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EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House, April 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

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 angrily with Democratic senators Wednesday, accusing one of being an “aspiring fiction writer” and saying another does not “care about wasting money.″ Democrats countered that EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin’s tenure will likely mean more lung can
 
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., talks to reporters just after House Republicans narrowly approved their budget framework, at the Capitol in Washington, April 10, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Trump’s ‘beautiful’ bill spans more than 1,000 pages. Here’s what’s inside it

 
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., and President Donald Trump arrive for a House Republican conference meeting, Tuesday, May 20, 2025, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

After meeting at the White House Speaker Johnson vows to push ahead on Trump’s big bill

 
Charging bays are seen at the new Electrify America indoor electric vehicle charging station in San Francisco, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

What to know about the US Senate’s effort to block vehicle-emission rules in California

 
Charging bays are seen at the new Electrify America indoor electric vehicle charging station in San Francisco, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

Senate will try to block California vehicle standards that would phase out gas-powered cars

 

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Ranking member Rep. Gerald Connolly, D-Va., speaks, April 19, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Rep. Gerry Connolly steps down as top Oversight Democrat and won’t seek reelection as cancer returns

 
President Donald Trump speaks with reporters as he and first lady Melania Trump depart on Marine One from the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, April 25, 2025, in Washington. The President and first lady will be traveling to Rome and the Vatican to attend the funeral for Pope Francis. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Higher taxes on millionaires? Trump says he’s open, but many in his party are not

 
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., speaks during a hearing of the House Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, April 1, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

How a fight over proxy voting for new parents upended the US House

 
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., left, and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., make statements to reporters ahead of vote in the House to pass a bill on President Donald Trump's top domestic priorities of spending reductions and tax breaks, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, April 10, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Now that they’ve passed a budget plan, the hard part begins for Republicans

 
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., talks to reporters just after House Republicans narrowly approved their budget framework, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, April 10, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House approves budget framework for Trump’s ‘big’ bill after intense wrangling sways GOP holdouts

 
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., talks to reporters about his push for a House-Senate compromise budget resolution to advance President Donald Trump's agenda, even with opposition from hard-line conservative Republicans, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Republican-led House passes bill to limit nationwide orders from federal district judges

 
The U.S. Capitol is seen, Tuesday, April 1, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

House votes to overturn Biden-era rule limiting bank overdraft fees to $5, sends to Trump to sign

 
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., leaves the chamber after an essential procedural vote passed in the House to advance President Donald Trump's top domestic priorities on spending reductions and tax breaks, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House GOP holdouts threaten Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ budget bill as Speaker Johnson postpones vote

 
Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., left, talks with U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer ahead of a hearing at the Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Senate Republicans express relief after Trump pauses tariff plans

 
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., talks to reporters about his push for a House-Senate compromise budget resolution to advance President Donald Trump's agenda, even with opposition from hard-line conservative Republicans, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Trump’s ‘big’ bill of tax breaks and spending cuts faces opposition from House Republican holdouts

 
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., speaks during a hearing of the House Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, April 1, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Tentative deal is reached in House Republican fight over proxy voting for new parents

 
President Donald Trump walks to board Marine One after speaking with reporters on the South Lawn of the White House, April 3, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Takeaways from the Senate budget vote: Tariff pressure, debt worries and signs of GOP unease

 
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott sits before President Donald Trump arrives to speak at an education event and executive order signing in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, March 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Texas governor blames county’s elections problems for delay in filling vacant congressional seat

 
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R- Iowa, takes his seat as the panel meets to consider prescription drug pricing and other measures, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, April 3, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Congress has the power to halt Trump’s tariffs. But Republicans aren’t ready to use it

 
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., joined by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., the GOP whip, left, talks to reporters at the Capitol, in Washington, Tuesday, April 1, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate GOP approves framework for Trump’s tax breaks and spending cuts after late-night session

 
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., joined by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., the GOP whip, left, talks to reporters at the Capitol, in Washington, Tuesday, April 1, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Republicans moving ahead with Trump’s ‘big’ bill of tax breaks and spending cuts amid tariff uproar

 
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is joined by Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., right, as they speak to reporters about President Donald Trump's so-called "Liberation Day" of tariffs on foreign countries, at the Capitol, in Washington, Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Measuring the cost of extending Trump’s tax cuts becomes a flashpoint in Congress

 
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., center, is joined from left by Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt., and Sen. Angela Alsobrooks, D-Md., as they speak to reporters about President Donald Trump's tariffs on foreign countries, at the Capitol, in Washington, Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate rebukes Trump’s tariffs as some Republicans vote to halt taxes on Canadian imports

 
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., joined by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., the GOP whip, left, talks to reporters at the Capitol, in Washington, Tuesday, April 1, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Trump gives GOP senators his support as they charge ahead on tax package and spending cuts

 
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., takes questions on tariffs while meeting with reporters at a news conference, at the Capitol, in Washington, Tuesday, April 1, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Speaker Johnson suffers a defeat in his push to block parents in the U.S. House from proxy voting

 
Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-AZ., speaks during the opening session of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) Legislative Conference at the Hilton Washington DC National Mall The Wharf, Tuesday, March 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

A Democratic senator is putting holds on VA nominees to protest Trump’s plans to cut its workforce

 
Sunlight shines through the flags of Canada and the United States, held together by a protester outside on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Feb. 1, 2025.(Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

A Senate vote to reverse Trump’s tariffs on Canada tests Republican support

 
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks with reporters after President Donald Trump spoke at an education event and executive order signing in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, March 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

No timetable from Texas governor on filling late Democratic congressman’s vacant seat

 
A Tesla robot is displayed as U.S. robotics companies look for congressional support to compete with Chinese companies, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 26, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

US robotics companies push for national strategy, including a central office, to compete with China

 
The headquarters for National Public Radio (NPR) stands on North Capitol Street, April 15, 2013, in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Congressional Republicans target PBS, NPR funding in contentious hearing

 
Professional golfer Patrick Reed reacts after former President Donald Trump took a shot on the driving range before the second round of the LIV Golf at Trump National Golf Club, Saturday, May 27, 2023, in Sterling, Va. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Live updates: National security leaders face questions on Signal leak during House hearing

 
President Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson of La., listen at the annual St. Patrick's Day luncheon at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Republicans eye actions against the courts and judges as Trump rails against rulings

 
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee gestures as a campaign event at the Drexelbrook Catering & Event Center, Oct. 29, 2024, in Drexel Hill, Pa. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)

Mike Huckabee, Trump’s pick for Israel ambassador, tries to distance from past Palestinian rhetoric

 
Rep. Chuck Edwards talks during a town hall in Asheville, N.C., March 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Makiya Seminera, File)

Military veterans are becoming the face of Trump’s government cuts and Democrats’ resistance

 
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer gives a television interview at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, March 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Schumer says he won’t step down as Senate Democratic leader despite government funding uproar

 
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