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Jan 15

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News Wrap: Bipartisan group working on shutdown compromises

In our news wrap Tuesday, a group of Democratic and Republican lawmakers say they met behind closed doors last night in hopes of forging a compromise to reopen the government. President Trump met with a group of House Republicans; the…

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Jan 09

Watch 5:17
News Wrap: Rosenstein will reportedly leave DOJ when new attorney general is confirmed

In our Wednesday news wrap, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein will reportedly leave the Justice Department once a new attorney general is confirmed. Rosenstein oversees the special counsel’s Russia investigation and has been attacked by President Trump. Also, Israeli security…

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Oct 09

Justices reject appeal to review Kavanaugh environmental ruling

By Associated Press

The Supreme Court is declining to review an environmental ruling written by Brett Kavanaugh in his former role as an appeals court judge.

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Oct 02

Trump’s EPA is moving to weaken regulation on radiation exposure

By Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press

The Trump administration is turning to scientific outliers who argue that a bit of radiation damage is actually good for you — like a little bit of sunlight.

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Sep 04

Watchdog says EPA not justified in spending more than $3.5 million on Pruitt’s round-the-clock security

By Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press

The EPA allowed Pruitt and his team to increase the security detail from six agents to 19 without proving the need, the EPA Office of the Inspector General concluded.

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Aug 29

Does formaldehyde cause leukemia? A delayed EPA report may hold the answer

By Amanda Grennell

An EPA report on formaldehyde, more than a decade in the making, still hasn't been released to the public.

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Aug 21

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How Trump’s rules on coal-fired power plants differ from Obama’s

The Trump administration unveiled its plan to reverse President Obama's coal pollution rules. The new EPA proposal, called the Affordable Clean Energy Rule, would give states leeway on whether to limit emissions and by how much, and allow older power…

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Aug 21

Trump administration plan rolls back Obama’s coal emissions standards

By Matthew Daly, Associated Press

The Environmental Protect Agency announced late Monday that acting administrator Andrew Wheeler planned to brief the news media by telephone Tuesday on greenhouse guidelines for states to set performance standards for existing coal-fired power plants.

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Aug 14

EPA says Trump’s fuel economy freeze could lead to more highway deaths

By Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press

Internal documents show the Environmental Protection Agency privately questioned the Trump administration's finding that freezing Obama-era mileage standards would make drivers safer.

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Aug 09

EPA violated law by keeping harmful pesticide on the market, court says

By Michael Biesecker, Associated Press

In a split decision, the court said Thursday that Scott Pruitt, a Republican forced to resign earlier this summer amid ethics scandals, violated federal law by ignoring the conclusions of agency scientists that the pesticide chlorpyrifos is harmful.

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