Republicans in Congress Sure Seem Happy Not to Have to Defend Scott Pruitt Anymore
Andrew Wheeler at his confirmation hearing to become EPA deputy directorAlex Edelman/CNP via ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. When Scott Pruitt’s scandal-plagued tenure at the Environmental Protection Agency finally came to an end Thursday, his many critics in and out of Congress wasted no time rejoicing at another Trump Cabinet member…
As Trump’s China Tariffs Kick In, US Farmers Watch Prices Slide
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. President Donald Trump’s long-simmering, multi-front trade war is about to escalate: On Friday, the United States plans to begin slapping a 25 percent tariff on $34 billion worth of goods from China, which has vowed to retaliate immediately with its own duties on US goods. …
Scott Pruitt Is Truly Blessed
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A few minutes ago, as I was biting into a taco, I learned that EPA administrator Scott Pruitt had finally resigned after accumulating a truly astonishing array of weird, penny-ante scandals over the past 18 months. By chance, I had just read an AP piece…
Statue of Liberty Climber Speaks Out Against Trump Immigration Policy
NYPD Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Therese Patricia Okoumou, the woman who scaled the Statue of Liberty on the Fourth of July to protest the Trump administration’s immigration policies, spoke to reporters Thursday, where she continued speaking out against the push to separate migrant children from their families at the…
Read Scott Pruitt’s Bizarre Resignation Letter
Tom Williams/Congressional Quarterly/Newscom, Zuma Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. President Donald Trump tweeted on Thursday that he accepted Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt’s resignation. Andrew Wheeler, who worked as a coal lobbyist before being confirmed by the Senate in April for deputy EPA administrator, will succeed Pruitt. Fox News…
New Steel Taxes Are Hitting the Business Community Hard
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The New York Times reports that steel users are unhappy about President Trump’s steel tariffs: “In a few days, domestic companies raised prices on stainless steel anywhere from 15 to 25 percent,” said Joe Carlson, president of Lakeside Manufacturing, a medical and food service equipment…