EPA may ease regulation of chemical plastic recycling, and environmentalists worry
The Environmental Protection Agency is reconsidering whether facilities that recycle plastic chemically should be held to the same strict air pollution standards as incinerators. The possible change is alarming environmental advocates who say it would lead to
House Democrats will try anti-corruption message to gain traction against Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — Days after Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán was ousted by an opposition campaign with an anti-corruption message, Democrats want to try the same playbook against President Donald Trump before the midterm elections. House Democrats
How a retired cranberry bog helped change the game for wetland restoration
PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — Glorianna Davenport looks out at hundreds of acres of protected wetlands that were once her family’s cranberry farms. In her hands are laminated pictures of striking red cranberry bogs fed by razor-straight water
It’s Tax Day. Ahead of the deadline, 53 million filers used new Trump tax exemptions, Treasury says
WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s Tax Day on Wednesday, the deadline for most Americans to file taxes, and the Trump administration says millions of people have already used new breaks such as no tax on tips and overtime,
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Eric Swalwell: Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., formally resigned his House seat on Tuesday. Swalwell out amid sexual assault allegations after 13 years in Congress (Fox News) Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi denied having any knowledge of sexual misconduct
AP Decision Notes: What to expect in New Jersey’s special congressional election
WASHINGTON (AP) — Residents of New Jersey’s 11th Congressional District will have a representative in Congress for the first time this year after a special election on Thursday to fill the U.S. House seat most recently held
Melania Trump will push for updating a foster care program during a rare visit to Capitol Hill
WASHINGTON (AP) — Melania Trump planned a rare appearance on Capitol Hill on Wednesday to join a roundtable discussion with House lawmakers who are sponsoring legislation to update a nearly 30-year-old foster care program by broadening access
Veteran negotiator Roelf Meyer appointed as South Africa’s ambassador to the US
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed veteran politician Roelf Meyer as the country’s ambassador to the United States in a move widely seen as an effort to ease diplomatic tensions between the two
A small but growing movement wants you to put down your phone. Click here to learn more
NEW YORK (AP) — More than a dozen millennials gathered in a brownstone apartment in Brooklyn and placed their phones in a metal colander before two hours of reading, drawing and conversation — anything but staring at
Trump promised peace in the Middle East. In Dearborn, Michigan, it feels farther away
DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — Eighteen months after the nation’s largest Arab American community helped propel Donald Trump to a second term as president, the prayers have not stopped. In Dearborn, just outside of Detroit, families wait restlessly