U.S. senator, D-R.I., ranking member of Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
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court found DOJ colluded, department stayed silent
Whitehouse reads judge's findings: DOJ colluded with Trump plaintiffsTrump 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.
Four Senate Democrats want billions in canceled clean energy grants restored before a vote on a bipartisan permitting bill. The demand tests whether the Senate can still make deals a week before the midterms.
On Oct. 22, less than two weeks before Election Day, the Social Security Administration sent beneficiaries an email praising President Trump and the new 'Trump Accounts' for children. In July, five Democratic senators had told the agency's chief to stop sending messages like this.
