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January 30, 2018

Pruitt Ignoring Congressional Concerns About Politicization at EPA

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The Environmental Protection Agency’s Administrator has been shirking congressional inquiries about politicization within his agency, it was revealed during a hearing Tuesday. Scott Pruitt faced a grilling from Democratic Senators on the Environment and Public Works Committee. He was peppered with questions about his environmental record, his responsiveness to Congress, and prior comments about the President. Pruitt claimed ignorance when asked about a New York Times report last month revealing a no-bid contract awarded to a Republican-supporting firm to monitor EPA employees and their attitudes…

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Pentagon: Public Can No Longer Know Who Actually Controls Afghanistan

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Note: The Pentagon said Tuesday afternoon that the data was classified in error. The story has been updated below. The Trump administration is keeping secret basic information about who actually controls Afghanistan, despite significantly ratcheting up airstrikes in the country. An independent watchdog overseeing the War in Afghanistan said Tuesday that it is now being asked by US military officials to refrain from publishing data about contested territory. “For the first time, this quarter [Operation Resolute Support] restricted the public release of district, population, and land-area…

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