Department of Justices files launches lawsuit against California “sanctuary” laws.
California tried to make it harder for ICE to round up immigrants. So the federal government is suing the state. The Department of Justice has just filed a lawsuit against the state over three laws it passed in 2017 that limit government officials’ and employers’ ability to help federal immigration agents, and that give California the power to review conditions in facilities where immigrants are being detained by the feds. Sessions, in a Wednesday speech to the California Peace Officers’ Association, a law enforcement union, is giving the message in person.
Vox: Federal lawsuit against California "sanctuary" laws
Wednesday, March 7, 2018
Tuesday, March 6, 2018
March 6, 2018
Trump administration reverses promise to ban elephant hunt trophies.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has quietly begun allowing more trophy hunting of African elephants, despite President Donald Trump’s pledge last year to uphold a ban on importing parts of animals killed by big-game hunters.
The agency issued a formal memo Thursday saying it would consider issuing permits to import elephant trophies from African nations on a “case-by-case” basis, effective immediately. The new guidelines, first reported by E&E News and later by The Hill, end U.S. bans on the import of such trophies from Zimbabwe and Zambia.
HP: Trump administration reverses elephant trophy ban
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has quietly begun allowing more trophy hunting of African elephants, despite President Donald Trump’s pledge last year to uphold a ban on importing parts of animals killed by big-game hunters.
The agency issued a formal memo Thursday saying it would consider issuing permits to import elephant trophies from African nations on a “case-by-case” basis, effective immediately. The new guidelines, first reported by E&E News and later by The Hill, end U.S. bans on the import of such trophies from Zimbabwe and Zambia.
HP: Trump administration reverses elephant trophy ban
Wednesday, February 28, 2018
Feb. 28, 2018
Trump directs EPA to begin dismantling clean water rule.
President Trump stepped up his attack on federal environmental protections Tuesday, issuing an order directing his administration to begin the long process of rolling back sweeping clean water rules that were enacted by his predecessor.
LAT: Trump administration begins roll back of EPA clean water rules
President Trump stepped up his attack on federal environmental protections Tuesday, issuing an order directing his administration to begin the long process of rolling back sweeping clean water rules that were enacted by his predecessor.
LAT: Trump administration begins roll back of EPA clean water rules
Friday, February 16, 2018
Feb. 16, 2018
Trump signs resolution to permit dumping mining waste into waterways.
This resolution reverses an Obama-era rule aimed at blocking coal-mining operations from dumping waste into nearby waterways.
This resolution reverses an Obama-era rule aimed at blocking coal-mining operations from dumping waste into nearby waterways.
Monday, February 12, 2018
Feb. 12, 2018
Trump's budget plan cuts funding for arts, humanities and public media.
President Trump's proposed budget calls for big cuts in a wide array of domestic programs — among them, agencies that fund the arts, humanities and public media.
Funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting would be cut to zero under the proposal, and the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities would be eliminated entirely, the first time any president has proposed such a measure.
NPR: Trump's budget plan slashes arts, humanities funding
NYT: Trump proposes eliminating NEA endowments
The Hill • Trump proposal eliminates funding for PBS, NPR
President Trump's proposed budget calls for big cuts in a wide array of domestic programs — among them, agencies that fund the arts, humanities and public media.
Funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting would be cut to zero under the proposal, and the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities would be eliminated entirely, the first time any president has proposed such a measure.
NPR: Trump's budget plan slashes arts, humanities funding
NYT: Trump proposes eliminating NEA endowments
The Hill • Trump proposal eliminates funding for PBS, NPR
Feb. 12, 2018
Trump wants to slash food stamps and replace them with a ‘Blue Apron-type program’
The Trump administration wants to slash food aid to low-income families and make up the difference with a box of canned goods — a change that Office of Management and budget director Mick Mulvaney described in a Monday briefing as a “Blue Apron-type program.”
“What we do is propose that for folks who are on food stamps, part — not all, part — of their benefits come in the actual sort of, and I don't want to steal somebody's copyright, but a Blue Apron-type program where you actually receive the food instead of receive the cash,” Mulvaney said. “It lowers the cost to us because we can buy [at wholesale prices] whereas they have to buy it at retail. It also makes sure they're getting nutritious food. So we're pretty excited about that.”
Let them eat "Blue Apron"
The Trump administration wants to slash food aid to low-income families and make up the difference with a box of canned goods — a change that Office of Management and budget director Mick Mulvaney described in a Monday briefing as a “Blue Apron-type program.”
“What we do is propose that for folks who are on food stamps, part — not all, part — of their benefits come in the actual sort of, and I don't want to steal somebody's copyright, but a Blue Apron-type program where you actually receive the food instead of receive the cash,” Mulvaney said. “It lowers the cost to us because we can buy [at wholesale prices] whereas they have to buy it at retail. It also makes sure they're getting nutritious food. So we're pretty excited about that.”
Let them eat "Blue Apron"
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