Politics & Policy
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EPA's Lee Zeldin signals end to controversial start-stop feature in cars will be announced this week
The feature is designed to be climate-friendly by automatically turning off a car when it has stopped in order to save fuel and reduce emissions, and then starting it back up again when the driver releases the brake or hits the accelerator.
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Legal experts warn repeal of climate rule will need good strategies to survive activist lawsuits
The Trump administration will likely repeal the so-called "endangerment finding," which has been the basis for a host of climate policies coming out of the EPA. Climate groups will surely attack the final rule in court. Legal experts say the administration needs to strategize if it's going to withstand the litigation.
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American Medical Association creates its own vaccine safety, effectiveness review system
The AMA’s evaluation will be done in collaboration with the Vaccine Integrity Project at the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) at the University of Minnesota and will focus on COVID-19, flu and RSV vaccines.
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Public health expert blasts Biden’s vaccine comments, calls him a pharmaceutical company spokesman
President Biden Joe Biden announced earlier this month that he will request more funding from Congress for a new COVID-19 vaccine.
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Trump posts 31 videos to Truth Social in four-hour flurry
The array of posts includes callouts of media figures such as Rupert Murdoch and his other critics, such as former Attorney General Bill Barr.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene says McConnell 'not fit for office' after apparent on-camera freeze
McConnell, 81, went silent in the face of a question about seeking reelection in 2026.
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Trump rakes in more than $20 million in August, bolstered by indictment windfall
The campaign has thus far sold 36,000 t-shirts, 24,000 coffee mugs, and 8,600 posters in the week since his processing at the Fulton County jail.
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Jim Jordan subpoenas online watchdog for docs on Biden admin-Big Tech collusion
"By declining to produce anything of substance in response to the Committee’s request, CCDH is hindering the Committee’s ability to fulfill its constitutional oversight obligations," Jordan wrote.
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Duke Energy offers pilot home vehicle charging program in North Carolina
The increased demand from EVs is expected to increase substantially as the state moves closer to Gov. Roy Cooper's carbon reduction goals of a 70% reduction from 2005 levels by 2030 and net zero emissions by 2050.
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'Field of dreams' electric vehicle transition policy scrutinized
Biden administration aims for electric vehicles, or EVs, to account for half of all new vehicle sales by 2030.
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Previously censored Trump movie to relaunch in October with high-tech virtual arena experience
"It's going to be like a giant zoom call with this big old LED screen and we're gonna bring people up and ask questions," Matt Thayer, one of the movie's filmmakers said.
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Green Party candidate Cornel West slams Democratic Party as 'beyond redemption'
West, an Ivy League academic, also said that the Democratic Party is "dominated" by its corporate and militarist wings.
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Chinese law enforcement linked to 'largest known' online influence operation, Meta says
The accounts published pro-China content in more than a dozen languages.