EPA Adviser Albert Kelly Resigned Amid Ethics Inquiries. Is Scott Pruitt Next?

Albert Kelly, a senior adviser to Scott Pruitt at the Environmental Protection Agency, resigned Tuesday. Kelly, who...

Republicans Have Found a Nuclear Option to Kill Regulations

Mick Mulvaney, since November the acting head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, could have killed an...

As Attorney General of Oklahoma, Scott Pruitt was a Big Spender in a Small State

Scott Pruitt, the embattled EPA chief whose lavish spending has come under intense scrutiny, had extravagant tastes...

Why Did the EPA’s Scott Pruitt Suppress a Report on Corruption in Oklahoma?

An audit released this week found evidence of corruption in how contracts were awarded at the Tar...

Lobbyist Behind Scott Pruitt Condo Deal Also Did Favors for Disgraced Rep. Tom Delay

J. Steven Hart, the lobbyist whose wife, Vicki, rented EPA administrator Scott Pruitt a Capitol Hill condo...

EPA Violated the Law by Failing to Investigate Civil Rights Complaints, Court Rules

A court ruled today that the Environmental Protection Agency violated its duty to respond to civil rights...

Gary Cohn: Mission Accomplished

Gary Cohn, Trump's top economic adviser, is leaving the White House after just 14 months — but...

Bank Earnings are Soaring, but Congress Wants to Gut Post-Crisis Safeguards

Dick Bove, a high-profile banking analyst, was feeling contrite. For years, Bove, a regular on CNBC, has...

Lawmakers Want to Know Why the Trump Administration Demanded Sensitive Oil Data

Lawmakers are demanding answers from Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke about why political appointees in his department asked...

EPA Division That Studies the Health Risks of Toxic Chemicals Is in a Fight for Its Life — Against the EPA

A small but vitally important program within the Environmental Protection Agency is in a fight for its...

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt Fails Another Senate Test

Appearing Tuesday at a hearing of the Senate’s Environment and Public Works Committee, Scott Pruitt faced a...

Trump’s EPA Chemical Safety Nominee May Be Too Toxic Even for Republicans

Massive conflicts of interest no longer stand in the way of confirmation to the Environmental Protection Agency’s...

Senate Environment Committee Approves Toxic EPA Nominee in Party-Line Vote

Powerless Democrats watched in anger as their Republican colleagues in the Senate voted along party lines to...

Trump’s Pick for EPA Safety Chief Argued Kids Are Less Sensitive to Toxins

Michael Dourson, the toxicologist who will be the subject of a confirmation hearing on Wednesday for what...

EPA Staffers Are Being Forced to Prioritize Energy Industry’s Wish List, Says Official Who Resigned in Protest

EPA staffers are spending their days addressing an industry wish list of changes to environmental law, according...

Trump’s EPA Chemical Safety Nominee Was in the “Business of Blessing” Pollution

Michael Dourson, President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the EPA’s Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention,...

Donald Trump’s Pick for EPA Enforcement Office was a Lobbyist for Superfund Polluters

Residents of Hoosick Falls, New York, recently took comfort in EPA administrator Scott Pruitt’s announcements that the...

Religious Right Leaders Blast Trump’s Order as a Betrayal

Yesterday morning, in a Rose Garden ceremony commemorating the National Day of Prayer, President Trump, flanked by...

New Fiduciary Rules Would Benefit Retirees

President Obama announced that he backs rules that would make retirement advisers put their clients' interests first,...

Who Are the Billionaires Attacking Obama’s Iran Diplomacy?

Since taking the helm of The Israel Project two and a half years ago, former AIPAC spokesman...