over the past decade with even smaller gaming companies enjoying success, but President Trump's tariffs threaten to decimate the industry because it relies almost exclusively on production in China.

Under Trump, immigration courts are seeing best numbers since 2008

For 17 years, the government had been digging a hole on immigration, steadily building up a massive backlog of 4 million cases in the immigration courts. Since President Trump took office, the government has finally begun to eat into that backlog, cutting it by 115,000 cases since Inauguration Day.

Trump administration says it cut funding to some life-saving U.N. food programs by mistake

The State Department said Tuesday that it had rolled back an undisclosed number of sweeping funding cuts to U.N. World Food Program emergency projects in 14 impoverished countries, saying it had terminated some of the contracts for life-saving aid by mistake.

House adopts vote-pairing for new parents and other lawmakers who need to vote from afar

The House on Tuesday formalized a process to allow lawmakers who just had a baby or otherwise need to take an emergency leave of absence to register their votes from afar.

Texas AG Paxton announces he’s running for US Senate against Cornyn

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) announced his campaign for the U.S. Senate on Tuesday after previously hinting at launching a bid against his incumbent GOP colleague Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas). "I'm announcing that I'm running for U.S. Senate against John Cornyn, who apparently is running again for his fifth term, which would put him...

Trump exempts dozens of coal plants from stricter pollution standard

President Trump on Tuesday exempted dozens of coal plants from a Biden administration regulation imposing stricter standards for mercury, lead, nickel and arsenic emissions. Trump announced the exemption as part of a series of actions he took to bolster the coal industry. “As part of our historic deregulatory efforts, this afternoon, I'm also granting immediate...

GOP glum as Trump tariffs loom

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy   The Big Story  GOP mood grows darker on as markets give up gains Glimmers of optimism surrounding President Trump’s tariffs quickly faded Tuesday as the White House dug in on the threat of new levies. © Greg Nash As...

Democrats press law firms on deals with Trump

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) are pressing the White House and six top law firms about alleged deals struck with the Trump administration to avoid getting targeted by executive orders for hiring lawyers and representing clients whom the president does not like. In the letter to White House counsel David Warrington,...

House GOP campaign arm raises $35.2M ahead of Trump fundraising dinner

The chair of House Republicans’ campaign arm, Rep. Richard Hudson (R-N.C.), said the committee raised $35.2 million ahead of its dinner with President Trump on Tuesday, according to a source familiar with the matter.  Trump is slated to attend the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) dinner, a key fundraising event for House Republicans, on Tuesday. ...

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