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NOAA Head: 'No One's Job Is Under Threat' Over Trump's Disputed Tweets About Alabama

5:50pm September 10, 2019

"There is no pressure to change the way we communicate forecast risk in the future," acting NOAA Administrator Neil Jacobs said at the National Weather Association's annual meeting in Huntsville, Ala.

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The Energy Department is reversing energy-efficiency standards for lightbulbs that were set to take effect next year.

Trump Administration Reverses Standards For Energy-Efficient Lightbulbs

7:31pm September 04, 2019

by Shannon Van Sant

The standards were set to go into effect in January and gradually phase out incandescent and halogen bulbs used for items such as bathroom vanities, recessed lighting and candle-shape lights.

French President Emmanuel Macron (left) and President Trump participate in a G-7 working session. Trump is in Biarritz, France, for the G-7 summit of the world's biggest economic powers.

World News

Trump Walks Back Statements On China; White House Walks Them Forward

1:39pm August 25, 2019

by Shannon Van Sant

The president said he was having second thoughts after hiking tariffs on Chinese goods and threatening to force U.S. companies out of China. The White House said his comments were misinterpreted.

U.S. President Trump has lunch with French President Emmanuel Macron in Biarritz, France. Leaders of some of the world's major economies have arrived in the country for the Group of Seven summit.

Trade And Economic Tensions Loom Over G-7 Summit In France

2:58pm August 24, 2019

by Shannon Van Sant

Just before leaving Washington, D.C., Friday, President Trump hiked tariffs on Chinese imports and threatened to force American companies to leave China.

President Trump speaks to reporters outside the White House on Wednesday before departing for Kentucky.

Politics & Government

Trump's 'Disloyalty' Claim About Jewish Democrats Shows He Doesn't Get How They Vote

5:04pm August 22, 2019

"In my opinion, you vote for a Democrat, you're being very disloyal to Jewish people, and you're being very disloyal to Israel," Trump told reporters outside the White House Wednesday.

Greenland, a Danish territory, has strategic value in terms of military activity and natural resources, said a member of Denmark's parliament.

Greenland Says It's 'Not For Sale' After Reports That Trump Wants To Buy It

3:00pm August 16, 2019

by Sasha Ingber

The president was reportedly considering purchasing the island, which a Greenlandic politician says has strategic value. But "it sounds a little bit like a joke," Aaja Chemnitz Larsen told NPR.

Volunteers clear an alley strewn with trash near Fulton Avenue in Baltimore on Aug. 5. Another group was in the city Thursday doing similar cleanup.

National

Trump Tweets On 'Disgusting' Baltimore Bring Activist Trash Collectors To City

7:19pm August 15, 2019

by Brakkton Booker

Last month, the president bemoaned the grime and litter in Baltimore on Twitter. Now activists, some with conservative leanings who live outside Maryland, are hosting cleanup efforts in the city.

Pastor Earnie Lucas of Friendship Baptist Church in Appomattox, Va., posted this message on his church sign around the same time that President Trump tweeted that four Democratic members of Congress — all women of color — should "go back and help fix

In Virginia, 2 Churches Feel The Aftermath Of Trump's Racist Rhetoric

6:40am August 12, 2019

by Sarah McCammon

Two small-town Virginia churches with the same name, but very different congregations, recently found themselves tangled in controversy related to the president's tweets.

HUD Secretary Ben Carson said he asked President Trump whether he would be willing to work with Rep. Elijah Cummings to bring relief to Baltimore. Carson says Trump responded he would be "happy to."

Ben Carson Backs Trump, Says Baltimore Homes Were 'Infested' With Rats, Roaches

7:56pm July 30, 2019

by Brakkton Booker

Speaking on Fox News, HUD Secretary Ben Carson, said he faced a "horrible dilemma" as a doctor in the city and hesitated to send some young patients back to their Baltimore homes after procedures.

A Ford Lincoln Aviator rolls off the assembly line at a Chicago Assembly Plant. California agreed to a deal with four automakers, including Ford, to produce fuel-efficient cars.

National

California Signs Deal With Automakers To Produce Fuel-Efficient Cars

9:19pm July 25, 2019

by Shannon Van Sant

The agreement is different from plans expected to be announced by the Trump administration that would weaken national emissions standards.