Artificial Intelligence & Technology
EVgo Inc. has announced via a press release the closing of its $1.25-billion guaranteed loan facility from the U.S. Department of Energy Loan Programs Office under its Title 17 Clean Energy Financing Program to support EVgo’s forthcoming efforts to build convenient, reliable public charging infrastructure for electric vehicles.
California
Communities in the Central Valley are on heightened alert as President Trump looks to follow through on his promises of historic mass deportations.
Hollywood Inc.
USC’s School of Cinematic Arts hosted a cohort of African filmmakers this summer as part of a State Department program for film diplomacy.
President Trump, in his first days in office, has released a series of executive orders that will reshape the country’s immigration system. We lay out the key changes.
Politics
President-elect Donald Trump says he will nominate former White House aide Brooke Rollins to be his agriculture secretary.
World & Nation
Trump pauses the refugee resettlement program this week as part of a series of executive orders cracking down on immigration.
The former Wisconsin congressman has promised safer Boeing planes, less regulation and help for U.S. companies developing self-driving cars.
As of Jan. 1, San Joaquin Valley farmers are banned from burning agricultural waste in the field, a legislative mandate that has been decades in the making.
Climate & Environment
California farms export billions of dollars’ worth of crops to other nations. Trump’s tariff plans could trigger retaliation, harming the industry.
Rep. Elise Stefanik pledges to push President Trump’s ‘America First’ stance if confirmed as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.