Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has announced his proposal to crack down on illegal immigration by increasing penalties for human smuggling, strengthening statutes for the detention of illegal aliens, requiring universal use of E-Verify, enhancing penalties for document falsification, and prohibiting the issuance of ID cards to people not lawfully in the country.
The EPA has ordered Norfolk Southern to manage the cleanup of a toxic chemical spill resulting from a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, and threatened to triple the cost of the cleanup if the company fails to comply.
The Biden administration is proposing new rules, similar to a Trump-era policy, to reduce fraudulent asylum claims and discourage illegal immigration by presuming asylum ineligibility for migrants crossing through other nations to reach the U.S. Southern Border.
The European Union has voted to ban the sale of new gasoline-powered cars and vans by 2035, requiring all new cars in Europe to be electric in 12 years.
Gigi Sohn, President Joe Biden's nominee for a seat on the Federal Communications Commission, told a Senate Committee Tuesday that the agency should investigate AT&T DirecTV's "deplatforming of Newsmax," which she described as "very troubling."