Trump Administration

The proposal follows several other efforts to combat the ongoing epidemic on both the state and federal levels—some more effective than others.

• By Emily Moon

A federal judge issued a nationwide injunction on the Trump administration's order delaying the Clean Water Rule.

• By Emily Moon

Every similar pre-Trump memo that Pacific Standard found from the last 15 years identified climate science as a top priority.

• By Francie Diep

The Supreme Court on Monday denied the Trump administration's request to halt a lawsuit that represents a novel attempt by children and teenagers to sue the federal government over its inaction on climate change.

• By Jack Herrera

Proposed changes to the landmark legislation would limit protections for the thousands of endangered plants and animals covered under the law.

• By Emily Moon

The announcement is expected to come one day after the U.N.'s high commissioner for human rights railed against Trump's immigration policies.

• By Kate Wheeling

This temporary housing in a rural patch of West Texas will hold the seized immigrant children that cannot fit in existing shelters.

• By Jack Denton

Former Department of Homeland Security official Peter Boogaard weighs in on immigration policy under Trump.

• By Ashley Hackett

The administration hasn't been shy about changing the law, but more hidden changes have taken place too.

• By Francie Diep

The president forced these lobbyists not to lobby as a part of taking office, but they're getting back to work using techniques that vary from the bureaucratic to the audacious.

• By Derek Kravitz & Alex Mierjeski

In what has become a staple of this administration, infighting, backstabbing, and lack of leadership is plaguing potential legislative progress within the VA.

• By Isaac Arnsdorf

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Looking back at the rollbacks the president has made to environmental protections and regulations throughout his first year in office.

• By Aubrey Menarndt & Luke Menard

While the president's proposed path to legalization will give 1.8 million people a chance at citizenship, many will still be left out.

• By Kevin Johnson

William Emanuel has made decisions on NLRB cases that set beneficial precedents for clients represented by his previous employer.

• By Ian MacDougall

How the Trump administration skirts the obstacles that make it hard for federal agencies to deregulate industries.

• By Ian MacDougall

Steve Gardner's engineering company was dropped for performing "junk science" to discredit a regulation that it was hired to help prepare.

• By Ian MacDougall

President Donald Trump's former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, pled guilty to a crime with a controversial history.

• By Austin Sarat

The calendar of the head of the Office of Management and Budget shows that he has met with business interests from a wide variety of industries.

• By Justin Elliott

A look at past surveys of scientists and journalists shows relations have been deteriorating for some time, and have hit a new low under the Trump administration.

• By Francie Diep

A group of Democrats has crafted legislation intended to bring conflicts of interest from industry regulators under public scrutiny.

• By Robert Faturechi

The federal agency is arguing that a presidential pardon "moots a criminal case."

• By Kate Wheeling

Appointee Brenda Fitzgerald is the former commissioner of the Georgia Department of Public Health.

• By Francie Diep

As they push to abolish the estate tax, the House speaker and President Trump may be exaggerating its harm to small businesses and family farms.

• By Cezary Podkul