I’m more than an ex-coal lobbyist, new EPA chief from Ohio says

The country's new Environmental Protection Agency chief is an Ohio native who insists he's more than a former coal lobbyist. "One of my clients was a coal company," Andrew R. Wheeler said last month in an interview with the Hamilton News Journal.

Fox News Reporter Refutes Jim Jordan: There Seems To Be Many Credible …

The prominent congressional Republican from Ohio sat down with Bret Baier and vehemently denied the allegations made by several former college wrestlers that he turned a blind eye to sexual abuse when he worked as their assistant coach at Ohio State University. Pergram pointed out that of all the accusers, Jordan repeatedly took aim at Michael Disabato , who he claimed during the interview has a "vendetta" against Ohio State because he "lost a licensing agreement" with the university and attempted to discredit him by invoking his arrest earlier this year.

Jim Jordan Bashes CNN for Airing Interviews With Ex-Ohio State…

Bret Baier on Friday, Rep. Jim Jordan called out CNN for having former Ohio State wrestler and accuser Michael DiSabato on three times without doing their "homework" first. Just moments before, Jordan had said that the whole thing amounted to "conversations in a locker room" being expressly different from reports of abuse.

Judge reprimands NC Gop candidate, his ex-wife and her new husband for poor parenting

A North Carolina Republican running for U.S. Congress was in Wake County court on Friday for a contentious hearing that ended with the judge reprimanding all involved for poor parenting. Steve Von Loor, the Republican seeking the 4th Congressional District in the November elections, went before Wake District Court Judge Dan Nagle seeking a protective order against his ex-wife's current husband.

The Democrats’ Socialist Meltdown

The skies over America the Beautiful were filled with fireworks, and the Twittersphere was filled with three Democratic senators blowing themselves up. My U.S. Senator Kamal Harris, Massachusetts's Elizabeth Warren and New York's Kirsten Gillibrand spent their holiday week attacking President Trump in speeches and tweets.

EPA’s new chief is former coal lobbyist

Add Donald Trump as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Donald Trump news, video, and analysis from ABC News. The new leader of the Environmental Protection Agency is a former coal industry lobbyist who helped lead an industry fight against regulations that protect Americans' health and address climate change .

Man with history of sex crimes working at Kansas shelter for unaccompanied migrant children

A man with a history of serious sex crimes allegations is working at a shelter for unaccompanied immigrant children in Topeka, Kansas, according to public records reviewed by ThinkProgress. Jeffrey J. Montague, 63, of Topeka, Kansas, is the human resources manager at The Villages, a nonprofit that has a $5.9 million contract with the Department of Health and Human Services to house unaccompanied migrant children But Montague has an especially checkered past.

Bernie Sanders to campaign with Tammy Baldwin

Baldwin announced Friday that the former presidential candidate will appear with her at a rally in Eau Claire on July 14. Baldwin's race is a top target for Republicans. State Sen. Leah Vukmir and Delafield management consultant Kevin Nicholson face each other in the GOP primary to be decided Aug. 14. Vukmir was holding a rally Friday with House Speaker Paul Ryan and U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, both of whom recently endorsed her.

Judge warns against ‘piecemeal’ court rulings on immigration

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Trump claims Maxine Waters’ IQ in ‘mid-60s,’ slams…

E.P.A. Aide Questioned Deleting Sensitive Meeting Details. Then She Was Fired. - WASHINGTON - Scott Pruitt, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the subject of numerous investigations into claims that he used agency resources for personal benefit How Scott Pruitt's Disloyalty to His Own Staff Brought Him Down in the End Minutes before President Donald Trump announced the resignation of Scott Pruitt, his top environmental regulator, one of his former aides accused him of firing another for questioning a potentially illegal purge of official agency records.

Trump makes stop in Montana to pull for Senate hopeful

In a campaign stop in Montana, President Donald Trump targeted Democrat Jon Tester on Thursday in a bid to get more Republicans elected to the Senate but also to punish the lawmaker he blames for derailing his nominee to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs. Appearing in a state he dominated in 2016, Trump cast Tester as a "liberal Democrat," railing against his voting record on issues like abortion, immigration and taxes.