The American authorities have suspended a program that provides data on international air quality, through sensors in more than 80 embassies and consulate, for budget reasons, which led to an increase in the restrictions imposed at a time when the Trump administration places restrictions on financing environmental and climate work abroad.
Bloomberg was quoted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as saying in a statement that was sent via e -mail, that as of Tuesday, live data were not transferred through diplomatic sites for the purpose of uploading them to an electronic portal and on an application that works on mobile phones.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated in the statement that: “The current climate budget requires us to make difficult, and unfortunately, we cannot continue to publish these data.”
The semiconductor law
US President Donald Trump has called for the end of the $ 52 billion -connection support program, which motivated more than $ 400 billion of investments from companies such as TSMC and Intel.
The president said in a speech to Congress on Tuesday: “The Law of Chips … a terrible, terrible thing,” Trump beg to US House Speaker Mike Johnson to get rid of legislation and use “what remains” to reduce debts or for any other purpose.
His applause statements were met in a room that approved the Law of Chips and Science less than 3 years ago, and Vice President J. Verse, whose term Ohio won a huge project for Intel thanks to the law, to show his support for his cancellation.
The chips law is among the most important American laws for industrial policy for more than one generation, and the government has allocated $ 39 billion in the form of grants – in addition to tax loans and exemptions by 25%, to revive the American conductors industry, as well as $ 11 billion to research and development of chips, and the goal was to reduce dependence on Asia in electronic components that operate everything from smartphones to huge data centers.
However, Trump has constantly mocked the program, which he considers a waste of government money, on the pretext that customs definitions will achieve the same result with filling the treasury, and Republicans indicated that they want to cancel what they see as “social” provisions of the chips law.
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Selling buildings
In another context, the Trump administration is considering selling some of the most famous government properties, including the headquarters of the Ministry of Justice and the Federal Investigation Office (FBI) and the building that one day included the luxurious Trump Hotel.
The Public Services Department, which runs the federal real estate, said that it has set 443 properties that exceed the total area of 80 million square feet “is not essential for government operations” and can be sold.
The potential sale appears to be part of Trump’s efforts to reduce the size of the federal government, led by technology billionaire Elon Musk. This endeavor has already led to the demobilization of 100,000 workers.
The Misk’s government efficiency management says that it has provided 105 billion dollars so far, through matters, including the abolition of rental contracts on government real estate, and budget experts threw doubts about the reliability of management data.
The Public Services Department said in a statement that it “no longer hoped” in obtaining funds to renew real estate, and said that the sale could save more than $ 430 million of annual operating costs.
Public Services Management List, such as the old post office, which included the Trump International Hotel, and others, such as the Disputable JBI Hoofer Jof, is widely seen as ancient style.
The Public Services Department said it would build in 2023 new headquarters (LPII) in Maryland.
The number of buildings listed in the Public Services Department list that will be offered for sale in the end, or the price you might bring.
The list includes the main headquarters of many major government agencies, including the Administration of Old Warriors and Ministries of Agriculture, Energy, Labor, Health, Humanitarian Services, Housing, Urban Development and Federal Aviation Administration, the main headquarters of public services management, and clouds in Chicago, Atlanta and Cleveland, in addition to many of the internal tax department centers that consider tax declarations.
The Tax Authority said in an internal note last week that it would sell these buildings starting from June, after the end of the tax declaration season in April.
