Day: March 12, 2025

In what he called the “most consequential day of deregulation in American history,” the head of the Environmental Protection Agency announced a series of actions Wednesday to roll back landmark environmental regulations, including rules on pollution from coal-fired power plants, climate change and electric vehicles.

As Trump begins dismantling the Education Department, student loan services, civil rights enforcement and funding for disadvantaged students remain in limbo.

Plus, what comes next in the Russia-Ukraine ceasefire talks. And what the Greenland election results might mean for the U.S.

Stephen Capone, owner of Capone Iron Corporation in Rowley, said his steel fabricating plant could triple their production, if not for competition from Canada.

While Trump’s executive order takes aim at Perkins Coie, the judge said it “casts a chilling harm of blizzard proportion across the entire legal profession.”

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Also, a government shutdown looms. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday.

A legal scholar explains the unusual justification for the Columbia graduate’s arrest, and what it could augur for immigration enforcement in Trump’s second term.

Lee Zeldin, the E.P.A. administrator, said he would revise or repeal dozens of air, water and climate protections to help industries.

Lee Zeldin, the E.P.A. administrator, said he would revise or repeal dozens of air, water and climate protections to help industries.