Trump administration to revoke Obama-era water protection rule

The Trump administration plans to revoke an Obama-era regulation that provided federal protection to many U.S. wetlands and streams.

Trump to propose ban on flavorings used in e-cigarettes

President Donald Trump said Wednesday his administration will propose banning thousands of flavors used in e-cigarettes to combat a recent surge in underage vaping.

Number of border crossers drops amid Mexican crackdown

The Trump administration said it saw a 30% drop in the number of people apprehended at the southern U.S. border from July to August, amid an aggressive crackdown by the Mexican government on migrants traveling north.

Judge reinstates nationwide halt on Trump asylum policy plan

A U.S. judge in California reinstated a nationwide halt on the Trump administration's plan to prevent most migrants from seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Building a border wall: CBP top official updates plans

The acting commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Mark Morgan, says the wall along the country's southwestern border will be built. Building the wall to protect the border was a cornerstone of President Trump's campaign.

NOAA chief scientist to investigate agency’s response to Trump’s Dorian tweets, report says

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s acting chief scientist said he is investigating the agency’s response to President Donald Trump’s tweets about Hurricane Dorian affecting Alabama, as revealed in an email he reportedly sent to colleagues on Sunday, according to the Washington Post. 

Trump: I invited Taliban to Camp David, but canceled after they killed a US soldier

President Trump on Saturday said that he had canceled a secret meeting with "major Taliban leaders" at Camp David that he said had been scheduled for Sunday.

NOAA assailed for defending Trump's Hurricane Dorian claim, politicizing weather

Former top officials of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are assailing the agency for undermining its weather forecasters as it defends President Donald Trump's statement from days ago that Hurricane Dorian threatened Alabama.

Trump plans to divert $8M meant for Calif. National Guard to help build border wall, Gov. Newsom says

California Governor Gavin Newsom says California will lose $8 million meant to help the National Guard assist in combating wildfires under a new Trump administration plan related to the border wall.

McSally: Arizona base project on funding diversion list

Sen. Martha McSally says a construction project at an Army base in Sierra Vista is the only Arizona project affected by the use of military funding to build part of President Donald Trump's wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.

California woman battling rare illness facing deportation may get reprieve from Trump administration

Less than a week after a story came out about a 24-year-old East Bay woman battling a rare disease who received a sudden deportation notice, the Trump administration announced that it would reconsider its decision to force immigrants facing life-threatening health crises to return to their home countries.

President Trump's Mar-A-Lago resort evacuated as Hurricane Dorian approaches Florida

President Donald Trump's Mar-A-Lago resort in Palm Beach County has been boarded up and evacuated as Hurricane Dorian inches closer to Florida's east coastline. 

Electric bikes soon to be humming along national park trails

Motorized electric bicycles may soon be humming along serene trails in national parks and other public lands nationwide. It's part of a new Trump administration order — hotly opposed by many outdoors groups — that will allow e-bikes on every federal trail where a regular bike can go.

TVs to shoes: This time consumers face pain of Trump tariffs

President Trump’s trade war is about to hit home for millions of American consumers and small businesses that will pay higher prices for Chinese products starting Sept. 1, when $112 billion worth of imports will be subject to 15 percent tariffs.

‘This ain’t your mother’s marijuana,’ surgeon general says

Federal health officials issued a national warning Thursday against marijuana use by adolescents and pregnant women, as more states legalize the increasingly potent drug for medicinal and recreational use.

James Comey violated FBI policies with memos on Trump discussions, IG report says

A scathing inspector general report released Thursday said that fired FBI Director James Comey violated bureau policies by drafting, leaking and retaining memos documenting discussions with President Trump.

Policy on automatic citizenship for children born abroad to US military members changed

The children of some overseas U.S. military members and government employees will no longer receive automatic citizenship, the Trump administration said Wednesday in a policy alert.