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{beacon} {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story  Trump signs executive orders bolstering coal President Trump on Tuesday signed a series of executive orders bolstering coal plants and production.  © Associated Press pool In the order, Trump will define coal as a “mineral,” allowing it to benefit from a previous executive order bolstering...

Elon Musk’s brother, Kimball Musk, urged President Trump to fire his senior trade advisor Peter Navarro on Tuesday night. “@realDonaldTrump Mr President, if Peter Navarro has lied to you about Ron Vara, what else has he lied to you about?” Kimball Musk said in a post on X. “Put America first and fire him!” The...

The Trump administration said Tuesday it would pull funding from Princeton University over climate-related programs that go “against” the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) current program objectives. A release from the Department of Commerce, which houses the NOAA program, highlighted three of the school’s research awards that clash with the administration’s policies. The programs...

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard announced Tuesday that she was creating a task force to investigate the intelligence community to increase “transparency and accountability.” The Director’s Initiatives Group (DIG) has plans to execute President Trump’s executive order “aimed at rebuilding trust” in the intelligence community, according to a statement from Gabbard. The group will...

President Trump demanded that House conservatives get on board with his legislative agenda after a number of conservatives dug in on their opposition to the spending bill on Tuesday.  “They have to do this. We have to get there. I think we are there. We had a great meeting today,” Trump said in an address...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) announced his campaign for the U.S. Senate on Tuesday after previously hinting at launching a bid against his incumbent GOP colleague Sen. John Cornyn (Texas). "I'm announcing that I'm running for U.S. Senate against John Cornyn, who apparently is running again for his fifth term, which would put him...

President Trump on Tuesday exempted dozens of coal plants from a Biden administration regulation imposing stricter standards for mercury, lead, nickel and arsenic emissions. Trump announced the exemption as part of a series of actions he took to bolster the coal industry. “As part of our historic deregulatory efforts, this afternoon, I'm also granting immediate...

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy   The Big Story  GOP mood grows darker on as markets give up gains Glimmers of optimism surrounding President Trump’s tariffs quickly faded Tuesday as the White House dug in on the threat of new levies. © Greg Nash As...

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) are pressing the White House and six top law firms about alleged deals struck with the Trump administration to avoid getting targeted by executive orders for hiring lawyers and representing clients whom the president does not like. In the letter to White House counsel David Warrington,...

The chair of House Republicans’ campaign arm, Rep. Richard Hudson (R-N.C.), said the committee raised $35.2 million ahead of its dinner with President Trump on Tuesday, according to a source familiar with the matter.  Trump is slated to attend the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) dinner, a key fundraising event for House Republicans, on Tuesday. ...

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story Hegseth: US to ‘take back’ Panama Canal from Chinese influence The United States and Panama will work together to "take back" the Panama Canal from "China’s influence," Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said while visiting the country....

President Trump said Tuesday he's supportive of "major spending cuts" after a meeting with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and House Republicans who have expressed skepticism about a budget resolution to proceed with his legislative agenda. "I had a very good meeting today with the Speaker of the House and some of our more Conservative Members,...

Sen. Bernie Sanders slammed law firms coming to deals with President Trump in an interview that aired Sunday. “What do you make of the law firms cutting deals?” CBS News’s Robert Costa asked Sanders on “CBS News Sunday Morning.” “Absolute cowardice,” Sanders responded. Sanders later added that the firms are “going to sell out their...

Vulnerable House Republicans are on defense amid the fallout from President Trump’s sweeping global tariffs, which have stoked uncertainty about the economy. Markets took a nosedive Thursday following Trump’s announcement of a general 10 percent tariff on goods imported to the U.S., along with other targeted tariffs on various U.S. trading partners. The financial environment...

Stocks have fallen in Asia and Australia amid economic turmoil stemming from President Trump’s sweeping tariffs. At 9:26 p.m. Eastern time Sunday, Japan’s Nikkei 225 was down close to 1,990 points, or 5.89 percent. South Korea’s Kospi had also fallen over 100 points, or 4.37 percent, by 9:29 p.m. Eastern time, and Australia’s S&P/ASX 200...

President Trump on Sunday defended his sweeping tariffs amid plunging markets, saying he did not “want anything to go down.” “When you look at the trade deficit we have with certain countries, with China it’s a trillion dollars," Trump told reporters traveling with him on Air Force One as he returned from Florida to Washington,...

President Trump said Sunday that he met with former New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) about a potential Senate bid and that he hopes Sununu launches a campaign. "He came to my office, came to the Oval Office, and met with Chris Sununu, and I support him fully. I hope he runs," Trump told reporters...

Billionaire hedge fund investor Bill Ackman, who endorsed President Trump last year, is offering a stark warning about the risks of the White House’s tariff plans, arguing they could cause the economy to collapse while hurting Trump supporters the most. “Business is a confidence game. The president is losing the confidence of business leaders around...

U.S. stock futures dropped sharply on Sunday evening as markets continued to signal a sell-off in the wake of President Trump’s massive reciprocal tariffs on trading partners. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were down more than 1,700 points on Sunday evening at 6 p.m., pointing to what could be a disastrous day on Wall Street...

Israel blocked two British lawmakers from coming into the county, the two politicians said in a statement posted to social media Sunday. “We're astounded at the unprecedented step taken by the Israeli authorities to refuse British MPs entry on our trip to visit the occupied West Bank. It is vital that parliamentarians are able to...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent claimed Sunday that “more than 50 countries” have approached the Trump administration to bring down “non-tariff trade barriers,” reduce tariffs, and halt “currency manipulation” on their side. “More than 50 countries have approached … the administration about lowering their non-tariff trade barriers, lowering their tariffs, stopping currency manipulation,” Bessent said on...

Trump administration officials fanned out across the media talk shows on Sunday to defend tariffs imposed by the president on just about every country on Earth. The reciprocal tariffs were long promised by President Trump, who feels the U.S. has been ripped off by trading practices of friends and foes that have run trade deficits...

Families and students are growing nervous about the fate of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) amid President Trump's massive cuts to the Department of Education and his plans to do away with it entirely. FAFSA has had a rough few years, starting with a clumsy rollout of revamped forms during the...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. touted the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine as the “most effective” way to prevent the spread of measles during a visit to Texas with the family of an 8-year-old girl who died from the disease. “I came to­ Gaines County, Texas, today to comfort the...