EPA says appointee can accept money from secret clients for consulting gigs

Enlarge / A flag hangs over an entrance to the Environmental Protection Agency in Washington on April 22, 2017. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) (credit: Bill Clark / CQ Roll Call / Getty Images) A top aide appointed to work in the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Public Affairs has been allowed to […]

EPA runs all grants past a political appointee in its PR office

Enlarge (credit: Wikimedia Commons) While the EPA is often portrayed as a massive bureaucracy, about half of its budget goes directly to other organizations through grants. While many of these are focused on cleanups and reducing environmental risks, the agency also funds scientific research into various health and environmental risks. The money for these research […]

A senior Trump appointee was fired after criticizing the administration’s relations with Mexico

REUTERS/Henry Romero WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior Trump administration official was fired following criticism in a private speech of President Donald Trump’s policies and his inner circle of advisers. Craig Deare, whom Trump appointed a month ago to head the National Security Council’s Western Hemisphere division, was on Friday escorted out of the Executive Office […]