EPA Chief Lee Zeldin Is On a Mission to Let the Polluters Pollute
Lee Zeldin, the new boss of the Environmental Protection Agency, isn't kidding around. He's spoilin' for some despoilin', and he doesn't care who knows it. From The New York Times: ...
Dr. Oz to Face Pointed Questions on Medicare and Medicaid Before Senate Panel
The Senate Finance Committee holds a confirmation hearing on Friday for Dr. Mehmet Oz, the TV celebrity who is nominated to ...
Senate Democrats Balk at Funding Extension, Raising the Risk of a Shutdown
The top Senate Democrat said his members were not ready to provide the votes to allow the Republican-written stopgap spending ...
Companies and Communities Feel Effects of $20B Climate Funding Freeze
"Many of them are going to go out of business," a clean-energy entrepreneur said of the companies that had been counting on ...
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Zeldin’s massive environmental deregulation plans: What will the changes mean for his native Long Island and former NY-1 constituents?
Many of the reversals EPA Administrator Zeldin announced yesterday would have direct consequences for the eastern Long Island ...
E.P.A. Targets Dozens of Environmental Rules as It Reframes Its Purpose
Lee Zeldin, the E.P.A. administrator, said the agency’s mission was to make it cheaper to buy cars, heat homes and run ...
Schumer Will Clear the Way for G.O.P. Spending Bill, Breaking With His Party
Many Democrats had agitated for the party to hang together and block the measure in defiance of President Trump, but the ...
Trump Pardons Ex-Tennessee State Senator Imprisoned for Campaign Fraud
Brian Kelsey, a Republican, pleaded guilty to illegally funneling money to his failed campaign for Congress in 2016. He later ...
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EPA targets dozens of regulations. And, 'stranded' astronauts may return to Earth
The Environmental Protection Agency announced yesterday plans to reconsider more than two dozen rules. And, astronauts ...
Senate Confirms Gail Slater as Justice Dept.’s Antitrust Lead
The Senate on Tuesday approved Gail Slater, President Trump’s nominee to lead the Justice Department antitrust division, by a ...
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Trump Administration Live Updates: Shutdown Looms as Democrats Say They Won’t Back Spending Bill
Lee Zeldin, the E.P.A. administrator ... a president can punish individuals and companies like this. Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the Democratic leader, says that Republicans do not have ...