Trump Considering Housing Emergency Declaration This Fall: Bessent

President Donald Trump is thinking about declaring “a national housing emergency in the fall,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said.

Federal Government Withdraws Emergency Supreme Court Application Over Freezing of Foreign Aid

The federal government withdrew a Supreme Court request for control of billions in foreign aid after an appeals court allowed it to withhold funds.
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DOJ Employee Who Disrespected National Guard Members Has Been Fired: Bondi

U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi on Aug. 29 said she has fired an employee “for inappropriate conduct towards National Guard service members in D.C.”

US Government Makes It Harder for Samsung, SK Hynix to Make Chips in China

The U.S. is tightening chip rules, rescinding authorizations that let Samsung and SK Hynix use American semiconductor equipment in China.

US Proposes Adding Copper, Potash, 4 Others to Critical Minerals List

US Dept of Interior is proposing to add six “mineral commodities” to the list of critical minerals to incentivize domestic production and processing.

Resurrected Idaho Mine Could Be 1st in US to Produce Tungsten Since 2015

Canada-based corporation is rehabilitating a mine in east-central Idaho to extract first domestically produced tungsten in US in a decade.

US Calls for Common Sense Approach as UN Talks for Global Plastics Treaty Fail

The United States supports “common-sense and pragmatic approaches” to address the toxic problem of plastic pollution in the environment.

Supreme Court Allows Trump Admin to Revoke DEI-Related NIH Grants

The Supreme Court voted 5–4 on Aug. 21 to allow the NIH to cancel hundreds of millions of dollars in research grants linked to DEI initiatives.