WASHINGTON -- The Republican-controlled Senate on Wednesday confirmed Lee Zeldin to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, a key role to help President Donald Trump fulfill his pledge to roll back major environmental regulations, including those aimed at slowing climate change and encouraging use of electric vehicles.

A deep and powerful trough of cold air will drop south from Canada this week, sending temperatures plummeting from the western United States to the eastern seaboard and as far south as the Florida panhandle.

Trump kicked off his second presidential term by pardoning Jan.6 rioters, and signed executive orders on TikTok and immigration.

The billionaire Wall Street CEO fielded questions about tariffs, China's AI progress, broadband access, allegiance to Trump and the revival of American mining and semiconductor production.

Donald Trump is set to be sworn in as the 47th President of the United States at noon. We'll be posting live updates.

A map of extreme weather warnings released by the National Weather Service, January 26 ... have the heaviest snowfall forecast in the United States, with the 3 to 6 inches above 4,000 feet ...

Minnesota and Iowa were added to the National Milk Testing Strategy on Jan. 8. There are now 36 states involved in the testing for the avian influenza virus.

The 119th United States Congress is the current meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives. New members were elected on November 5, 2024. The 119th Congress convened on ...

The former New York congressman has little experience in environmental policy. He is expected to follow orders to weaken climate rules.

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The bipartisan legislation, which passed unanimously (21-0) out of the Senate Judiciary Committee last year, would expand access to federal support for the families of firefighters and other first responders who pass away or become permanently disabled from service-related cancers.

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) The U.S. secretary of commerce oversees the smallest but arguably most complex of all Cabinet-level departments.