Trump to take major step to wipe out Obama’s climate-change record with sweeping order on the environment

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Wednesday, March 29, 2017

Trump to take major step to wipe out Obama’s climate-change record with sweeping order on the environment
The executive order, which President Trump is expected to sign on Tuesday, would instruct federal regulators to rewrite key rules curbing U.S. carbon emissions. It also seeks to lift a moratorium on federal coal leasing and remove the requirement that federal officials consider the impact of climate change when making decisions.

The order sends an unmistakable signal that just as President Barack Obama sought to weave climate considerations into every aspect of the federal government, Trump is hoping to rip that approach out by its roots.
“This policy is in keeping with President Trump’s desire to make the United States energy independent,” said a senior administration official who briefed reporters on the directive Monday. “When it comes to climate change, we want to take our course and do it in our own form and fashion.”
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White House sought to block former acting attorney general Sally Yates from testifying to Congress on Russia
According to letters reviewed by The Post, Yates was told earlier this month by the Justice Department that the administration considers much of her possible testimony to be barred from a congressional hearing because the topics are covered by the presidential communication privilege.

Yates and other former intelligence officials had been asked to testify before the House Intelligence Committee this week, a hearing that was abruptly canceled by the panel’s chairman, Rep. Devin Nunes. As acting attorney general, Yates played a key part in the investigation surrounding Michael Flynn, a Trump campaign aide who became national security adviser before it surfaced that he had discussed sanctions with the Russian ambassador to the United States.
The Trump administration's position is likely to anger Democrats who say the House investigation is being damaged. They have called for the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee to recuse himself from the Russia probe.
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Senate Republicans resist Trump’s suggested cuts in stopgap spending measure

President’s request to boost spending on defense and border wall but cut funds for popular programs could put bill at risk as April 28 shutdown deadline nears, GOP leaders fear.
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House votes to wipe away Internet privacy protections in move to allow providers to sell customer data, sending measure to Trump
The sharply partisan vote led by Republicans is a sweeping rebuke of Internet policies enacted under the Obama administration and marks a pivot toward allowing Internet providers to collect and sell their customers' Web browsing history, location information, health data and other personal details. The measure now heads to the White House, where President Trump is expected to sign it.

The vote also raises questions about the fate of other Obama-era technology rules, such as net neutrality, which bans Internet providers from discriminating against websites and was approved in 2015 over strident Republican objections.
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