Robin Bravender

Oil industry officials met with senior Trump administration officials at the White House on Friday as President Donald Trump pledged a forthcoming “deal” with oil companies to access Venezuela’s crude oil reserves. The meeting included representatives of ... See more

Vice President JD Vance on Thursday announced the creation of a new senior role in the administration charged with looking for fraud across the country. “We are creating a new assistant attorney general position who will have nationwide jurisdiction over ... See more

Bryan Hubbell, who served as a senior EPA researcher on climate change and air pollution, has joined the Washington-based think tank Resources for the Future as a senior fellow. Hubbell, who accepted the Trump administration’s early retirement incentives ... See more

President Donald Trump’s detractors took some solace as he prepared to take office the second time. It’s notoriously tough to budge the federal bureaucracy, and the courts are always there as a backstop. But nearly a year into Trump’s second term, the adm... See more

The outcome of one green group’s legal fight against an energy company could shape the future of environmental activism. Greenpeace USA is still hoping for a win in a high-stakes controversy that pits them against an energy behemoth in a long-running lega... See more