Trump is canceling $30B in Biden-era green loans

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Gorsuch, Thomas dissent as Supreme Court declines to take up Apache challenge to copper mine

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DOJ investigates California EPA’s hiring over racial equity

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Trump putting ‘secondary tariff’ on Venezuela

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