Democratic U.S. representative from California
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U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan barred any construction on the Memorial Circle arch late Thursday, ruling that Virginia and Washington, D.C., showed immediate harm. The National Capital Planning Commission had approved the project 8-4 earlier in the day.
Democrats won both chambers of Congress on Tuesday and now say they will use subpoenas and spending bills against two Trump energy officials. One is EPA chief Lee Zeldin. The other is Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, who paid companies nearly $4 billion in taxpayer money to drop offshore wind projects.
Shares of renewable energy companies rose after Republicans lost the House and Senate. Analysts say that could mean fewer federal attacks on wind and solar projects, which matters for jobs and power bills.
House Democrats are on track for more than 250 seats, but their first post-election battle is internal: progressives and centrists are already pushing rival plans for what the majority should do.
If Democrats take the House, they could demand documents and subpoena witnesses on the Reflecting Pool renovation, a planned arch near Arlington National Cemetery and a White House ballroom. Republicans currently hold a 218-214 House majority, and Democrats need a net gain of three seats.
Trump says loosening methane leak rules for oil and gas wells will cost less. The EPA's numbers show crude oil would drop about 0.14% in 2027, while the rollback would add millions of tons of smog-forming and toxic pollution through 2050.
