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FEMA Quietly Eases Rules Meant to Protect Buildings in Flood Zones

The agency issued an internal memo saying it would β€œpause” a regulation directing that schools, libraries and other public facilities damaged by disasters be rebuilt safely.

Β© Al Drago for The New York Times

Environmentalists Gear Up to Fight Trump in Court

As Trump pledges regulatory rollbacks, environmental groups say the administration’s aggressive cost-cutting tactics could make it easier for them to win some long-term battles.

Β© Mark Abramson for The New York Times

Lee Zeldin, the E.P.A. administrator, right, visiting fire-ravaged Altadena, Calif., earlier this month.
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