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Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick stated that the next two weeks will be significant as the Trump administration presses for tariff deals with trading partners.
Critics warn that Trump's fossil fuel expansion policy is setting back green progress by decades, with experts arguing the administration is using an 'invented' national energy crisis to justify expansion of coal, oil and gas.
US scientists report that Trump's funding cuts have led to unprecedented reductions in research support and staff layoffs, particularly affecting climate science programs.
Measles cases are rising and vaccination rates are falling as RFK Jr.'s policies take effect, with the EPA also facing significant cuts to its research functions.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reverted military base names back to Confederate titles including Fort Bragg and Fort Benning, a move critics argue sidesteps legal restrictions.
ICE continues allowing agents to wear masks during arrest raids despite legal advocates and state attorneys general arguing the practice raises accountability concerns and increases fear in communities.
A Pennsylvania grandfather was reportedly secretly deported to Guatemala after losing his green card, with his family initially told he had died before finding him alive in a hospital.
Salvadoran journalist Mario Guevara, arrested while livestreaming a Trump protest in June, continues fighting deportation despite having charges dropped, describing his experience as showing 'what absolute power can do.'
The Trump administration has dialed back aggressive measures against China and reversed its position on technology controls as the president angles for a Chinese diplomatic visit later this year.
Ukraine's president proposed reviving peace talks brokered by the Trump administration that had appeared stalled a month prior, signaling faint signs of movement in efforts to halt the Ukraine war.