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• Lee Zeldin 在 Senate 宣稱 Trump administration 的計劃將使 Environmental Protection Agency 「更有效率」 • Senate 的 Democrats 在週三的國會聽證會上，指責 Trump administration 放棄了 Environmental Protection Agency 保護人類健康與環境的使命，並抨擊該機構領導層提出的將預算裁減一半的提案。 • Lee Zeldin 出席 Senate 環境委員會，是這位 EPA 署長本週三場預算聽證會中的最後一場。他在會中主張大幅削減該機構資金，而在其領導下，該機構的人員編制已降至數十年來的最低水平。在本週的大部分時間裡，這位來自 New York 的前 Republican 國會議員採取了強硬姿態，以自己的問題回應 House 和 Senate 的 Democrats，有時甚至指責他們準備不足或不關心 EPA 的紀錄。繼續閱讀...

Alarm caused by posts of Alex Carp, tech firm’s CEO, championing US military dominance and of AI weaponsThe US spy tech company Palantir published a manifesto extolling the benefits of American power and implying some cultures are inferior to others – in what MPs have called “a parody of a RoboCop film” and “the ramblings of a supervillain”.“Some cultures have produced vital advances; others remain dysfunctional and regressive,” wrote Palantir in a 22-point post on X over the weekend, which also called for an end to the “postwar neutering” of Germany and Japan. Continue reading...

Party says plan for ‘radical change’ will be funded in part through higher taxes on aviation, gambling and landlordsUK politics live – latest updatesThe Scottish Greens have called for free bus travel, thousands of extra teachers and doctors and a universal basic income among hundreds of uncosted manifesto pledges.The party is enjoying a bounce in Scottish opinion polls, with some putting it ahead of Labour, driven partly by the surging support for the Green party of England and Wales under the leadership of Zack Polanski. Continue reading...