Trump funding freeze a blatant violation of Constitution, federal law: Legal experts
The Constitution, federal law and court decisions make it clear: President Donald Trump's order to pause federal funding is ...
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How the EPA administrator protects public health, air, water and the environment
Since President Richard Nixon created the EPA in 1970, the U.S. population has grown by 62% and its gross domestic product has more than quadrupled. People in the U.S. drive almost three times as ...
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‘We’ve Got an Enormous Crisis on Our Hands’
Public-policy expert Don Kettl discusses Trump and Musk’s blitzkrieg attack on the federal workforce and where it goes next.
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What does the head of the Environmental Protection Agency do?
Since President Richard Nixon created the EPA in 1970, the U.S. population has grown by 62% and its gross domestic product has more than quadrupled. People in the U.S. drive almost three times as ...
What is 'impoundment' and how does it work?
The Trump administration grabbed at the 'power of the purse' in Congress, using a little-known executive action that could ...
Trump’s Funding Freeze Will be Fought in Court. That Could Land Him More Power.
As Trump's funding freeze heads to court, he hopes judges grant him the power of impoundment. What is impoundment? And why ...
Federal Judge Orders White House to Keep Money Flowing to 22 States
A court in Rhode Island issued a temporary restraining order to block Trump’s directive to defund programs he considers to be ...
Musk's charge against the federal government, from USAID to EPA
With Donald Trump behind him, the head of SpaceX wants to apply the methods he tried and tested in his Tesla factories and at ...
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Power Plays: The Need to Revive ‘Energy Federalism’
The Trump administration has an opportunity to return authority over energy generation and natural resource development to the states.