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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. Andrew Wheeler, the No.
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt before the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on April 26. President Trump tweeted Thursday, July 5, he accepted the resignation of Pruitt. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt before the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on April 26. President Trump tweeted Thursday, July 5, he accepted the resignation of Pruitt.
President Donald Trump is closing in on his next Supreme Court nominee, with three federal judges leading the competition to replace retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy. Trump's top contenders for the vacancy at this time are federal appeals judges Amy Coney Barrett, Brett Kavanaugh and Raymond Kethledge, said a person familiar with Trump's thinking who was not authorized to speak publicly.
California can limit police cooperation with immigration officials and require inspections of detention facilities but can't enforce a key part of a third state sanctuary law barring private employers from allowing immigration officials on their premises without a warrant, a U.S. judge ruled Thursday. The decision came in a lawsuit filed against the state by the Trump administration seeking to block all three laws.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says it's "absurd" that the U.S. imports hemp products but puts severe restrictions on American-grown hemp. The Kentucky Republican is looking to change that by legalizing hemp in the next federal farm bill.
With a top coal lobbyist stepping in to serve as acting administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency , few people are expecting Scott Pruitt's resignation to slow down the Trump administration's efforts to deal a knock-out blow to the agency's ability to protect the environment. President Trump on Thursday named EPA deputy administrator Andrew Wheeler - whose beliefs on environmental protection are as radical as Pruitt's - to serve as acting administrator of the agency.
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt testifies before the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Environment Subcommittee in this April 26, 2018, file photo. CREDIT: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Democrats and Republicans in Congress joined virtual hands Thursday to celebrate the resignation of Scott Pruitt, the embattled administrator of President Donald Trump's Environmental Protection Agency.
U.S. Senator Chris Murphy , waving to an assembled crowd, completes his more than 100-mile A'Walk Across ConnecticutA' walk at Rogers Park in Danbury shortly after noon on Thursday, August 17, 2017. U.S. Senator Chris Murphy , waving to an assembled crowd, completes his more than 100-mile A'Walk Across ConnecticutA' walk at Rogers Park in Danbury shortly after noon on Thursday, August 17, 2017.
Prominent charter school supporters are dishing out campaign money, as key gubernatorial races in several states have now begun in earnest. June primary contests set up a number of state battles for governor in the midterm elections this November, with both Democratic and Republican candidates that could change how public resources flow into charter and private schools in the coming years.
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Dominic Rapini chats at the Wilton Republican Committee's Save Our State fundraiser luncheon at the Old Town Hall in Wilton June 10. Republican U.S. Senate candidate Dominic Rapini chats at the Wilton Republican Committee's Save Our State fundraiser luncheon at the Old Town Hall in Wilton June 10. "Oh my god, you're kidding me!" Rapini, a longtime Apple executive from Branford, exclaimed when he heard this fact. Rapini's website was recently relaunched and redesigned to make his longshot candidacy more enticing - but making him sound like a warm, grilled sandwich was entirely accidental.
U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt after pulling out of the Paris climate agreement. Pruitt resigned on Thursday.
President Trump is reportedly close to picking federal judge Brett Kavanaugh to replace the retiring Anthony Kennedy on the Supreme Court, according to a CNBC report . Kavanaugh is seen as a better bet in winning over moderate Republican senators such as Susan Collins of Maine who could be a swing vote.
Special Counsel Robert Mueller is tapping additional Justice Department resources for help with new legal battles as his year-old investigation of Russian interference with the 2016 election continues to expand. As Mueller pursues his probe, he's making more use of career prosecutors from the offices of U.S. attorneys and from Justice Department headquarters, as well as FBI agents - a sign that he may be laying the groundwork to hand off parts of his investigation eventually, several current and former U.S. officials said.
Rep. Marsha Blackburn visits with World War II veteran Clayton Hicks of Franklin at President Trump's rally held in Nashville in late May. Rep. Marsha Blackburn visits with World War II veteran Clayton Hicks of Franklin at President Trump's rally held in Nashville in late May. The Marsha for Senate campaign announced earlier this week that a coalition called Veterans for Marsha has been formed to focus on the more than 1,000 veterans who are supporting Rep. Marsha Blackburn's bid to become Tennessee's next senator.
Donald Trump's campaign won the technical knockout of a lawsuit filed by two Democratic National Committee donors and a DNC staffer who accused it of colluding with Russian to publish compromising information about the Clinton campaign on WikiLeaks that included details about their lives. U.S. District Judge Ellen Huvelle in Washington dismissed the year-old lawsuit in a ruling issued late Tuesday, but did so in a way that would allow the men to refile elsewhere.
The newspapers, the social media, the TV news and political commentary programs repeat every Trump off-the-cuff remark, tweet, and bit of bombast insidiously dominating our collective consciousness. He's everywhere - lying, distorting, bullying - a sleazy tabloid figure who in retrospect makes the socially committed but crass, intimidating Lyndon Johnson seem comparatively delicate and sensitive.
In this July 3, 2018 file photo President Donald Trump waves as he boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. U.S. Sen. Jon Tester is giving Trump a tongue-in-cheek welcome to Montana by taking out a full-page ad in 14 newspapers thanking the president for signing 16 bills that the Democrat sponsored or co-sponsored.
After months of controversy and ethical questions, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt has resigned from the agency, President Trump tweeted on Thursday. Over the several months, Pruitt has increasingly come under fire for multiple allegations of abusing his power from spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on first-class travel to a sweetheart real estate deal tied to a lobbyist with EPA business and attempting to secure a private business deal for his wife among numerous allegations.
U.S. Sen. Jon Tester gave President Donald Trump a tongue-in-cheek welcome to Montana Thursday by taking out a full-page ad in more than a dozen newspapers thanking him for signing 16 bills the Democrat sponsored or co-sponsored. Trump was scheduled to hold a rally in Great Falls on Thursday to campaign for Tester's Republican challenger, State Auditor Matt Rosendale.
A key GOP senator is warning President Donald Trump not to repeat "mistakes" of past Republican presidents by picking a Supreme Court nominee who turns out to be insufficiently conservative. In a Fox News op-ed, Cruz writes that "after countless mistakes by Republicans, we finally have a chance to get this right."