Day: January 30, 2025

Lee Zeldin faces Senate confirmation vote to lead Trump’s EPA

12:20 am January 30, 2025

The Senate will vote Wednesday on whether to confirm former Rep. Lee Zeldin to head the government’s leading agency on environmental rules and regulations. President Donald Trump tapped Zeldin, who previously served as a congressman from New York’s 1st Congressional District from 2015 to 2023, to lead the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under his administration. […]

Howard Lutnick, Trump Commerce secretary pick, says it’s ‘nonsense’ that tariffs cause inflation

12:13 am January 30, 2025

President Donald Trump‘s nominee to lead the Commerce Department, Howard Lutnick, told senators the argument that tariffs cause inflation is “nonsense” during a confirmation hearing. “The two top countries with tariffs, India and China, do have the most tariffs and no inflation,” Lutnick noted. “A particular product’s price may go up,” he conceded, while arguing […]

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