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Illinois bet on solar to meet its climate goals. Trump has the industry in his crosshairs.

By Andrew Adams
Jul 17, 2025 1:41 pm - Congress’ latest budget package slashed federal tax incentives for solar developments. Industry insiders said the latest federal policies create “a lot of uncertainty.” Illinois facilitates significant funding for the renewables industry, particularly for solar, which provides some insulation against the federal action.
The House is poised to OK Trump's $9 billion cut to public broadcasting and foreign aid

By KEVIN FREKING and MARY CLARE JALONICK
Jul 17, 2025 1:34 pm - The House is expected late Thursday to approve President Donald Trump's request to claw back about $9 billion for public broadcasting and foreign aid as Republicans target institutions and programs they view as bloated or out of step with their agenda.
In their own words: Trump, Patel, Bongino and Bondi on the Epstein scandal

By JONATHAN J. COOPER
Jul 17, 2025 9:50 am - When Jeffrey Epstein died in prison, then-President Donald Trump speculated that authorities might be wrong in ruling it a suicide.
Syrian forces withdraw from Sweida after ceasefire goes into effect

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB and GHAITH ALSAYED
Jul 17, 2025 7:58 am - Syrian forces largely withdrew from the southern province of Sweida on Thursday following days of clashes with militias linked to the Druze minority.
Justice Department fires Maurene Comey, prosecutor on Epstein case and daughter of ex-FBI director

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and ERIC TUCKER
Jul 17, 2025 7:51 am - The Justice Department has fired Maurene Comey, the daughter of former FBI director James Comey and a federal prosecutor in Manhattan who worked on the cases against Sean “Diddy” Combs and Jeffrey Epstein, three people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
How weather conspiracy theories moved from online fringes to state laws

By Shannon Osaka
Jul 16, 2025 7:43 pm - Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier sent a letter to all public airports in the state Monday to warn them of a new law banning any injection of chemicals to change th...
Federal lawsuit seeks to stop ICE agents from arresting people at immigration courts

By MARTHA BELLISLE
Jul 16, 2025 7:41 pm - A group of immigrants and legal advocates filed a class-action lawsuit Wednesday that seeks to stop Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers from arresting migrants w...
NOAA was developing tool to help communities prepare for extreme rainfall. Trump officials stopped it.

By Sarah Kaplan
Jul 16, 2025 4:04 pm - The Commerce Department has indefinitely suspended work on a tool to help communities predict how rising global temperatures will alter the frequency of extreme rainfall,...
RFK Jr. and other Trump officials embrace psychedelics after FDA setback

By MATTHEW PERRONE
Jul 16, 2025 3:59 pm - WASHINGTON — For decades, proponents of psychedelic drugs have come to Washington with a provocative message: Illegal, mind-altering substances like LSD and ecstasy shoul...
Trump says he’s ‘highly unlikely’ to fire Fed’s Powell after floating that idea in private

By SEUNG MIN KIM
Jul 16, 2025 1:20 pm - President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he was “highly unlikely” to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, a public statement made less than 24 hours after suggesting in a private meeting that he was leaning in favor of dismissing the head of the nation's central bank.

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