Tag: policy
Big Tech Asked for Looser Clean Water Act Permitting. Trump Wants to Give It to Them
There are currently more than 50 issued nationwide 404 permits—some of which still require pre-construction notifications—which are renewed once every five years. Many of...
A 29-year-old Google engineer was killed by a falling tree branch. Alphabet has one of the most generous employee death policies in Silicon Valley
Angela Lin, a Google software engineer, was killed by a falling tree branch in Yosemite National Park on Saturday, July 19. Lin was 29....
Is MAHA losing its battle to make Americans healthier?
On a Friday evening this July, the Trump administration announced it would lay off all of the health research scientists at the Environmental Protection...
What the right’s war on college is really about
Project 2025 laid out the battle plan pretty clearly: Get rid of the Department of Education, shut off federal funding, take control of the...
60 Italian Mayors Want to Be the Unlikely Solution to Self-Driving Cars in Europe
The future of self-driving cars in Italy it seems needs not only technology but also (possibly above all) political backing. The good news, then,...
ICJ: What the world court’s landmark opinion means for climate change – Carbon Brief
The highest court of the UN has issued...
Tariffs haven’t raised prices significantly yet. That’s about to change.
Initial predictions about runaway inflation and empty shelves after President Donald Trump announced his sweeping tariffs in April have yet to materialize.Some in the...
Trump Says He’s ‘Getting Rid of Woke’ and Dismisses Copyright Concerns in AI Policy Speech
President Trump announced that the United States’ stance on intellectual property and AI would be a “commonsense application” that does not force AI companies...
A Top NASA Official Is Among Thousands of Staff Leaving the Agency
You can add another name to the thousands of employees leaving NASA as the Trump administration primes the space agency for a 25 percent...
DOJ seeks a single-day prison sentence for an officer convicted in the Breonna Taylor raid
This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over...