Daily Business Report: Friday, August 22, 2025
DOJ Sues California for Enforcing Emissions Standards Voided by Trump
By Jill McLaughlin| The Epoch Times
California Air Resources Board (CARB) over the state’s enforcement of emissions standards voided by the Trump administration, officials said on Aug. 15.
The DOJ said federal law preempts CARB from enforcing emissions rules governing heavy-duty trucks and engines. The department sued after a House of Representatives committee said it recently learned that staff at CARB won’t let auto manufacturers bring vehicles to market unless they comply with California’s standards.
“President Donald Trump and Congress have invalidated the Clean Air Act waivers that were the basis for California’s actions. CARB must respect the democratic process and stop enforcing unlawful standards,” acting Assistant Attorney General Adam Gustafson of the DOJ’s Environment and Natural Resources Division said in a statement.
Leaders of Sanctuary Jurisdictions Respond to DOJ Letters on Immigration Policies
By Chase Smith | The Epoch Times
Governors and mayors in several sanctuary jurisdictions pushed back this week against demand letters from U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi warning of legal action and possible criminal charges for state and local officials who limit cooperation with federal immigration enforcement.
Bondi’s Aug. 13 letter to California Gov. Gavin Newsom said, “For too long, so-called sanctuary jurisdiction policies have undermined this necessary cooperation and obstructed federal immigration enforcement, giving aliens cover to perpetrate crimes in our communities and evade the immigration consequences that federal law requires.”
She added, “Individuals operating under the color of law, using their official position to obstruct federal immigration enforcement efforts and facilitating or inducing illegal immigration may be subject to criminal charges.”
How Americans View Journalists in the Digital Age
By KIRSTEN EDDY, MICHAEL LIPKA, KATERINA EVA MATSA, NAOMI FORMAN-KATZ, JACOB LIEDKE, CHRISTOPHER ST. AUBIN AND LUXUAN WANG | Pew Research
As Americans navigate an often-overwhelming stream of news online – some of it coming from nontraditional news providers – what it means to be a journalist has become increasingly open to interpretation.
That is apparent in several ways in a new Pew Research Center study. Who Americans see as a “journalist” depends on both the individual news provider and the news consumer, similar to the variety of ways people define “news.”
There is a lack of consensus – and perhaps some uncertainty – about whether someone who primarily compiles other people’s reporting or offers opinions on current events is a journalist, according to a new Center survey. Americans are also split over whether people who share news in “new media” spaces like newsletters, podcasts and social media are journalists.
