Trump bars California from setting stricter fuel standards

September 18, 2019 11:39 am Leave a comment

Vehicles back up for seven miles Interstate 5 on Feb. 14 in Colusa County, California. The Trump administration is poised to revoke California’s authority to set auto-mileage standards, asserting that only the federal government has the power to regulate greenhouse-gas emissions and fuel economy. (Caltrans District 3 via AP)

President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that his administration is revoking California's authority to set mileage standards stricter than those issued by federal regulators.

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Republican Fitzgerald running for Congress in Wisconsin (UPDATE)

September 17, 2019 8:40 am Leave a comment

Republican Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, left, speaks in Madison on Jan. 15, as state Rep. John Nygren, center, and Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, right, look on. Fitzgerald announced on Tuesday he's running for the Congressional seat now held by retiring U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer, File)

Wisconsin Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald is running for Congress to succeed the retiring U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner.

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Republican Tiffany launches run for Congress in Wisconsin

September 10, 2019 10:01 am Leave a comment

Sen. Tom Tiffany, R-Hazelhurst, speaks on Oct. 24, 2013, at a public hearing on Senate Bill 349 at the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison. Tiffany is running for Congress in northern Wisconsin to replace U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy, who is resigning in two weeks. (John Hart/Wisconsin State Journal via AP, File)

Republican state Sen. Tom Tiffany is running for Congress in northern Wisconsin to replace U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy, who is resigning in two weeks.

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State lawmakers urge Trump to reinstate federal PLA ban

September 6, 2019 2:35 pm Leave a comment

Two GOP state lawmakers this week sent a letter to the White House urging the Trump administration to undo Obama-era rules allowing governments to mandate union labor agreements on federally backed projects.

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Republicans eye running in ‘crucial’ Wisconsin district

September 6, 2019 10:57 am Leave a comment

Likely Republican candidates began to jockey for position Thursday ahead of a stampede to run for an open Wisconsin congressional seat in a district that's a conservative hotbed and central to President Donald Trump's re-election hopes.

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Trump’s approval rating remains below 50% in Wisconsin

September 4, 2019 2:24 pm Leave a comment

A new poll shows that President Donald Trump's job approval rating in the key swing state of Wisconsin remains below 50%.

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Pentagon defers 127 building projects to pay for border wall (UPDATE)

September 4, 2019 12:55 pm Leave a comment

Construction crews on March 11 replace a section of the primary wall separating San Diego, above right, and Tijuana, Mexico, below left. Defense Secretary Mark Esper has approved the use of $3.6 billion from military construction projects to build 175 miles of President Donald Trump’s wall along the Mexican border. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Defense Secretary Mark Esper approved the use of $3.6 billion from military construction projects to build 175 miles of President Donald Trump's wall along the Mexican border.

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Rep. Sean Duffy of Wisconsin resigning from Congress (UPDATE)

August 26, 2019 11:06 am Leave a comment

Rep. Sean Duffy, R-Wisc., asks a question of Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell during a House Committee on Financial Services hearing on July 18, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Duffy, who represents northern Wisconsin in Congress, is resigning in September 2019. Duffy wrote on his Facebook page Monday that he was resigning on Sept. 23 to spend more time with his family. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Duffy has been widely mentioned as a possible candidate for U.S. Senate or governor in 2022.

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Wisconsin congressional Democrats target Trump trade war

August 26, 2019 9:11 am Leave a comment

The three Democratic representatives of Wisconsin in Congress say that President Donald Trump's trade war with China is hurting farmers, businesses and families.

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