Ledyard King USA TODAY Published 10:20 p.m. UTC Jul 26, 2018 WASHINGTON – The Trump administration will formally lay out a plan as early as next week to revisit strict fuel-economy standards that had been set in motion under President Barack Obama, according to Andrew Wheeler, the new acting head of the Environmental Protection Agency. Automakers, state officials, environmentalists and federal regulators had agreed in 2012 to increase vehicle efficiency to an average 34.5 mpg by 2016 across the fleet of American cars and trucks, with the standard then slated to rise yearly until it hits 54.5 mpg by the end of 2025. In an interview Thursday with USA TODAY, Wheeler argued that Obama acted prematurely when he increased the fuel-efficiency requirements before leaving office in 2017 and that the issue needs further review. "They jumped the gun," Wheeler said. "It was a political attempt to try to move up the process and what we're doing is taking the … [Read more...] about President Trump administration to freeze Obama-era fuel standards for cars, light trucks
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G-PMC Makes Bold Move Submitting Offer to ISO Certify President Trump’s Administration and White House
G-PMC Proposes To ISO Certify The White House G-PMC is one of the few ISO certification registrars without any ties to infamous accrediting groups linked to foreign nations hostile to American interests If President Trump wants to drain the swamp, he needs an independent oversight body outside of the State Department and without any ties to the China-led International Accreditation Body (IAF) ”— Henry Kroger, ABAC Accreditation ProgramWASHINGTON, DC, US, May 22, 2018 /EINPresswire.com/ -- It's no secret that in recent memory the White House has experienced a number of significant leaks. G-PMC hopes to change this with a second-to-none ISO certified program designed to increase standards in this area that would tighten up information security standards. See https://youtu.be/YpghIzKGl_U Washington DC - It's not hard to be shocked by the amount of sensitive information that seems to be leaked from the White House on a near-daily basis. Most often this paints Donald Trump, … [Read more...] about G-PMC Makes Bold Move Submitting Offer to ISO Certify President Trump’s Administration and White House
Trump administration suing to block California laws protecting illegal immigrants
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The Trump administration is suing to block California laws that extend protections to people living in the U.S. illegally, the most aggressive move yet in its push to force so-called sanctuary cities and states to cooperate with immigration authorities. California officials remained characteristically defiant, vowing to defend their landmark legislation.FULL COMPLAINT: Full complaint from President Trump administration Justice Department officials said Tuesday that a trio of state laws that, among other things, bar police from asking people about their citizenship status or participating in federal immigration enforcement activities are unconstitutional and have kept federal agents from doing their jobs. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is expected to announce the lawsuit Wednesday at an annual gathering of law enforcement officers in Sacramento. It names as defendants the state of California, Gov. Jerry Brown and Attorney General Xavier Becerra."I say, bring it … [Read more...] about Trump administration suing to block California laws protecting illegal immigrants
President Trump’s hostilility toward media intensifies during first year
The hostility with which President Trump and the news media regard each other has only intensified during his first year in the White House, even as the president engaged in an unprecedented level of interaction with reporters.Mr. Trump allowed pool sprays and other events that usually would be relegated to photo ops to become impromptu press conferences. He responded to more than 500 questions from reporters during these encounters, according to a tally by The Washington Times.His walks across the South Lawn to and from Marine One routinely become question-and-answer sessions with reporters along the rope line. He has taken questions there on 13 occasions, responding to 42 questions during a single session in October.By comparison, President Obama took questions twice when leaving or arriving on the Marine helicopter, and both times there was a podium placed there for the event, according to meticulous lists kept by Mark Knoller, White House correspondent for CBS News.During two days … [Read more...] about President Trump’s hostilility toward media intensifies during first year
President Trump sought to cut funding to Amtrak before derailment
President Donald Trump claims his infrastructure bill could have prevented Monday’s deadly Amtrak incident, but his own administration sought to cut funding to the nation’s rail system earlier this year.In May, President Trump released his transportation budget, which dramatically slashed federal aid to Amtrak by 13 percent. The budget, which reflects White House priorities and serves as a guide for Congress, proposed deep cuts in funding for long-distance service, expanding transit lines and construction grants. Keep up with this story and more “I’m just looking at the smoking wreckage,” Sean Jeans-Gail, the vice president of the National Association of Railroad Passengers, said in an eerily predictive comment this May.In 2017, 31.7 million passengers took trips with Amtrak, which operates a 21,356-mile railroad network in more than 500 communities. Yet the U.S. invests a much smaller amount in passenger rail than many countries in Europe and … [Read more...] about President Trump sought to cut funding to Amtrak before derailment
