Category Archives: Politics

EPA withdraws regulation on ‘major sources’ of pollution

The Environmental Protection Agency is withdrawing a policy that requires facilities, such as power plants, that are “major” sources of hazardous air pollutants to remain classified as major sources even if they lowered their emissions.

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Source:: CNN

US economy grew faster in 2017, but growth slowed at year’s end

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Source:: CNN

Trump’s citizenship comments add to immigration confusion on Capitol hill

President Donald Trump is doubling down on his position that young immigrants who were brought to the country illegally as children should not be penalized.

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Source:: CNN

Kelly’s hardnose tactics vex some in West Wing

After moving into his West Wing corner office, John Kelly, President Donald Trump’s chief of staff, replaced the three large flatscreen televisions over the fireplace with a portrait of Abraham Lincoln.

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Source:: CNN

President Trump's first year made me rethink my American government class

In my 45th year of teaching the course, I question for the first time whether the values James Madison wrote into the Constitution will survive.
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Source:: USA Today