Regulations

Environmental and conservation groups and a coalition of tribes began filing lawsuits Monday that ensure that Trump’s announcement is far from the final chapter in the years-long battle over public lands.

A “no” vote Wednesday from U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley will return the United States to a place of extreme isolation within the global community over its policy toward Cuba, potentially undermining the Trump administration’s broader goals for engagement with Latin America.

In a speech to an annual conference of central bankers, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen implicitly rejected efforts to scrap the 2010 Dodd-Frank law as a threat to the economy.

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke told The Associated Press that none of the 27 monuments will be rescinded, but he said he would push for boundary changes on a “handful.”

The Energy Department says the government should make it easier and cheaper to operate power plants to strengthen the nation’s electric grid.