Latest Lee Zeldin News

The Latest: Trump wants to send immigrants who are in the US illegally to Guantanamo Bay

Jan. 29, 2025 18:09 PM EST

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he is directing the opening of a detention center at Guantanamo Bay to hold up to 30,000 immigrants who are living illegally in the United States. People who are in the United States illegally and are accused of theft and violent crimes would have to be...

Senate confirms Zeldin to lead Environmental Protection Agency as Trump vows to cut climate rules

Jan. 29, 2025 16:47 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-controlled Senate on Wednesday confirmed Lee Zeldin to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, a key role to help President Donald Trump fulfill his pledge to roll back major environmental regulations, including those aimed at slowing climate change and...

Senate confirms Lee Zeldin as Environmental Protection Agency head as Trump targets rules meant to slow climate change

Jan. 29, 2025 16:33 PM EST
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate confirms Lee Zeldin as Environmental Protection Agency head as Trump targets rules meant to slow climate change.

Trump's EPA nominee stays vague on plans as senators press him on climate views

Jan. 29, 2025 15:47 PM EST

Lee Zeldin said Americans deserve a clean environment “without suffocating the economy” during his Senate confirmation hearing Thursday to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, a department likely to play a central role in President-elect Donald Trump’s pledge to slash federal regulations...

The Latest: Burgum, Zeldin and more appear for confirmation hearings, Bondi returns for day 2

Jan. 16, 2025 13:54 PM EST

Senate hearings are scheduled this week for several of Trump’s picks for the Cabinet. While many are rapidly gaining support for their confirmation, the remaining still have to go before the committees overseeing the agencies Trump wants them to run. Here's the latest: ...

Chemicals in sewage sludge fertilizer pose cancer risk, EPA says

Jan. 14, 2025 17:12 PM EST

Harmful chemicals in sewage sludge that is spread on pasture land as fertilizer are causing cancer, the Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday. The risk is highest for people who regularly consume milk, beef and other products from farms where it is spread. The risk is “several orders of...

EPA head Regan, who championed environmental justice, to leave office Dec. 31

Dec. 20, 2024 15:20 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Michael Regan, who championed environmental justice as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, will leave the agency Dec. 31, three weeks before the end of President Joe Biden's term. In a letter Friday to agency employees, Regan said he was proud of...

In promising to shake up Washington, Trump is in a class of his own

Dec. 09, 2024 16:21 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — In the history of American politics, there's no shortage of presidents who promised to shake up Washington once they got to the White House. But Donald Trump may prove to be in a class of his own, and he appears more interested in beating the federal government into submission...

EPA hails 'revitalized' enforcement efforts as Biden administration heads to exit

Dec. 05, 2024 16:20 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency enhanced enforcement efforts this year, doubling financial penalties issued to polluters and issuing the first-ever arrest for a climate change-related crime, the agency said in a report Thursday. The EPA said it concluded more...

Democratic lawmakers from Connecticut report Thanksgiving bomb threats against their homes

Nov. 29, 2024 16:14 PM EST

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Six Democratic members of Congress from Connecticut were targeted by bomb threats on their homes Thursday, the lawmakers or their offices said. Sen. Chris Murphy and all five House members — Reps. Jim Himes, Joe Courtney, John Larson, Jahana Hayes and...