A person wearing a facemask walks near the Brooklyn Bridge as wildfire smoke from Canada causes hazy conditions on July 16, 2026, in New York. Out-of-control wildfires were raging Thursday in the Canadian province of Ontario, prompting evacuations and sending dangerous smoke billowing into the U.S. where millions of people were exposed to the unhealthy … Read more
President Trump threatened to impose new tariffs on Canada Friday after the northern neighbor’s raging wildfires caused hazardous air quality from Minnesota to North Carolina. Follow The Post’s live coverage of President Trump and national politics for the latest news and analysis “We are holding Canada responsible for the fact that they are not properly … Read more
Smoke from massive wildfires in Canada engulf the New York City skyline, reducing visibility and casting an orange haze over the city, July 16, 2026. Selcuk Acar | Anadolu | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Friday blasted Canada for wildfires enveloping swaths of the United States in a smoky haze, and said he would … Read more
The Pentagon is on lockdown Thursday as emergency workers respond to the Department of War’s headquarters for a “hazardous materials incident,” Arlington County Fire and EMS said in a post to X. “ACFD units, including our Hazardous Materials Team, are currently operating at the Pentagon in support of PFPA’s Hazmat Team during a hazardous materials … Read more
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is slamming the brakes on what officials have called a costly trucking emissions standard that California was seeking to apply to tens of thousands of vehicles traveling into the state — effectively nationalizing the green energy policies of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration. The US Environmental Protection Agency announced Tuesday its … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s top health agency will undertake a “massive testing and research effort” to determine the cause of autism, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Thursday. Kennedy, a longtime vaccine critic who has pushed a discredited theory that routine childhood shots cause the developmental disability, said the effort … Read more
Gov. Kathy Hochul once again reaffirmed that she has the power to oust Mayor Adams and blamed much of the frenzy over a speculated quid pro quo on President Trump. Hochul (D), 66, has been under intense pressure from some Democrats to jettison the embattled NYC mayor but so far has instead opted to add more … Read more
Democratic Colorado Gov. Jared Polis praised President Trump on Monday for instructing the Treasury Department to halt production of pennies, which cost more than their value to mint. “As well as saving taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars, there are major environmental benefits to eliminating the penny. This is a great move,” Polis wrote on … Read more
Big Apple eateries say a new “char broil” rule is totally half-baked. The city’s environmental cops could force restaurants that use char broilers to cut their smoky emissions by 75% — or figure out a new way to cook meat and fish. Restaurants that char-broil more than 875 pounds of meat per week would be … Read more
New York offered New Jersey a measly $3 discount for its drivers crossing into Manhattan to try to offset the new $9 Midtown toll, but Garden State officials scoffed the break would mean virtually nothing once the tax jumps to $15, sources say. The pooh-poohed proposal was pitched during secret court-ordered negotiations to try to … Read more