Vought was an architect of Project 2025. He takes over at the consumer finance watchdog as he orders a pause in most of the agency's activities, and promises to cut spending.

Governor JB Pritzker joined the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as well as officials from Pace and the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA), to celebrate the award of two grants ...

A Day 1 executive order directed federal agencies to freeze funding under former president Joe Biden’s signature climate law, ...

Environmental nonprofits are gearing up to challenge the number of actions President Donald Trump has issued since he took ...

The deadly wildfire that ravaged Lahaina, Hawaii, in 2023, destroyed more than 2,000 buildings, which took the agency more than four months to clear hazardous materials. In Southern California, the ...