California is investigating one of the Trump administration’s deals to end an offshore wind project. Golden State Wind was a floating offshore wind project proposed off California’s central coast. The California Energy Commission says Monday it issued an administrative subpoena to Golden State Wind. The commission says it is seeking documents and information about the company’s recent agreement with the Department of Interior to accept a payout in exchange for voluntarily abandoning its offshore wind lease. The company says it does not comment on open or potential litigation.
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Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins this week attributed a multimillion-person drop in the number of participants receiving food stamps through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to the tamping down of fraud and an improved economy. It is true that SNAP beneficiaries decreased by nearly 4.3 million from January 2025 to January 2026, according to preliminary government data released by the Agriculture Department. However, experts say fraud detection and economic upturns are not the primary reasons. Instead they say the key drivers are new requirements mandated by a massive tax and spending cut bill Republicans pushed through Congress last summer.
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U.S. President Donald Trump has announced “Project Freedom” to help ships leave the Strait of Hormuz, starting on Monday. He says the project aims to assist “neutral and innocent” countries affected by the Iran war. Iran has rejected it. Trump also says ongoing discussions with Iran could lead to positive outcomes. Two ships around the strait were attacked on Sunday, according to the British military. Meanwhile, Tehran is reviewing a U.S. response to its proposal to end the war and says nuclear issues are not included.
Trump announces a project will start on Monday aimed at helping stranded ships leave Strait of Hormuz, with few details.
Congress extends key US surveillance program through June 12 as lawmakers work toward long-term deal
Congress extends key US surveillance program through June 12 as lawmakers work toward long-term deal.
President Donald Trump's administration proposes cutting the Environmental Protection Agency’s budget by roughly half, sparking heated congressional hearings this week. Democrats accuse the agency of abandoning its mission to protect the environment and public health. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin will sit Wednesday before a Senate committee, the last of three budgetary hearings this week. Zeldin defends the cuts, arguing for reduced funding for state programs and reducing regulations. Zeldin claims the agency can still enforce laws and achieve wins like reducing sewage flows into the Tijuana River. Congress will have the final say on the budget. Last year, Congress rejected most of the Republican White House's proposed cuts.
Federal agents have served search warrants in Minnesota in an ongoing fraud investigation of publicly funded social programs for children. No details about possible crimes were disclosed, though armed agents were seen at childcare centers in the Minneapolis area on Tuesday. Gov. Tim Walz welcomed the action. Minnesota was the site of an immigration crackdown that led to the deaths of two people this year. Before that crackdown, the government brought charges against dozens of people, many of them Somali Americans, who were charged with fleecing a federal program that was meant to provide food to kids.
The Justice Department is pushing to dismiss a lawsuit blocking President Donald Trump's $400 million White House ballroom project. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche cites a shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner as a security concern. Assistant Attorney General Brett Shumate has given the National Trust for Historic Preservation until Monday to drop the suit. The group sued after the East Wing was demolished for the ballroom. Trump claims the project is privately funded, but public money is used for security upgrades. Some politicians, including Democrats, support the project, citing security needs.
President Donald Trump has announced a deal with Regeneron to lower the cost of its pharmaceutical products. The agreement, announced Thursday, includes lowering the prices of current and future drugs on Medicaid and selling a cholesterol drug for $225 on the White House’s discounted drug website, TrumpRx. The deal first reported by NOTUS is part of the Trump administration's efforts to provide economic relief to Americans ahead of the midterm elections. It's one of many deals the White House has struck that aim to align U.S. pharmaceutical prices with other developed nations. Details of these agreements remain undisclosed, but Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says nonproprietary information will be shared with Congress.
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been disputing claims of Medicaid cuts in President Donald Trump's 2025 tax and spending law. During recent budget hearings, Kennedy repeatedly insisted there are no cuts, citing a Congressional Budget Office report showing a 47% increase in Medicaid spending over the next decade. However, analysts argue his framing is misleading. They say an inevitable increase in Medicaid spending due to factors like population growth and rising health costs doesn't negate the fact that there was a cut. They explain that the law's reforms are projected to cut the program's spending by nearly $1 trillion over a decade.