President Trump’s hostilility towards media intensifies during first year
The hostility with which President Trump and the news media regard each other has only intensified during his first year in the White House, even as the president engaged in an unprecedented level of interaction with reporters.Mr. Trump allowed pool sprays and other events that usually would be relegated to photo ops to become impromptu press conferences. He responded to more than 500 questions from reporters during these encounters, according to a tally by The Washington Times.His walks across the South Lawn to and from Marine One routinely become question-and-answer sessions with reporters along the rope line. He has taken questions there on 13 occasions, responding to 42 questions during a single session in October.By comparison, President Obama took questions twice when leaving or arriving on the Marine helicopter, and both times there was a podium placed there for the event, according to meticulous lists kept by Mark Knoller, White House correspondent for CBS News.During two days … [Read more...] about President Trump’s hostilility towards media intensifies during first year
The Trump administration’s disturbing fight to stop teenagers from getting abortions
Quinta Jurecic, deputy managing editor for the Lawfare blog, is currently serving as a member of The Post’s editorial board. Jane Poe is the pseudonym of a 17-year-old girl who crossed the border from Mexico into the United States this fall. We don’t know her home country or her real name, neither of which have been made public. What we do know is that she discovered she was pregnant while in a government-funded shelter for undocumented minors, and that the pregnancy was the result of rape. She asked for an abortion and said she would hurt herself if she didn’t receive one. The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), which oversaw Poe’s shelter, refused to allow it. Last month, Poe finally was able to get an abortion after an order by a federal judge. She is one of three teenage girls whose abortions the Trump administration has fought in court to block. Each time, it has failed, but there will surely be others in Poe’s position: teenagers exposed to … [Read more...] about The Trump administration’s disturbing fight to stop teenagers from getting abortions
Trump administration ripped for denying Gateway Tunnel agreement
New York’s state budget director shot back at the Trump administration Sunday, insisting the federal government should pay for half of the $13 billion project to build much-needed new rail tunnels under the Hudson River. Robert Mujica maintains that the 50/50 deal — originally negotiated with the Obama administration — remains in place for the critical Gateway Tunnel project. The agreement called for the federal government to foot half the bill with New York, New Jersey and the Port Authority covering the rest. The new tunnel would go from Newark Penn Station to New York Penn Station in Midtown. Trump says ‘no agreement’ for Hudson River tunnel funding plan Mujica said in a letter Sunday to the deputy administrator of the Federal Transit Administration, K. Kane Williams, that the 50/50 deal was discussed at a meeting last August with President Trump, Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, New York and New Jersey’s governors and a congressional … [Read more...] about Trump administration ripped for denying Gateway Tunnel agreement
Why does the Trump administration want to limit civil rights investigations in schools?
The 8 million African-American children enrolled in the nation’s public schools at some point in their studies will learn about the Supreme Court’s ruling in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. This landmark court case, decided in 1954, struck down state laws establishing separate public schools segregated by race. They will learn that the court, in resolving a particular complaint raised in a particular school district, addressed a systemic injustice. The civil rights the court protected in Topeka would be protected everywhere in the United States. The idea that race discrimination can be systemic has guided education policy ever since, but the Trump administration aims to change that. Starting next year, the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights will begin to treat accusations of discriminatory behavior in public education differently. Instead of investigating complaints with an open-ended, broad perspective to find out if a problem is widespread, … [Read more...] about Why does the Trump administration want to limit civil rights investigations in schools?
Trump administration kills Obama-era fracking rule before it can be enacted
The Obama administration’s 2015 fracking rule was never actually implemented, thanks to an ongoing court battle, and it apparently never will be.The Interior Department published a final rule Friday in the Federal Register repealing immediately the hydraulic-fracturing regulation on federal lands, saying that “we believe it imposes administrative burdens and compliance costs that are not justified.”The previous fracking rule was already moribund after a federal judge in Wyoming struck it down in June 2016 in response to a four-state lawsuit, holding that the Bureau of Land Management had overstepped its authority by acting without congressional approval.The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit had given the BLM until Jan. 12 to move ahead with its appeal, but the repeal renders the case moot.The decision met with cheers from Western lawmakers and oil-and-gas advocates, who had argued that the federal rule duplicated existing state regulations on hydraulic … [Read more...] about Trump administration kills Obama-era fracking rule before it can be enacted