Trump to sign measures to block California’s gas vehicle phase-out
Trump is expected to sign measures today aimed at blocking California’s plan to phase out gas-powered cars, a White House official said.
The official also confirmed that the measures will do away with regulations phasing out the sale of diesel vehicles and reducing truck emissions, which The Associated Press previously reported.
California had previously banned the sale of all new gas-powered cars by 2035 as part of an effort to fight climate change.
House expected to vote on DOGE-backed cuts
The House will debate and vote on a Republican-led bill today that would claw back $9.4 billion in spending that had previously been approved.
The vote is scheduled for 3:15 p.m. ET.
Most of the spending that Republicans are trying to rescind is related to foreign aid, but the legislation would also cut funding for public broadcasting services NPR and PBS. The bill aims to codify cost cuts that were suggested by the Department of Government Efficiency.
The bill needs support from a simple majority of House lawmakers to pass, after which it would go to the Senate for consideration.
David Hogg won’t run for DNC post again after party orders redo of vice chair elections
Progressive activist David Hogg said he won’t seek to continue as a vice chair of the Democratic National Committee after the DNC called for a redo of the February election that elevated him to the post.
Shortly after the DNC announced it would hold new elections Thursday for two vice chair positions held by Hogg and Pennsylvania state Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta as a result of a procedural challenge, Hogg announced he wouldn’t be a candidate.
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‘Incredibly petty’: Sen. Rand Paul says he was ‘uninvited’ to White House picnic over breaks with Trump
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Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said he was “uninvited” to an annual White House picnic typically attended by members of Congress and their families, framing the move to reporters today as retribution for his opposition to key components of Trump’s agenda.
“They’re afraid of what I’m saying, so they think they’re going to punish me, I can’t go to the picnic, as if somehow that’s going to make me more conciliatory,” Paul said. “So it’s silly, in a way, but it’s also just really sad that this is what it’s come to. But petty vindictiveness like this, it makes you — it makes you wonder about the quality of people you’re dealing with.”
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Some far-left groups have encouraged peaceful protests to turn violent, experts say
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It was approaching nightfall in Los Angeles on Sunday when black-clad demonstrators began to torch a row of self-driving Waymo taxis. Within minutes, videos of the fiery scenes began to pop up on social media.
“MORE. MORE AND MORE AND MORE,” a group known as Unity of Fields posted on X, along with a video of the flaming vehicles.
The post wasn’t an anomaly. Since the start of the demonstrations against immigration raids in Los Angeles, the Unity of Fields X account has been pumping out messages urging people to wreak havoc in the streets and “give ‘em hell.”
It’s part of a far-left online ecosystem that has proliferated in recent years, experts say. Some of the groups behind the accounts express contempt for peaceful resistance and glorify acts of violence — and even murders, like those of the UnitedHealthcare CEO and two Israeli Embassy staffers.
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