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 ...

The move would unwind a Biden administration program to aid poor communities recovering from environmental risks.

The Trump administration has placed on leave nearly 200 employees who work on environmental justice programs at the ...

That included the revoking of Executive Order 12898, President Bill Clinton’s landmark order establishing federal actions to address environmental justice in minority and low-income populations ...

While the president has issued dozens of executive orders dismantling programs, lawsuits and pushback emerge on their impact.