President Donald Trump signed an executive order (EO) Tuesday to formally establish an interagency council for the One Trillion Trees Initiative. The World Economic Forum‘s ambitious plan aims to unite governments, non-governmental organizations, individuals, and businesses globally in planting and conserving one trillion trees by 2030. “President Trump has boldly led on many conservation initiatives, […]

American cities, federal agencies, and corporate giants pledged to plant over 800 million trees this week as the United States launched its Chapter of the 1 Trillion Trees initiative—a global effort led by the World Economic Forum to reduce air pollution, improve human living environments, and promote job creation. Some 26 American cities, companies, and […]

President Donald Trump touted his administration’s record of rolling back regulations and cutting red tape in a speech on the White House south lawn Thursday. Trump said that before he came into office, “American workers were smothered by a merciless avalanche of wasteful and expensive and intrusive federal regulation. These oppressive burdens and mandates were a […]

The Chinese communist regime is ready—and willing—to use the country’s near monopoly in rare earth elements (REEs) as a trump card in any trade war with the United States, according to China policy analysts. A report out this week from independent strategic consultants Horizon Advisory indicates that China is moving to take advantage of the […]

According to analysis of recent government data by the AGC, employment in the construction sector increased by 158,000 jobs in June.

The United States is considering a raft of new tariffs on British and European Union imports as a dispute over EU subsidies to aircraft manufacturer Airbus threatens to morph into a trans-Atlantic trade war. A notice detailing the goods in question was posted by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) this week.

In a 7–2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court decided on Monday that the U.S. Forest Service has the authority to allow the $8 billion Atlantic Coast Pipeline to cross under the historic Appalachian Trail in Nelson County, Virginia. Proposed by Richmond, Virginia-based Dominion Energy Inc., the 42-inch-diameter pipeline will channel some 1.5 billion cubic feet of […]

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday that grants emergency powers to government agencies to fast-track and expedite the permitting process for infrastructure and energy projects. According to the White House, the damage caused to the economy by the CCP virus means that without intervention, the United States would likely face a sustained and protracted […]

After hearing the testimony of 18 witnesses over 12 days, the Supreme Court of New York has ruled that ExxonMobil did not seek to deceive investors in its calculation of the risks posed to the company by anthropogenic climate change and the policies and regulations adopted to combat it. In his decision (pdf), Judge Barry […]

President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence hosted a round-table discussion with small-business leaders to discuss the Fall Unified Agenda.

Over 10,000 German farmers used around 5,000 tractors to bring central Berlin to a standstill on Tuesday. The farmers converged on the Brandenburg Gate near the German parliament to protest against German and European Union (EU) agricultural policies they say are driving them to ruin and leading young farmers to flee the land. Many tractors […]

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Acting Commissioner Mark Morgan announced Thursday that the number of apprehensions and inadmissible cases along the Southwest border fell again in October to a total of 45,250—down 14 percent from September. This was the fifth consecutive month that apprehensions have fallen, with arrests down 68 percent from a peak of […]

Two people in China are currently being treated for pneumonic plague — the most infectious form of the disease.

The Trump administration moved Friday to repeal rules barring faith-based adoption and foster-care agencies from serving children and families based on their religious beliefs. The move secures taxpayer funding for such groups even if their belief systems lead them to exclude LGBT applicants from consideration for fostering or adoption. The U.S. Department of Health and […]