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Want to avoid costly environmental regulations? Just email the EPA.

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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In its latest move to dismantle environmental regulation under the Trump Administration, the Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday that it would speed up the process by which industry can bypass provisions of the Clean Air Act and other rules designed to limit air pollution with a simple offer: email us for a presidential exemption.

Businesses that would like to avoid complying with certain EPA rules can email the agency with a reason justifying why it should be allowed an exemption and how it is in the best interest of the national...
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Federal court warns Pentagon not to act against transgender service members during appeal

  • News source: FOX News
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The Trump administration was warned by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Thursday to not act against transgender military members while a federal judge’s order to block a ban on them was being appealed.

The Department of Defense (DOD) led by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, filed a notice to appeal Washington, D.C.-based U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes’ denial of their motion to dissolve her order that prevents the military from denying transgender people the ability to enlist in the military on Wednesday.

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Woman who killed music icon Selena denied parole in Texas

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The music icon was shot and killed by the founder of her fan club, who has been denied her first attempt at parole in Texas.
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Vance to purge museums of 'anti-American ideology'

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Donald Trump signs an order for his vice-president to target the Smithsonian Institution's museums.
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Trump takes aim at foreign-born college students, with 300 visas revoked

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thursday the State Department has revoked 300 or more student visas, as the White House increasingly targets foreign-born students whose whose main transgression seems to be activism, NBC News reported.

Rubio warned that the administration was looking out for “these lunatics.” Around the country, scholars have been picked up, in some cases by masked immigration agents, and held in detention centers, sometimes a thousand miles from their homes with little warning and often with few details about why they were being...
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Trump order on Smithsonian targets funding to programs with ‘improper ideology'

  • News source: Darlene Superville | The Associated Press
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President Donald Trump revealed his intentions to reshape the Smithsonian Institution with an executive order Thursday that targets funding to programs with “divisive narratives” and “improper ideology.”

Trump said there has been a “concerted and widespread” effort over the past decade to rewrite American history by replacing “objective facts” with a “distorted narrative driven by ideology rather than truth.”

He signed an executive order putting Vice President JD Vance in charge of an effort to “remove improper ideology” from the Smithsonian...
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Trump's tariffs won't just raise car prices, but insurances rates, experts say

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Chicago — Steve Walter's family has been fixing cars on Chicago's North Side for 70 years.

"I'm fourth generation," Walter said. "My grandfather worked on pre-war Italian race cars."

Walter's mechanics replace metal more often than they repair it, so he's bracing for the impact of President Trump's newly announced 25% tariffs on all vehicles and auto parts imported into the U.S., set to take effect April 2.

"Those tariffs are going to increase the average repair order," Walter said.

He also believes that the tariffs will drive up auto insurance...
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Feds lost track of tens of thousands of unaccompanied alien children after release: DHS OIG report

  • News source: FOX News
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In a new report, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) inspector general found that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is unable to effectively monitor the location and status of each unaccompanied alien child (UAC) who comes into the U.S. illegally and is released from custody.

Inspector General Joseph V. Cuffari said in the report that between fiscal years 2019 and 2023, ICE transferred over 448,000 UACs into the custody of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. From there, most of the UACs were released to sponsors...
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Putin says Greenland 'nothing to do with Russia' in nod to US

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Speaking in the Arctic, Russia's president said Trump's plans were "serious" but nothing to do with Moscow.
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Greenlanders prepare for uncomfortable visit from US vice-president

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Greenland is giving the cold shoulder to JD Vance and his wife, amid Trump's pledge to take control of the island.
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Venezuelans deported to mega-prison 'trapped in black hole'

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Gertrudis Pineda tells the BBC she has no information about her son who was sent by the US to a prison in El Salvador.
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Officer spared jail over fatal Tasering of 95-year-old

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The former police officer was found guilty of manslaughter in the death of Clare Nowland.
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N Korea's Kim inspects test of 'AI suicide attack drones'

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Analysts said the development of the technology was likely assisted by Russia.
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Egypt submarine sinking: What we know so far

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Six people have died after the submarine sank near Hurghada, a popular tourist destination.
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Bowen: Zelensky buoyant, but Europe will struggle to guarantee Ukraine's security

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky shares this thoughts on Europe's support and his country's resilience.
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