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Trump administration shuts down EPA's scientific research arm

Lost in the news this week: the Trump administration just shut down the EPA’s scientific research arm. This is crazy. It means less data on pollution, toxins, and climate risks—while wildfires burn and water gets dirtier. We need science, not sabotage. www.npr.org/2025/07/20/n...

The agency is closing the Office of Research and Development, which analyzes dangers posed by hazards including toxic chemicals, climate change, smog, wildfires, water pollution and more.

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You may have heard Speaker Johnson sent the full House home early. But here’s what you might not know:

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Pentagon withdraws 700 Marines from Los Angeles

Our Marines are the best fighting force in the world. They should have never been sent to patrol the streets of Los Angeles. They signed up to defend our country, not to be used in political stunts. I’m glad they’re coming home to focus on real national security.

The decision to pull back the Marines comes after half of the National Guard troops were ordered to leave the city last week.

But Republican leadership didn’t want that debate to happen. They didn’t want their members on the record. So they pulled the plug.

Why? Amendments related to the Epstein Files were to be considered. Amendments demanding transparency and answers.

The Appropriations Committee was scheduled to meet TODAY to markup a key spending bill. Yesterday, Republicans cancelled.

You may have heard Speaker Johnson sent the full House home early. But here’s what you might not know:

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G.M. Profit Shrinks on Billion-Dollar Tariff Hit

Trump’s tariffs just cost GM over $1 BILLION in a single quarter, slashing profits by a third and threatening American auto jobs. Tariffs don’t beat China. They beat our OWN WORKERS. GM and its one million U.S. auto employees deserve smarter trade, not self-inflicted wounds.

G.M. Profit Shrinks on Billion-Dollar Tariff Hit

Trump campaigned on lowering costs for everyday Americans—but now health care premiums are set to spike, clean energy incentives are gutted, and working families will pay the price. Americans need real relief. That’s what they voted for, and that’s what I’m fighting to deliver.

A growing number of Democrats and Republicans are backing the Dignity Act to restore order at the border and fix our broken immigration system. It ensures those contributing to our country can do so legally. It’s what the vast majority of Americans want, and I won’t stop until it’s law.

Pentagon withdraws 700 Marines from Los Angeles

The decision to pull back the Marines comes after half of the National Guard troops were ordered to leave the city last week.

Reposted byMike Levin

I’ve been working to deliver for my constituents, not focused on the Epstein Files. But the victims deserve answers. Speaker Johnson is shutting the House down until SEPTEMBER to block a vote to release them. There’s something in those files they DO NOT want the public to see.

Trump administration shuts down EPA's scientific research arm

The agency is closing the Office of Research and Development, which analyzes dangers posed by hazards including toxic chemicals, climate change, smog, wildfires, water pollution and more.