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The Ohio Capital Journal reports: President Donald Trump comes into office vowing to ease environmental regulations on the utility industry. Now companies that own coal-burning plants in Ohio are asking the new administration to excuse them from cleaning up acres of toxic waste that is soaked in groundwater. They include the owners of what has been called the nation’s deadliest …

Courthouse News reports: Congressional Democrats on Tuesday unveiled legislation they say is a response to an illegal effort by President Donald Trump and his allies to unilaterally dismantle federal agencies. But as Democrats took their most concrete steps yet to oppose meddling by the White House and billionaire Elon Musk, Republicans positioned the administration’s actions as an above-board review of …

The New York Times reports: Daniel Penny, a Marine veteran acquitted on a charge of criminally negligent homicide in Manhattan in December, has been hired by one of Silicon Valley’s most prestigious venture capital firms to join its “American Dynamism” team. Mr. Penny, a Long Island native and former architecture student, will work in a group that supports American interests, …

Politico reports: A veteran House Democrat is introducing new legislation to respond to billionaire Trump ally Elon Musk’s overhaul of the federal government: Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) on Wednesday rolled out the Eliminate Looting of Our Nation by Mitigating Unethical State Kleptocracy (ELON MUSK) Act, which would ban “special” government employees like Musk from having federal contracts. “No government employee, …

Posted to the Family Research Council’s website: President Donald Trump has cleaned house at one of the most controversial organizations in the federal government, announcing a mass firing of employees at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) as the White House revealed its deep funding of LGBTQ propaganda in traditionally Christian societies. “Much else of what the agency …

Lawrence Jones: “Agree or disagree with the idea that he presented, he was talking about a new day for the Palestinian people. And that’s one thing. They haven’t had hope. You got all these kids from birth that are taught to hate another country to hate another people. They need something that can uplift them. I’m not saying this is …

Newsweek reports: Russian state media has fact-checked lawyer Alina Habba after her interview with Fox News’ Jesse Watters on Tuesday. During an interview with Watters on Tuesday, Habba spoke about Trump’s plans to take over and re-develop the Gaza Strip. Discussing former President Joe Biden’s foreign aid spending, Habba said: “We’ve seen $50 million to Gaza for condoms that they’re …

The New York Times reports: The United States Postal Service on Wednesday said it would continue to accept packages from China and Hong Kong, reversing a decision to temporarily halt those deliveries after an order by President Trump took effect that ended duty-free handling of many smaller parcels. Mr. Trump ordered on Saturday that all goods leaving China starting on …

Politico Europe reports: Greenland’s Prime Minister Múte Egede called for an early election on March 11, amid geopolitical tensions caused by U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats to acquire the Arctic island. “It’s time for an election to the Inatsisartut [Greenlandic Parliament]. If the Inatsisartut approves my proposal, this will happen on March 11th,” Egede wrote Tuesday in a post on …

NBC News reports: The CIA has offered so-called buyouts to its workforce, a CIA spokesperson said, the latest move by the Trump administration to overhaul and scale back the federal government. The offer of eight months of pay and benefits is similar to deferred resignation offers proposed to employees at other federal agencies. But at the CIA, some employees — …