Trump administration
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Speaking at the conservative conference, Scott Pruitt promises to ‘restore federalism’ by giving states more of a say in air and water protection and ensure that ‘regulations are reined in’. Pruitt sued the EPA over its pollution regulations 14 times while he was attorney general of Oklahoma, often in concert with oil and gas interests.
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Follow daily updates on the 45th president of the United States as we track Trump one day at a time
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Head of the EPA told the conservative audience they would be ‘justified’ in believing the environmental regulator should be completely disbanded
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Committee to Protect Journalists says president is sending a signal to countries such as Turkey, Ethiopia and Venezuela that ‘it is OK to abuse journalists’
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Denying journalists from the Guardian, New York Times and other outlets access to a press briefing is an authoritarian move. A swift response is needed
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Retired Navy admiral William McRaven has said Donald Trump’s description of the media as the enemy of the American people ‘may be the greatest threat to democracy in my lifetime’
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Conservative gathering will be forced to reckon with the nationalist populism that has become the dominant force in rightwing politics in the US
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Jeff Sessions gave the order to revive the justice department’s use of for-profit prisons, a sharply criticized industry that Obama had committed to phasing out
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White House chief strategist taunts the media for supposedly misrepresenting Donald Trump and his first month in office
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As US envoys visit Mexico City for talks, Luis Videgaray says his government will use the UN to defend migrants from deportation
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The president’s condemnation of hate crimes against Jewish targets would be more convincing if his record on prejudice in general weren’t so lamentable
The story of the week is Trump, Russia and the FBI. The rest is a distraction