DAILYCALLER (Simon August) - EXCLUSIVE: Trump’s EPA Wants More Plastic Turned Into New Products, And The Paper Lobby Is Fighting It
‘You cannot credibly champion recycling’
‘You cannot credibly champion recycling’
The Justice Department said Friday it will not criminally enforce a 1968 federal law barring licensed gun dealers from selling handguns to 18- to 20-year-olds, after its Office of Legal Counsel concluded the restriction violated the Second Amendment. Why it matters: The Trump administration is telling federal prosecutors not to enforce a law passed by Congress, even though the Supreme Court has never ruled on its constitutionality. - The decision could give adults under the age of 21 access to the country's licensed handgun market, though it remains unclear whether dealers will begin selling to them immediately. The latest: The Thursday opinion signed by Assistant Attorney General T. Elliot Gaiser stands as controlling legal advice for…
We watched this Thursday as President Donald Trump welcomed more than 100 hunters, anglers, and outdoor industry leaders to dinner inside the White House Rose Garden. One main talking point from the night is Trump’s effort to reverse some Biden-era restrictions that had impacted hunters and fishermen over the past few years. He signed a pair of executive orders in the Oval Office ahead of his speech. These orders reportedly work to expand "America's public lands and waterways."
MAGA’s strength has always been its willingness to name the ways the system is stacked against ordinary Americans. A troubling report from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy provides a stark reminder of how thoroughly the system remains tilted against the little guy. At least 88 profitable U.S. corporations paid zero federal income tax in […] The post Why MAGA Must Oppose Corporate Unfairness appeared first on StoneZone .
MAGA’s strength has always been its willingness to name the ways the system is stacked against ordinary Americans. A troubling report from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy provides a stark reminder of how thoroughly the system remains tilted against the little guy . At least 88 profitable U.S. corporations paid zero federal income tax in 2025 despite reporting more than $105 billion in U.S. pretax income. At the statutory 21 percent rate, these companies should have owed roughly $22.1 billion. Instead, they collected $4.7 billion in rebates, pocketing a collective $26.7 billion in tax breaks. Measured against the pre-2017 rate of 35 percent, the savings climb to an estimated $41 billion in a single year. The examples are…Open
The Trump administration paid outgoing employees an estimated nearly $7 billion to not work as it encouraged them to leave the federal service, a government watchdog found in a Tuesday report. Federal workers’ use of paid leave increased 435 percent under the first two years of the Trump administration, a dynamic the Government Accountability Office (GAO) attributed to the deferred resignation program that paid the salary of workers for the rest of the fiscal year if they accepted a buyout. Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6092643-gao-report-trump-administration-federal-employees-doge-pay/ #doge #trump #federalworkers #money #elonmusk
Inadvertently killing endangered animals while logging a forest or building a dam would no longer be considered illegal under a new interpretation of the Endangered Species Act
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed two bills into law at Jay Leno's Burbank garage, one exempting certain collector cars from smog checks, the other creating a specialty lowrider license plate, in a move that gives the state's car enthusiasts a rare policy win after years of regulatory friction. Newsom put his signature on Senate Bill […] The post Newsom signs smog exemption for classic cars at Jay Leno's garage, adds lowrider license plate appeared first on American Almanac .
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed two bills into law at Jay Leno's Burbank garage, one exempting certain collector cars from smog checks, the other creating a specialty lowrider license plate, in a move that gives the state's car enthusiasts a rare policy win after years of regulatory friction. Newsom put his signature on Senate Bill 1392, dubbed "Jay Leno's Law," and Assembly Bill 2541 on September 16, 2026, at a ceremony staged inside the legendary comedian's famous car collection. SB 1392 carves out a new smog exemption for collector vehicles built between 1976 and 1985, provided they are insured as collector cars or driven fewer than 1,000 miles per year. The law takes effect January 1, 2028. AB 2541, authored by Assemblymember…Open