March 5, 2020 archive

He’s running! Sen. Inhofe announced re-election bid

  Oklahoma U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe figures that at age 85, he’s not ready to retire from politics or life in Washington, D.C. He’s announced he will seek re-election, telling The Oklahoman reporter Chris Casteel that the emergency heart surgery he had in 2013 gave him “a new lease on life.” “I put two new …

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EPA administrator criticizes inspector general’s conclusions on former head Pruitt’s alleged abuses

Andrew Wheeler, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, left, and Scott Pruitt. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images, Andrew Harnik/AP) Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler, a former coal lobbyist, offered an unexpected defense of Scott Pruitt, the former Oklahoma Attorney General who resigned as EPA administrator amidst accusations of ethics violations. Wheeler faulted his own inspector general …

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