Trump chooses Lee Zeldin to run EPA as he plans to gut climate rules
President-elect Donald Trump announced Monday that he will nominate former Rep. Lee Zeldin, R-N.Y., to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, a position that is expected to be central to Trump’s plans to dismantle landmark climate regulations.
Trump plans series of executive orders for day 1, Susie Wiles tells donors
LAS VEGAS — Susie Wiles, the next White House chief of staff, privately told a group of Republican donors Monday that President-elect Donald Trump would move on his first day in office to reinstate several executive orders from Trump’s first term that President Joe Biden had revoked, according to two people in the room who insisted on anonymity to describe the closed-door remarks.
Israel issues new evacuation warnings in Lebanon
BEIRUT — The Israeli military issued new evacuation warnings for more than 20 towns and villages in southern Lebanon on Monday, and Hezbollah unleashed a large rocket barrage into northern Israel, the latest indications that the conflict showed few signs of abating.
As wildfire burns in New Jersey and New York, rain offers little relief
Firefighters in New Jersey and New York were working on Sunday to contain the latest of several recent wildfires in the region, where the first forecast rainfall in weeks was expected to bring little relief to areas experiencing drought conditions.
25 escaped monkeys of 43 are captured in South Carolina
Twenty-five of the 43 monkeys that escaped an enclosure at a South Carolina research center were captured Saturday and Sunday while the rest remain at large, officials said.
Senators vying to be GOP leader vow to quickly confirm Trump nominees
WASHINGTON — Senators vying to become the next leader of the Republican conference pledged on Sunday to quickly push through President-elect Donald Trump’s appointees after he demanded on social media that they do so.
Israeli strike in Gaza kills over 30 Palestinians, emergency services say
JERUSALEM — Israel’s military struck a house in the northern Gaza Strip where displaced families were sheltering Sunday, killing at least 34 people, according to the Palestinian Civil Defense, the main emergency service in the territory.
Unions bet big on Harris. Now they’re bracing for consequences.
Besides the Harris campaign and its affiliated political action committees, few economic or political sectors placed larger bets than organized labor on Vice President Kamala Harris winning the presidency.
US: 50,000 Russian and North Koreantroops mass ahead of attack
WASHINGTON — The Russian military has assembled a force of 50,000 soldiers, including North Korean troops, as it prepares to begin an assault aimed at reclaiming territory seized by Ukraine in the Kursk region of Russia, according to U.S. and Ukrainian officials.
The big three have faded. Who will dominate next?
In mid-September, just two weeks after Jannik Sinner won the U.S. Open to secure a 2-2 win-loss record with Carlos Alcaraz at the major championships in 2024, Alcaraz was asked if he envisioned his rivalry with Sinner ultimately replicating that of Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.
With ready orders and an energy czar, Trump plots pivot to fossil fuels
As President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team plans his energy and environment agenda, it is relying on two seasoned former Cabinet leaders and fossil fuel lobbyists to dramatically reshape the agencies charged with protecting the nation’s air, water, climate and public lands, according to six people familiar with the matter.
Elon Musk is positioning X behind the new Trump presidency
SAN FRANCISCO — Since Donald Trump won the presidential election, Elon Musk has gone all-in on the social network X to promote the incoming administration.
FEMA fires employee for telling Milton relief workers to skip houses with Trump signs
An employee with the Federal Emergency Management Agency has been fired after reports that after Hurricane Milton, the employee told relief workers in Florida to pass over houses with signs supporting Donald Trump, the agency said Saturday.
Biden and environmental groups try to protect climate policies from Trump
Biden administration aides are racing to award hundreds of millions of dollars in grants and finalize environmental regulations in an effort to lock in President Joe Biden’s climate agenda before Donald Trump enters the White House, said John Podesta, the president’s senior adviser on clean energy.
Fossil reveals oldest known tadpole that grew to the size of a hot dog
The metamorphosis of a frog from baby to adult is one of nature’s most remarkable transformations.
Where there’s joy in a terror bird
HUILA, Colombia — César Perdomo’s small paleontological museum, La Tormenta, is a work in progress. A bare cement structure built on a windswept platform in the Tatacoa Desert, it offers a panoramic view of shallow, craggy canyons carved from soft mudstone.
India drops 36-year ban on Rushdie book, saying it can’t find the order
Before the Iranian fatwa condemning the writer to death, before all the protests and burnings of his book and before the stabbing death of his translator, there was India’s customs notification No. 405/12/88-CUS-III.
Painting by AI-powered robot sells for $1.1 million
A portrait of British mathematician Alan Turing sold at auction for nearly $1.1 million Thursday, a surprisingly large sum for a painting whose creator wasn’t an artist in the traditional sense, but rather a humanoid robot powered by artificial intelligence.
Beyoncé, young pop sensations lead 2025 Grammy nominees
Beyoncé and Taylor Swift will face off in all top categories at the 67th annual Grammy Awards, leading a pack of nominees that also features buzzy young female stars who have dominated the pop charts over the past year.
Wave of racist texts after election prompts FBI scrutiny
A wave of racist text messages summoning Black people to report for slavery showed up on phones across the United States, prompting the scrutiny of the FBI.
