{beacon} {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story  Trump signs executive orders bolstering coal President Trump on Tuesday signed a series of executive orders bolstering coal plants and production.  © Associated Press pool In the order, Trump will define coal as a “mineral,” allowing it to benefit from a previous executive order bolstering...

Elon Musk’s brother, Kimball Musk, urged President Trump to fire his senior trade advisor Peter Navarro on Tuesday night. “@realDonaldTrump Mr President, if Peter Navarro has lied to you about Ron Vara, what else has he lied to you about?” Kimball Musk said in a post on X. “Put America first and fire him!” The...

The Trump administration said Tuesday it would pull funding from Princeton University over climate-related programs that go “against” the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) current program objectives. A release from the Department of Commerce, which houses the NOAA program, highlighted three of the school’s research awards that clash with the administration’s policies. The programs...

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard announced Tuesday that she was creating a task force to investigate the intelligence community to increase “transparency and accountability.” The Director’s Initiatives Group (DIG) has plans to execute President Trump’s executive order “aimed at rebuilding trust” in the intelligence community, according to a statement from Gabbard. The group will...

President Trump demanded that House conservatives get on board with his legislative agenda after a number of conservatives dug in on their opposition to the spending bill on Tuesday.  “They have to do this. We have to get there. I think we are there. We had a great meeting today,” Trump said in an address...

P’Nut the squirrel, a social media star, was seized and killed by state officials. Now, GOP lawmakers are demanding due process for seized animals with "Peanut’s Law."

President Donald Trump touted the record-breaking fundraising numbers garnered by the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) during its annual president's dinner Tuesday evening.

Babydog, the beloved bulldog of Sen. Jim Justice, R-W.Va., turned heads and melted hearts at a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing Tuesday.

The Department of Commerce on Tuesday announced its decision to cut $4 million in funding for Princeton University related to its climate research programs.