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In this April 3, 2018, file photo, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt speaks at a news conference in Washington. An internal government watchdog says the EPA violated federal spending laws when purchasing a $43,000 soundproof privacy booth for Pruitt to make private phone calls in his office.
Embattled Environmental Protection Agency boss Scott Pruitt's $43,000 private phone booth broke federal spending rules, an internal government watchdog ruled Monday. Pruitt's pricey soundproof booth - installed so he could make private calls - far exceeded the amount for improvements that requires reporting to Congress, the Government Accountability Office ruled in an eight-page letter.
Yesterday the Trump administration started chipping away at one of the strongest science-based public health protections we have in the country. In a laundry list of industry wishes, President Trump has ordered the EPA to make several sweeping changes to how it implements ambient air pollution standards.
The Senate is set to vote on Andrew Wheeler to be the number two official at the Environmental Protection Agency amid ethics concerns plaguing EPA chief Scott Pruitt and calls from Democrats for him to resign. Two GOP leadership aides told CNN they expected Wheeler to be approved, which would make him the latest appointee at the agency with close ties to the energy industry.
Trump Allies and House Republicans to Paul Ryan: Get Out Now House Speaker Paul Ryan's retirement announcement Wednesday morning set off a round of heartburn within the White House and among its allies over the damage that may be done in what's left of his term. Trump chooses impulse over strategy as crises mount In a White House known for chaos, the process of developing the U.S. response to the Syrian government's alleged latest gas attack was proceeding with uncharacteristic deliberation, including several national security briefings for President Trump.
Senate Republicans are moving to confirm a former coal industry lobbyist as the second highest ranking official at the Environmental Protection Agency. A Senate vote could come Thursday on the nomination of Andrew Wheeler to serve as EPA's deputy administrator.
Three Democratic senators on the committee that oversees the Environmental Protection Agency are asking for answers on reports that the agency granted significant raises to two aides and whether Administrator Scott Pruitt lied about his knowledge of the raises in an interview on Fox News. The Atlantic reported last week that Pruitt granted raises to two of his aides at the EPA under a provision of the Safe Drinking Water Act after the White House personnel office denied the raises.
Environmental Protection Agency : Sleeping on duty. Bringing alcohol to work. Even "unhygienic practices which annoy or jeopardize the health of others."
An environmental organization identified on Tuesday a tributary of the Mississippi River as the nation's most endangered river of 2018 as a decades-old flood drainage plan has reincarnated. A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plan to curb flooding in Mississippi's delta region threatens the Big Sunflower River and 200,000 acres of surrounding wetlands, American Rivers said.
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A 2017 file photo of EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt. Democrats have called for Pruitt's resignation over a variety of spending scandals but President Trump and key Republicans have rallied to his defense.
President Donald Trump is sidestepping facts when it comes to the ethical questions swirling around Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt. Trump declares that a Capitol Hill condominium rented by Pruitt that had ties to a Washington lobbyist was appropriately priced at "market rate" - even though an EPA ethics attorney now acknowledges he wasn't given the full information when he reviewed the deal.
Sen. John Kennedy lambasted embattled Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt over his "juvenile" behavior and numerous ethical scandals. "Stop acting like a chucklehead, stop the unforced errors, stop leading with your chin," Kennedy said Sunday on CBS' "Face the Nation," while addressing the multiple controversies currently surrounding Pruitt.
President Donald Trump on Saturday defended his embattled head of the Environmental Protection Agency, Scott Pruitt, and said the official's travel and security expenses were reasonable. Taxpayers have paid more to protect Pruitt than past EPA chiefs but those expenses are justified since Pruitt has been under threat, Trump wrote.
In this Jan. 18, 2017 file photo, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator-designate, Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. Pruitt has spent millions of dollars in taxpayer funds on unprecedented security precautions that include a full-time detail of 20 armed officers, according to agency sources and documents reviewed by The Associated Press.
'When you lose that power': How John Kelly faded as White House disciplinarian After White House chief of staff John F. Kelly pressured President Trump last fall to install his top deputy, Kirstjen Nielsen, atop the Department of Homeland Security, the president lost his temper John Kelly blew up at Trump in Oval Office meeting, threatened to quit - White House Chief of Staff John Kelly threatened to quit on March 28, according to sources familiar with the events. - What I'm hearing: Kelly blew up at Trump in an Oval Office meeting that day 1 Man Dead, 6 Firefighters Hurt Following 4-Alarm Fire At Trump Tower - NEW YORK - A man has died of his injuries following a four-alarm fire at Trump Tower.
'When you lose that power': How John Kelly faded as White House disciplinarian After White House chief of staff John F. Kelly pressured President Trump last fall to install his top deputy, Kirstjen Nielsen, atop the Department of Homeland Security, the president lost his temper John Kelly blew up at Trump in Oval Office meeting, threatened to quit - White House Chief of Staff John Kelly threatened to quit on March 28, according to sources familiar with the events. - What I'm hearing: Kelly blew up at Trump in an Oval Office meeting that day 1 Man Dead, 6 Firefighters Hurt Following 4-Alarm Fire At Trump Tower - NEW YORK - A man has died of his injuries following a four-alarm fire at Trump Tower.
Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt's concern with his safety came at a steep cost to taxpayers as his swollen security detail blew through overtime budgets and at times diverted officers away from investigating environmental crimes. Altogether, the agency spent millions of dollars for a 20-member full-time detail that is more than three times the size of his predecessor's part-time security contingent.
A U.S. congressional panel is investigating Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt's use of a condominium tied to an energy lobbyist, a House Republican aide said on Saturday. FILE PHOTO - Scott Pruitt, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator, testifies to the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee oversight hearing on the Environmental Protection Agency on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 30, 2018.