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Administrator Lee Zeldin says the Environmental Protection Agency will eliminate 31 protections against air and water pollution.The head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the United States has announced the elimination of more than two dozen air and water protections. In a statement on social media, administrator Lee Zeldin said that the EPA would slash protections regulating areas such as tailpipe pollution, waterway protections and power plant emissions. “EPA is initiating 31 historic actions to Power the Great American Comeback in the greatest day of deregulation in American history!” Zeldin wrote. The move comes as President Donald Trump and…

Roomba vacuums by iRobot are displayed at a Best Buy store in San Rafael, California, on Jan. 19, 2024.Justin Sullivan | Getty ImagesShares of iRobot plunged more than 30% on Wednesday after it said there is “substantial doubt” about its ability to stay in business.The Roomba maker’s financial outlook has darkened since Amazon abandoned its planned $1.7 billion acquisition of the company in January 2024, citing regulatory scrutiny. Since then, iRobot has struggled to generate cash and pay off debts.Massachusetts-based iRobot has been restructuring since the Amazon deal plunged into uncertainty. The company has laid off 51% of its workforce…

Hundreds of people have rallied outside a New York City courtroom to demand the release of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, whose arrest over the weekend sparked condemnation and fears of a crackdown on free speech in the United States. The demonstrators gathered on Wednesday outside Manhattan’s federal court for the first formal hearing in Khalil’s case, as he faces possible deportation for his activism. “Release Mahmoud Khalil now!” they chanted. During the brief hearing, Khalil’s lawyer Ramzi Kassem said his client had been allowed just one call with his legal team from the detention centre where he is being held…

The Department of Homeland Security says its immigrant detention centers are at capacity, housing about 47,600 individuals.Speaking to reporters Wednesday on background, DHS officials said they are working with the Marshals Service, Department of Defense and Federal Bureau of Prisons to increase bed space as they ask Congress for more funding.Arrested individuals are also being released from detention on a case-by-case basis using ICE’s Alternatives to Detention program based on medical or humanitarian concerns, they said.The senior DHS and ICE officials also provided new arrest data cataloging Trump’s first 50 days back in office. According to DHS data, from Jan.…

Then, two things happened. The wonkish central banker Mark Carney announced his candidacy for leadership of the liberals, to succeed Trudeau. And Trump started talking so incessantly about taking over Canada as a 51st state that his minions like Kristi Noem have used trips to the Canadian border to mock-insult our gentle neighbors to the north.Failing a war of conquest, it was clear, there would be a protracted trade war, absurdly premised on the number of drug overdose deaths in the United States, which has been falling for a year; Peter Navarro, a Trump adviser on trade, recently argued that…

Ucrania dijo que apoyaría la propuesta del gobierno de Donald Trump de un alto al fuego de 30 días con Rusia tras las conversaciones mantenidas en Arabia Saudita, al tiempo que Estados Unidos acordaba levantar de inmediato su pausa en el intercambio de inteligencia y la asistencia militar a Ucrania.El anuncio del martes dio un nuevo impulso a los esfuerzos para detener los combates. Estados Unidos y sus aliados dijeron que ahora correspondía a Rusia poner fin a la guerra.¿Qué ocurrió en Arabia Saudita?El secretario de Estado Marco Rubio y Michael Waltz, asesor de seguridad nacional estadounidense, se reunieron en…

(The Center Square) – The demand from schools for solar project funding across Pennsylvania is outpacing available resources, state data reveals. In its pilot round, the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development, or DCED, reported receiving 88 grant applications from schools across 25 counties for the Solar for Schools program. Schools requested $88 million in funding — more than three times the available $25 million. The bill establishing the program, introduced by Rep. Elizabeth Fiedler, D-Philadelphia, was passed last session with bipartisan support and backing from environmental and labor groups. In a press release provided to The Center Square, Fiedler called it…

Many of Trump’s efforts to reshape the federal government have been challenged in court, often by employee unions or Democrat-led states that argue such decisions fall to Congress. Some have faced temporary restraining orders or legal setbacks, while others have won short-term victories. Nearly all the cases are still navigating their way through the federal court system. In addition, some federal employees have filed complaints directly with the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), a panel that enforces worker rights within the government. Last week, a judge blocked Trump’s efforts to fire the chair of the MSPB. On Wednesday, one of…

En un lapso de solo 50 días, el presidente Donald Trump ha hecho más que cualquiera de sus predecesores modernos para socavar los cimientos de un sistema internacional que Estados Unidos erigió laboriosamente en los 80 años transcurridos desde que salió victorioso de la Segunda Guerra Mundial.Sin declarar formalmente un cambio de rumbo ni ofrecer una justificación estratégica, ha empujado a Estados Unidos a cambiar de bando en la guerra de Ucrania, abandonando todo discurso sobre ayudar a una democracia naciente e imperfecta a defender sus fronteras contra un invasor más grande. No dudó cuando ordenó a Estados Unidos que…

Montreal, Canada – In his first speech as Canada’s prime minister-designate, Mark Carney delivered what observers have described as a stunning statement. “I know that these are dark days,” Carney told a room full of supporters on Sunday after he won the race to lead the governing Liberal Party. “Dark days brought on by a country we can no longer trust.” The country in question? An ally with which Canada shares the world’s longest undefended land border and, until recently, seemingly unshakeable ties: the United States. “That is jaw-dropping in the broader context,” Jon Parmenter, a history professor at Cornell University…