Fox News Politics Newsletter: Green Thumbs Down

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Here’s what’s happening…

-Rubio pushes back against Mahmoud Khalil defenders:

–warning sign on one of top issues for Trump during campaign

-House GOP member tells local law enforcement to ‘gear up’ to help with

EPA Deregulation Day 

FIRST ON FOX: The Environmental Protection Agency announced the “most consequential day of deregulation” in U.S. history Wednesday, as it put the Biden administration’s Clean Power Plan 2.0 — which cracked down on power plants — on the chopping block.

“President Trump promised to kill the Clean Power Plan in his first term, and we continue to build on that progress now,” EPA Administrator said in an announcement, first obtained by Fox News Digital. “In reconsidering the Biden-Harris rule that ran afoul of Supreme Court case law, we are seeking to ensure that the agency follows the rule of law while providing all Americans with access to reliable and affordable energy.” 

The finalized its Clean Power Plan 2.0 in April 2024, cracking down on existing and future fossil fuel-fired power plants as part of the previous administration’s sweeping climate agenda. The plan required existing coal-fired power plants and new baseload natural gas-fired power plants to install carbon capture technology by 2032 in an effort to effectively eliminate carbon emissions by 2050…

Former President Joe Biden and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin.  (Getty Images)

White House

Trump ban on funding for trans procedures would be law under GOP senator’s bill

Federal judge appointed by Trump quits group over statement on threats

Pro-Hamas activist’s deportation not a ‘free speech’ matter and law is on Trump’s side

Protestors gather in Foley Square to protest the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil Monday, March 10, 2025, in Manhattan, New York City. (Barry Williams/New York Daily News/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

White House shuts down concerns over USAID document purge

Biden’s EPA pushed to ‘de-gender’ agency bathrooms, hire more LGBTQ staff, unearthed memo reveals

Dems outraged by Trump ‘playing cars salesman’ for Tesla

World Stage 

Chinese nationals banned from US student visas under new House GOP proposal

Lindsey Graham to push ‘bone-breaking sanctions and tariffs’ to pressure Russia into peace with Ukraine

US to require Canadians visiting for over 30 days to have fingerprints taken, register with authorities

Vehicles in line to cross into the United States at the Canada-US border in St-Bernard-de-Lacolle, Quebec, Canada, on Thursday, March 6, 2025. President Donald Trump exempted Canadian goods covered by the North American trade agreement known as USMCA from his 25% tariffs, offering major reprieves to the US’s two largest trading partners. (Graham Hughes/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Iran, China and Russia huddle for nuclear talks while UN meets behind closed doors on possible sanctions

CIA director, Putin’s spy chief hold first phone call in more than 2 years: report

Capitol Hill

GOP lawmaker calls trans Dem ‘Mr. McBride,’ abruptly ends hearing after ultimatum from another Dem

House Republican campaign arm targets vulnerable Democrats who ‘voted to shutdown’ govt.

A plan to build a redundant bridge on the Gulf Coast will cost taxpayers $60 million. (istock)

Longtime Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen not seeking re-election in 2026 in key northeastern swing state

GOP moves to defund hospitals that perform sex-change procedures on minors

Trump says Schumer ‘has become a Palestinian’: ‘He’s not Jewish anymore’

House divided over consequences for controversial congressman

Across America 

Oregon legislature weighing trio of bills that could result in less oversight for convicted sex offenders

NASA spent over $13 million on DEI under Biden while critical missions flailed

EPA terminates Biden admin’s green grants worth $20B, Zeldin says

FL spent $660M on healthcare for illegals as hospitals ordered to verify legal status, report shows

21,000% spike in MA vape seizures throws cigarette ban into question, ex-ATF official says

Man smoking a vape (iStock)

New study from key swing state shatters popular narrative against Voter ID

NM lawmakers warn sweeping gun control bill primed for passage shows Dems ‘are dead-set on disarming us’

Anti-woke beer company fires back at beer giant for ‘intimidation’ amid trademark dispute

Federal judge rips DOJ lawyers, demands written retraction from Hegseth over transgender military policy post

Ohio college ‘illegally forcing students’ to share bathrooms with opposite sex

Blue state county faces backlash after failed vote to scrap ‘super sanctuary’ policy

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