by Justin Jouvenal, Maxine Joselow (c) 2025 , The Washington Post The Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down rules regulating the discharge of water pollution, narrowing the landmark Clean Water Act in an unusual case that pitted one of the nation’s greenest cities – San Francisco – against the Environmental Protection Agency. In a 5-4 […]
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Supreme Court strikes down EPA rules on discharge of water pollution
by Justin Jouvenal, Maxine Joselow (c) 2025 , The Washington Post The Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down rules regulating the discharge of water pollution, narrowing the landmark Clean Water Act in an unusual case that pitted one of the nation’s greenest cities – San Francisco – against the Environmental Protection Agency. In a 5-4 […]
Government shutdown looms as Trump tries to assert new spending powers
by Jacob Bogage (c) 2025 , The Washington Post Congress has less than two weeks to extend federal spending laws and keep the government open, but now a clash over President Donald Trump’s attempt to seize powers the Constitution delegates to lawmakers threatens to stall talks and force a shutdown. Republican negotiators walked away from […]
Government shutdown looms as Trump tries to assert new spending powers
by Jacob Bogage (c) 2025 , The Washington Post Congress has less than two weeks to extend federal spending laws and keep the government open, but now a clash over President Donald Trump’s attempt to seize powers the Constitution delegates to lawmakers threatens to stall talks and force a shutdown. Republican negotiators walked away from […]
Can Elon Musk find any fraud before Trump’s base notices the con?
by Philip Bump (c) 2025 , The Washington Post Last week, a number of prominent posters from right-wing social media were invited to the White House for the release of files from the investigation into the crimes of financier Jeffrey Epstein. They were given binders of material, lists of names with blacked-out contact information. They […]
Can Elon Musk find any fraud before Trump’s base notices the con?
by Philip Bump (c) 2025 , The Washington Post Last week, a number of prominent posters from right-wing social media were invited to the White House for the release of files from the investigation into the crimes of financier Jeffrey Epstein. They were given binders of material, lists of names with blacked-out contact information. They […]
Washington now ‘largely aligns’ with Moscow’s vision, Kremlin says
by Francesca Ebel (c) 2025 , The Washington Post MOSCOW – The Trump administration’s rewrite of decades of U.S. foreign policy on Russia, laid bare in the Oval Office confrontation between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, is bringing Washington into alignment with Moscow, the Kremlin said Sunday, a shift that could upend […]
Washington now ‘largely aligns’ with Moscow’s vision, Kremlin says
by Francesca Ebel (c) 2025 , The Washington Post MOSCOW – The Trump administration’s rewrite of decades of U.S. foreign policy on Russia, laid bare in the Oval Office confrontation between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, is bringing Washington into alignment with Moscow, the Kremlin said Sunday, a shift that could upend […]
Tariffs for Mexico and Canada begin Tuesday, Trump confirms
by David J. Lynch (c) 2025 , The Washington Post President Donald Trump said Monday that tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada would go into effect tomorrow, ending a month-long delay that saw both U.S. neighbors scramble unsuccessfully to head off the punishing trade action and sending stock prices into a swift decline. On […]
Tariffs for Mexico and Canada begin Tuesday, Trump confirms
by David J. Lynch (c) 2025 , The Washington Post President Donald Trump said Monday that tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada would go into effect tomorrow, ending a month-long delay that saw both U.S. neighbors scramble unsuccessfully to head off the punishing trade action and sending stock prices into a swift decline. On […]