The White House’s fiscal 2018 budget plan for the U.S. Department of Energy includes $120 million to restart licensing for the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump in Nevada, a project stalled for years by lawsuits and local opposition.The move signals that President Donald Trump may consider the site as a solution to extending the lives of existing U.S. nuclear power plants that have .... Read More
A pink hat worn during the Women's March on Washington has taken its place in history as a symbol of solidarity for women's rights by going on display in a London museum.In January, women-led protests against U.S. President Donald Trump saw hundreds of thousands of women take to the streets in U.S. cities, as well as cities around the globe.Many wore knitted pink cat-eared Pussyhats, a re.... Read More
President Donald Trump signed a revised executive order for a U.S. travel ban on Monday, leaving Iraq off the list of targeted countries.More than two dozen lawsuits were filed in U.S. courts against the original travel ban and the state of Washington succeeded in having it suspended by the 9th Circuit court of Appeals by arguing that it violated constitutional protections against religious d.... Read More
Parents who fear deportation under the Trump administration are seeking help securing care for their children in the event they are removed from the United States.The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles advocacy group has been receiving about 10 requests a day from parents who want to put in place temporary guardianships for their children, said spokesman Jorge-Mario Cabrera..... Read More
Edible drones filled with food, water or medicine could soon become indispensable in humanitarian emergencies by delivering live-saving supplies to remote areas hit by natural disasters or conflict, their designers said on Monday.With 50 kg (110 lb) of food stocked inside its compartments, each drone costing 150 pounds ($187) would be able to deliver enough supplies to feed up to 50 people per.... Read More
A day after falsely suggesting there was an immigration-related security incident in Sweden, President Donald Trump said on Sunday his comment was based on a television report he had seen.Trump told a rally on Saturday that Sweden was having serious problems with immigrants."You look at what's happening last night in Sweden," Trump said. "Sweden. Who would believe this? Sweden. They took i.... Read More
TransCanada Corp, Canada's No. 2 pipeline operator, filed an application with Nebraska authorities to route the Keystone XL pipeline through the state.Donald Trump cleared the way for the project last month — one of his first actions as president.In November 2015, the pipeline company withdrew the route application it had made to the Nebraska Public Service Commission after then-Presid.... Read More
Silenced on the Senate floor, Democrat Elizabeth Warren took her criticism of President Donald Trump's nominee for attorney general out to the hallway — and found a much larger audience.Republican senators voted on Tuesday evening to end Warren's reading of a letter written 30 years ago by Martin Luther King Jr.'s widow that criticized U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions, the nominee to lead the Justic.... Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will grant the final permit for the controversial Dakota Access oil pipeline after an order from President Donald Trump to expedite the project despite opposition from Native American tribes and climate activists.In a court filing on Feb. 7 the corps said that it would allow the final section of the line to tunnel under North Dakota's Lake Oahe, part of the M.... Read More
President Donald Trump denounced a federal judge who lifted the travel ban he had imposed on citizens of seven mainly Muslim countries, vowing that his administration would reinstate it as affected travelers scrambled to try to quickly enter the United States.Last weekend thousands of people who had tickets to travel or immigrate to the United States were stopped in their tracks by Trump's ex.... Read More
