{beacon} {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Energy considers 40 percent of its staff nonessential The Energy Department (DOE) considers more than 40 percent of its staffers to be nonessential — meaning these people could be on the chopping block — as mass layoffs loom at the agency and across the federal...
President Trump on Friday shared a video that showed a U.S. attack on Houthi rebels as the administration continues its daily attacks on the terrorist organization.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth will visit Panama next week for meetings with the country's leaders, following remarks from President Donald Trump about potentially acquiring the Panama Canal.
The city's plan to majorly upgrade the Brooklyn Marine Terminal could be a huge boon to surrounding neighborhoods — unless it's sabotaged by delusional...
A federal judge allowed a graduate student from Turkey to continue her challenge to her arrest by immigration officers on a Massachusetts street last month, rejecting the Trump administration's attempts to dismiss the case.
While some businesses are panicked about the high prices that could result from the steep tariffs President Trump imposed on virtually all nations, several U.S. industries welcome the new levies.
The Senate on Friday night kicked off its vote-a-rama, a process that is likely to conclude with Republicans adopting the budget resolution that will serve as a blueprint for enacting President Trump's domestic agenda. The lengthy string of amendment votes is set to run past midnight and into the wee hours of Saturday morning. Democrats are...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) is reviewing seeking a 7 year sentence for former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) according to a Friday filing. Prosecutors said the length of the requested sentence reflects the serious nature of Santos’s “unparalleled” crimes. “Santos planned and executed an assortment of fraudulent schemes and leveraged them and a fictious life...
J.P. Morgan is forecasting that the U.S. economy will enter a recession this year as fallout from President Trump's tariffs has taken hold. In a Friday evening note to investors, the company's chief U.S. economist Michael Feroli said the firm predicts that gross domestic product (GDP) will likely contract "under the weight of the tariffs."...