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July 14, 2026
Trump clean energy policies linked to $83 billion in delayed or canceled projects
Trump administration policies that scaled back federal support for clean energy have led to the cancellation or delay of $83 billion in investment across hundreds of projects, according to a report released on Tuesday by labor and environmental coalition BlueGreen Alliance. The report was unveiled as labor leaders prepared to meet with U.S. senators on Tuesday to discuss the clean energy workforce. The analysis found that 223 manufacturing and clean energy projects ...
Go to discussionMinnesota prosecutors obtain long withheld evidence in probe into fatal shootings of Good, Pretti
Jul 13, 2026 4:22 PM EDT The Trump administration has turned over evidence long sought by Minnesota investigators in their ongoing probe into the fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti during pitched protests against an immigration enforcement crackdown earlier this year, state prosecutors announced Monday. The progress came as a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot and killed a motorist in Maine on Monday, and Houston prosecutors complained the administration was still ...
Go to discussionDemocratic members of US Congress visit Cuba and compare US energy embargo to 'silent Gaza'
Updated 6:25 PM EDT, July 13, 2026 HAVANA (AP) — Four Democratic members of U.S. Congress who traveled to Cuba this weekend described the energy embargo imposed on the island by U.S. President Donald Trump as turning the island into a “silent Gaza.” The U.S. implemented the energy embargo in January after the capture of Venezuela’s then-President Nicolás Maduro and threatened tariffs on other countries that sell fuel to the island. The measures have exacerbated a five-year crisis caused by pr ...
Go to discussionTrump hosts IndyCar drivers ahead of Freedom 250 Grand Prix
Updated July 13, 2026, 5:16 p.m. ET WASHINGTON − President Donald Trump hosted three IndyCar drivers at the White House and watched a pit crew change tires in rapid speed as he touted the next marquee event he's hosting in the nation's capital: the Freedom 250 Grand Prix. IndyCar drivers Álex Palou, Felix Rosenqvist and David Malukus joined Trump ‒ and brought their Indy cars with them ‒ as the president hailed a race he said will be "an awesome display of America ...
Go to discussionTrump to assert voting machine vulnerabilities in Thursday speech
July 13, 2026 5:08 PM EDT Updated 6 hours ago July 13 WASHINGTON,(Reuters) - President Donald Trump will give a national address on Thursday night about newly declassified intelligence on investigations into U.S. elections and what the White House says are voting machine vulnerabilities, an administration official told Reuters on Monday. The Republican president could use his televised speech to again press his false claim that he lost the 2020 election to Democrat Joe Biden due ...
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