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Senate votes to block California’s rule banning the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035
The Senate has voted to block California’s first-in-the nation rule banning the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035.
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Why Kamala Harris could run for California governor and bypass another White House bid
Many of Kamala Harris’ supporters and detractors alike think she’d have better odds running for California governor rather ...
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Zeldin slams Whitehouse in heated exchange: Americans ‘put President Trump in office because of people like you’
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin got into a shouting match over agency grant cancellations during a Senate hearing ...
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Budget cuts at Trump EPA become flashpoint at a heated hearing — and, Democrats say, may kill people
The head of the Environmental Protection Agency clashed with Democratic senators Wednesday, accusing one of being an ...
Senate Democrats Seek Inquiry Into Bondi’s Role in Gift of Qatari Jet to Trump
In a letter to the Justice Department, the senators raised concern that Attorney General Pam Bondi’s approval allowed the ...
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Duckworth Joins Schumer, Schiff, Colleagues in Demanding Independent Department of Defense Inquiry of Trump’s Acceptance of Qatari Plane
WASHINGTON, D.C. U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) joined Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), U.S. Senator Adam ...