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Manhattan DA Opens Investigation Into Swalwell as Luna Files Expulsion Motion; Four Women Have Made Accusations

The Manhattan District Attorney's office confirmed Saturday it is investigating a sexual assault allegation against Rep. Eric Swalwell, who is running for California governor. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna has filed a privileged motion to expel him from the House, and both of Swalwell's gubernatorial campaign co-chairs have resigned.

PowerApr 12

Mamdani's First 100 Days: Executive Order 13, a $20M Perinatal Mental Health Fund, and the First Office of Community Safety

The NYC Mayor's Office released a 100-day readout cataloguing Zohran Mamdani's first executive actions: Executive Order 13 barring ICE from city facilities without a judicial warrant, $20M for perinatal and early childhood mental health, and the appointment of the first formerly incarcerated commissioner of the city's corrections department.

PowerApr 11

Trump Triumphal Arch Submitted for CFA Concept Review: 250 Feet Tall, Topped by 60-Foot Winged Lady Liberty

The Department of the Interior, on behalf of the Executive Office of the President, has filed concept drawings for a 250-foot triumphal arch on Columbia Island directly across from the Lincoln Memorial. The full Harrison Design submission is in the Commission of Fine Arts' April 16 meeting packet.

PowerApr 11

Education Secretary McMahon Makes AI a Formal Grant-Selection Priority Across Department Discretionary Programs

A 33-page final rule scheduled for Monday publication establishes "Advancing Artificial Intelligence in Education" as a Secretary's Supplemental Priority for every discretionary grant the Department of Education runs. Grant competitions can now designate AI literacy or AI-integration work as an absolute, competitive-preference, or invitational priority — steering federal education dollars toward AI training, tools, and teacher-prep programs.

PowerApr 11

EPA Proposes to Rescind the 2024 Coal Ash Rule's CCRMU Provisions, Exempt Dewatering Structures, and Drop the 12,400-Ton Beneficial-Use Threshold

A 189-page proposed rule scheduled for Monday publication walks back most of the 2024 Legacy CCR rule and multiple pieces of the 2015 Coal Combustion Residuals framework. EPA's own estimate of annualized cost savings to the utility industry is $174-$194 million at a 3% discount rate, rising to $232-$262 million at 7%. The rulemaking is explicitly framed as an Executive Order 14192 deregulation action.

PowerApr 11

EPA Pushes the PFAS TSCA 8(a)(7) Reporting Start From April 13 to January 31, 2027 — Third Delay to the Rule

A 40 CFR Part 705 final rule scheduled for Monday publication shifts the start of the PFAS manufacturer and importer reporting period out by roughly nine months. Reporting covers everyone who manufactured or imported PFAS since January 1, 2011, and the rule was slated to go live this coming Monday before EPA delayed it.

MoneyApr 11

IRS Issues Proposed Rules for the OBBBA's 1% Remittance Transfer Tax — Cash, Money Orders, and Traveler's Checks Only; No Safe Harbor for Small Providers

A 42-page Notice of Proposed Rulemaking published for public inspection Friday spells out how the Internal Revenue Service plans to collect the 1% excise tax on remittance transfers that the One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act imposed effective January 1, 2026. The tax hits only transfers funded with cash, money orders, cashier's checks, or (newly added) traveler's checks — not bank-account withdrawals or US card payments.

PowerApr 11

FERC Fast-Tracks Bath County's Relicense: 2,484 MW of Pumped Storage Up for a No-Significant-Impact Environmental Assessment

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission staff issued a Notice of Intent on April 7 to prepare an environmental assessment — not a full impact statement — for Dominion Energy's relicense application for the Bath County Pumped Storage Project. The world's most powerful pumped storage station is on track for a draft EA by November 20, 2026.

ScienceApr 11

FAA Has Quietly Granted Hermeus a Special Flight Authorization to Fly Its Quarterhorse Mk 2.1 Past Mach 1 Over White Sands

A Federal Register notice scheduled for publication Monday discloses that the FAA granted Atlanta-based hypersonic startup Hermeus Corporation authorization to conduct up to seven supersonic test flights of its Quarterhorse Mk 2.1 uncrewed aircraft inside White Sands Missile Range restricted airspace by December 31, 2026. The authorization became effective April 9.

PowerApr 11

Army and Navy Pull Off a Third Successful Joint Dark Eagle / CPS Hypersonic Test From Cape Canaveral

A March 26 launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station was the third successful end-to-end flight test of the Army-Navy common hypersonic missile in just over 18 months. The April 2 Department of War release frames the shared booster as a cost-saving program for both the Army's Dark Eagle ground-launched system and the Navy's sea-based Conventional Prompt Strike weapon.

PowerApr 11

Trump's April 3 College Sports Executive Order Uses Federal Contractor Leverage to Force NCAA Rule Changes by August 1

The order directs federal agencies that fund university research to treat violations of NCAA rules on NIL, transfers, and eligibility as a responsibility question for contracting and debarment. It also sets a five-year eligibility cap, bans federal money from NIL and coaching compensation, and tells the Attorney General to sue state NIL laws that conflict with the NCAA framework.

MoneyApr 11

Trump Signs Section 232 Proclamation Imposing 100% Tariff on Patented Pharmaceutical Imports — With Carve-Outs Down to Zero for Companies Accepting MFN Pricing

A proclamation signed April 2 and published in the Federal Register April 9 creates a six-tier tariff structure on patented drug imports: 100% default, 20% for companies with approved onshoring plans, 15% for EU/Japan/Korea/Swiss-Liechtenstein goods, 10% for UK goods, and zero for companies that sign both onshoring plans AND Most-Favored-Nation pricing agreements with HHS. Generics are exempt. Tariffs take effect July 31 for some companies and September 29 for the rest.