Donald Trump's administration took significant actions on Thursday, reversing a key Obama-era ruling on greenhouse gases and ending the deployment of immigration agents in Minnesota. These moves, along with a new bill targeting childcare fraud, reflect a shift in policy direction.
The Trump administration reversed the 2009 "endangerment finding," which concluded that greenhouse gases threatened public health, according to the BBC World. This decision, described by the White House as the "largest deregulation in American history," removes the legal basis for federal efforts to curb emissions, particularly from vehicles. The move is expected to lower costs for automakers, potentially by $2,400 per vehicle, according to the BBC. Environmental groups have criticized the decision as the most significant rollback of climate change regulations to date. The NY Times reported that the administration is essentially rejecting the scientific consensus on climate change, a position that has been accepted for decades by presidents.
Simultaneously, the Trump administration announced the end of its deployment of immigration agents in Minnesota, as reported by the NY Times. This decision unwound an operation that had lasted over two months, despite opposition from residents and local officials. The crackdown had led to the shooting of three people in Minneapolis, including two U.S. citizens who were killed, according to the NY Times.
In other news, a trio of Republican senators, including Ted Cruz, introduced the Payment Integrity Act, aimed at overhauling how federal childcare funds are distributed, according to Fox News. The legislation, spurred by what the senators called "mass fraud" in Minnesota, would require states to verify that children were in attendance before paying childcare providers.
In a separate development, a Tufts University professor suggested that the era of peak campus "wokeness" may be fading, according to Fox News. Eitan Hersh wrote in a Boston Globe op-ed that a new "microgeneration" of undergraduates is pushing back against language policing and ideological grandstanding. He said the shift presents an opportunity to restore free speech and viewpoint diversity on the nations campuses.
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