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House Bill Seeks to Boost U.S. Biorefinery and Biobased Manufacturing

A new bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives aims to strengthen America’s leadership in renewable energy and rural economic development by expanding federal support for biorefineries, renewable chemicals, and biobased product manufacturing. The “Agricultural Biorefinery Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2025,” sponsored by Rep. Zach Nunn of Iowa […]

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Trump Fires U.S. Copyright Office Chief Shira Perlmutter Amid AI Policy Dispute

President Donald Trump has dismissed Shira Perlmutter, the nation’s top copyright official. Perlmutter, a lawyer with extensive experience in intellectual property, previously served as director at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and has worked in various copyright roles since the late 1990s. Her tenure at the Copyright Office was marked […]

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FEMA Chief Fired After Opposing Trump Plan to Eliminate Disaster Agency, Days Before Hurricane Season

Cameron Hamilton, the acting head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), was abruptly dismissed on Thursday, less than a month before the start of hurricane season. The firing follows Hamilton’s public opposition to the Trump administration’s proposals to significantly reduce or even eliminate FEMA, an agency responsible for coordinating […]