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Automakers ask EPA to overturn recent review of fuel-efficiency standards
The world's biggest automakers have asked Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt to reconsider a recent decision to lock in strict fuel efficiency standards for cars and light trucks to be produced in model years 2022 to 2025. The requests by the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers and the Association of Global Automakers to relax the standards, which the Obama administration finalized Jan. 13, could provide the first indication of how the Trump administration will reshape the government's approach to addressing climate change.
6 ways to spread facts
The simple but frustrating truth is that facts alone are not enough to convince people. Even the most thorough, accurate piece of reporting might still be trumped by a poorly reasoned and false counterargument.
White House signals reversal in transgender-bathroom policy
The Trump administration plans to roll back protections for transgender students, reversing federal guidance that required the nation's public schools to allow children to use the bathrooms and locker rooms that matched their gender identities. In a letter to the nation's schools, administration officials plan to say they are withdrawing guidance issued by the Obama administration that found that denying transgender students the right to use the bathroom of their choice violates federal prohibitions against sex discrimination, according to a draft of the letter obtained by The Washington Post .
Trump to spare ‘dreamer’ immigrants
President Donald Trump's administration are thought to be keeping the protections in place for child US immigrants. Photo: Reuters President Donald Trump's administration plans to consider almost all illegal immigrants subject to deportation, but will leave protections in place for immigrants known as "dreamers" who entered the United States illegally as children, according to official guidelines released on Tuesday.
Obamacare premium surge lays bare America’s economic divisions
Mike Schwarz, sole proprietor of Mike Schwarz Photography, poses for a Feb. 9 photo in Tampa, Florida. Schwarz is a self-employed business owner who buys his own health insurance.
Trump praises new African American museum during first visit
President Donald Trump denounced "bigotry, intolerance and hatred in all of its very ugly forms" during his first visit to the new Smithsonian black history museum on Tuesday. Trump, in remarks after his tour, called the museum "truly great" and said he would be back to see more of the 3,000 objects illustrating African-American history.
The CutTrump Will Issue New Guidelines on Treatment of Transgender…
President Donald Trump will issue "further guidance" on an Obama administrative policy aimed at protecting transgender students in public schools, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said during a Tuesday news briefing. As Politico reports, advocates expect President Barack Obama's directive to be rescinded soon.
Kremlingate deserves a hearing
Michael Flynn's departure as national security adviser highlights the troubling and mysterious ties between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. We know Trump is the most pro-Russia president in American history.
Zimbabwe’s Mugabe, now 93, confirms election run
One of Africa's longest-serving heads of state turns 93 today -- but is showing no signs of slowing down. In an interview to state media to celebrate the occasion, Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe confirmed that he intends to run for president in the 2018 general election, Reuters reported.
Donald Trump state visit ‘should and will happen’ MPs told during debate
Alan Duncan. MPs debating in Westminster Hall, central London, e-petitions relating to state visit to the UK by US President Donald Trump.
Trump is making China great again
The Space Needle towers in the background Feb. 15 beyond a container ship anchored in Elliott Bay near downtown Seattle. A board member of the American Chamber of Commerce in China, Lester Ross, says China is preparing to retaliate if U.S. President-elect Donald Trump carries out promises to impose sanctions on Chinese goods.
U.K. lawmakers debate downgrading Trump invite for state visit
A protester holds a placard near the Houses of Parliament in London on Feb. 20, 2017. A protester holds a placard near the Houses of Parliament in London on Feb. 20, 2017.
Mayoral Challenger Schwartz Says Garcetti Ignoring Rising Crime Rates
Mitchell Schwartz is one of eleven candidates challenging incumbent Eric Garcetti to be the next mayor of Los Angeles. A Democrat who directed Barack Obama's 2008 campaign in California, Schwartz says Mayor Garcetti is ducking the issue of rising crime.
UK lawmakers debate downgrading Trump invite for state visit
U.S. President Donald Trump should not be afforded the "rare privilege" of a state visit, a British opposition lawmaker said Monday, as Parliament debated a call for Trump's invitation to be downgraded and stripped of its royal seal of approval. The nonbinding debate was called in response to an online petition with more than 1.8 million signatures saying a formal state visit "would cause embarrassment to Her Majesty the Queen."
Trumpa s first month augurs stormy trans-Atlantic relations
After President Donald Trump's raucous first month in office, Europeans have reacted with demonstrations, counter-barbs and sheer angst that a century of trans-Atlantic friendship may be sinking. "Too much as happened," European Union leader Donald Tusk said Monday, "for us to pretend that everything is as it used to be."
Dems call GOP health care law ‘road to ruin’
House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis. arrives with Health and Human Services Secretary-designate, Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga.
Donald Trump is not an anti-Semite
Marc Zell is a director of Ariel University and founder and vice president of Republicans Abroad Israel. He is founder and principal of Zell, Aron & Co., with offices in Israel, the United States, Russia, Canada and Jordan concentrating in international business law and litigation.
Retreat From Electoral Vote Boast Shows Trump Can Be Forced to Acknowledge Reality
Donald Trump's rambling, whiny, narcissistic press conference last week was disturbing in several ways, but there was at least one encouraging sign: The president showed he is capable of taking correction-something that was very much in doubt given the long list of fantasies he has repeatedly peddled as truth. During his introductory remarks, appropos of nothing but his constant need to stroke his own ego, Trump called his election victory "the biggest Electoral College win since Ronald Reagan."
Trump’s first month augurs stormy trans-Atlantic relations
U.S. Vice Presiden... . United States Vice President Mike Pence, left, shakes hands with European Union High Representative Federica Mogherini during a meeting at US ambassadors residence in Brussels on Monday, Feb. 20, 2017.