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Myron Ebell during an interview with The Associated Press in Washington, on Thursday.

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Official: Trump wants to slash EPA workforce, budget

by Michael Biesecker Associated PressJanuary 26, 2017

White House press secretary Sean Spicer calls on a reporter at the White House in Washington on Tuesday.

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Trump orders EPA contract freeze and media blackout

by Michael Biesecker Associated Press, and John Flesher Associated PressJanuary 24, 2017

Spectators pass through a security checkpoint to gain access to Pennsylvania Avenue before the presidential inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)John Minchillo

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Melee near Trump’s parade route as police, protesters clash

by Jessica Gresko Associated Press, Michael Biesecker Associated Press, and Jack Gillum Associated PressJanuary 20, 2017

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator-designate, Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee.

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In break with Trump, EPA pick says climate change isn’t hoax

by Michael Biesecker Associated Press, and Matthew Daly Associated PressJanuary 18, 2017

Driving a car

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EPA moves to save gas mileage goals

by Tom Krisher Associated Press, and Michael Biesecker Associated PressJanuary 13, 2017

FILE - In this July 23, 2013 file photo, then-New York mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner speaks during a news conference alongside his wife Huma Abedin in New York. The FBI informed Congress on Friday, Oct. 28, 2016, it is investigating whether there is classified information in new emails that have emerged in its probe of Hillary Clinton's private server. A U.S. official told The Associated Press the newly discovered emails emerged through the FBI’s separate sexting probe of former congressman Anthony Weiner, the estranged husband of close Clinton confidant Huma Abedin. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

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FBI investigating new emails for classified information

by Michael Biesecker Associated Press, and Eric Tucker Associated PressOctober 28, 2016

This photo from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation's Sex Offender Registry shows Ron P. Broussard Jr. Records show former Trump University staffer Broussard, 48, was convicted at court martial in 1994 of sodomy and indecent acts with a child. Donald Trump says he hand-picked only the best to teach success at Trump University. But dozens of those hired by the company had checkered pasts, including serious financial problems and even convictions for cocaine trafficking or child molestation, an Associated Press investigation has found. (Georgia Bureau of Investigation via AP)

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Trump U staff included drug trafficker, child molester

by Michael Biesecker Associated PressOctober 27, 2016

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell, in newly leaked emails, criticized both major presidential candidates, calling Donald Trump “a national disgrace” and lamenting Hillary Clinton’s attempt to equate her email practices with his.

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In leaked emails, Powell calls Trump a ‘national disgrace’

by Jeff Horwitz Associated Press, and Michael Biesecker Associated PressSeptember 14, 2016

Ginsburg

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Ginsburg’s public Trump critique raises ethical quandaries

by Michael Biesecker Associated PressJuly 13, 2016

EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy, accompanied by Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates, announces the settlement with Volkswagen during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Tuesday, June 28, 2016. Volkswagen will spend more than 15 billion to settle consumer lawsuits and government allegations that it cheated on emissions tests in what lawyers are calling the largest auto-related class-action settlement in U.S. history. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

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Volkswagen settles emissions-cheating cases for up to $15.3B

by Michael Biesecker Associated Press, Tom Krisher Associated Press, and Dee-Ann Durbin Associated PressJune 28, 2016