Volodymyr Zelensky, the president of Ukraine, told NBC News that heβd warned President Trump that Russiaβs president, Vladimir Putin, is a βliar.β
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, left, met with Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other officials at the Munich Security Conference on Friday.
Remarks by Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth are fueling concerns that the U.S. will move away from Europe and align with Moscow.
President Trump shared a quotation on social media, making it clear it was one he wanted people to absorb: βHe who saves his Country does not violate any Law.β
Rows of cars waiting to be shipped at the Port of Tianjin in China. President Trump is aiming to advance a new era in which trade treaties give way to country-to-country negotiations.
Demoralized donors are frustrated with Democratsβ failings and worried about retribution from the president. Their frugality has left liberal groups struggling to fight the new administration.
President Trump has not yet taken action against any liberal groups or donors, but many worry that he or his allies may seek to punish them through congressional investigations, lawsuits or tax audits.
The first full draft of the assessment, on the state of Americaβs land, water and wildlife, was weeks from completion. The project leader called the study βtoo important to die.β
About 80 percent of manufacturing investments spurred by a Biden-era climate law have flowed to Republican districts. Efforts to stop federal payments are already causing pain.
The Trump administrationβs decision to fire 3,400 workers and pause funds used for wildfire prevention comes as wildfires are growing more dangerous and frequent.
David Needham, a U.S. Forest Service ranger, monitored a prescribed burn, which is intended to clear out vegetation that could feed a wildfire, in Colorado in 2022.
Companies that get federal grants or loans usually sign a legally binding agreement and depend on getting reimbursed. The new administration has upended that expectation.
Energy Department officials have ordered an internal review of potentially billions of dollars worth of climate and infrastructure spending that was awarded by the Biden administration after the Nov. 5 election.
The agency issued an internal memo saying it would βpauseβ a regulation directing that schools, libraries and other public facilities damaged by disasters be rebuilt safely.
Kathleen Sgamma is president of the Denver-based Western Energy Alliance, which has worked to strip away government protections and rules on extracting fossil fuels on public lands.
As Trump pledges regulatory rollbacks, environmental groups say the administrationβs aggressive cost-cutting tactics could make it easier for them to win some long-term battles.
Federal regulators approved a proposal from the nationβs largest grid operator that will give primacy to 50 new power plants, a decision to help meet the countryβs growing electricity demand.
A natural gas power plant in Westbrook, Maine. Utilities and grid operators in recent months have shifted from renewable energy and toward natural gas generations.
Mercy Githinji cared for 100 households in the Kayole neighborhood of Nairobi when the clinic where she worked, run by the U.S.A.I.D. Tumukia Mtoto Project, closed down.
Chris Wright, in his Senate hearing, also tried to reassure Democrats that he believed climate change was a βglobal challenge that we need to solve.β