The pace of today’s news cycle is fast and relentless. The biggest stories rise to the top of the headlines in rapid succession and quickly bury yesterday’s news, along with many other important stories emerging from the United States on a daily basis.
The political and social situation in the United States is in a state of rapid transformation. The changes and events underway impact not only Americans, but the entire world. Watching and understanding trends is more important than ever.
We’ve launched AmericaWatch to slow that news cycle down a bit: to capture important and informative stories, both to help readers stay informed and make sense of what is happening, and to help create a permanent record of stories that might otherwise get overlooked or swept aside.
Stay tuned, and stay informed. For the record.
From The Guardian: Trump says he will repeal Biden-era fuel efficiency standards for cars and trucks. “Trump is now rolling that back, loosening regulatory pressure on automakers to control pollution from gasoline-powered cars and trucks.”
From Bloomberg Law: FBI Seeks ‘Seditious Conspiracy’ Probe of Democratic Lawmakers. “FBI headquarters requested that the investigation arise under the rarely invoked seditious conspiracy statute that DOJ used to convict a small number of Oath Keepers and Proud Boys leaders for organizing the Jan. 6 insurrection at the US Capitol. The domestic terrorism team asked to open the case against lawmakers is the same group that was involved in investigating people who breached the Capitol.”
From CNN: US Institute of Peace renamed for Trump after his administration gutted it earlier this year. “USIP is not a federal agency, and it owns and manages its headquarters. The administration’s takeover of the institute, including its building and assets, has been the subject of extensive litigation.”
From Politico: University of Alabama shutters Black, female student magazines. “A university official cited July guidance from Attorney General Pamela Bondi on what the Trump administration considered unlawful discrimination at institutions that receive federal funding, according to one of the editors.”
From The Hill: Supreme Court revives Texas’s GOP-friendly congressional map. “The war over Texas’s map started earlier this year when the White House and national Republicans pressed the Lone Star State to do mid-decade redistricting in an effort to net additional House seats as the GOP braces for a challenging midterm environment next year.”
From Politico Europe: Trump warns Europe faces ‘civilizational erasure’ in explosive new document. “”Over the long term, it is more than plausible that within a few decades at the latest, certain NATO members will become majority non-European,” the document states.”
From CNBC: Trump can fire labor, employment board members without cause: Appeals court. “”Congress may not restrict the President’s ability to remove principal officers who wield substantial executive power,” the two-judge majority wrote.”
From NBC News: FDA chief says Biden administration withheld data on heart risk from Covid vaccines. “The FDA has not released its new findings publicly, nor has the agency published them in a peer-reviewed journal. On Wednesday, a dozen former FDA leaders issued a scathing denunciation of the new assertions.”
From The Guardian: US leader of global neo-Nazi terrorist group signals retribution for arrests. “The group’s presence on the Iberian peninsula underlines how its American brand of extremism, glorifying hyper-violence and modeling itself on an armed insurgency against the state, continues to popularize and be exported abroad.”
From Reuters: US sets 2027 deadline for Europe-led NATO defense, officials say. “U.S. officials told their counterparts that if Europe does not meet the 2027 deadline, the U.S. may stop participating in some NATO defense coordination mechanisms.”
From The Guardian: DoJ moves to eliminate sexual abuse protections for LGBTQ+ people in prisons. “A justice department memo issued on Tuesday said “effective immediately”, prisons and jails will no longer be held responsible for violations of standards meant to shield LGBTQ+ people from harassment, abuse and rape.
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