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The Environmental Protection Agency announced yesterday plans to target more than two dozen rules and policies. The agency is reconsidering rules that limit climate pollution from cars and power plants, regulations that limit soot and mercury in the air, and more. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin called it the “most consequential day of deregulation in U.S. history.” It’s not yet clear whether the EPA plans to weaken these regulations or eliminate them entirely.
The world is waiting for Russia’s response to a 30-day ceasefire offer the U.S. and Ukraine brokered earlier this week. Under the proposal, the U.S. has promised to restore military and intelligence support to Ukraine in exchange for Ukraine promising to end air attacks on Russia. Trump officials are expected in Moscow this morning, and Trump said he hopes to speak to Russian President Vladimir Putin on the phone soon.
A SpaceX capsule is scheduled to carry four astronauts to the International Space Station tomorrow, clearing the way for two astronauts who have been labeled as “stranded” to return to Earth. Yesterday’s launch attempt was postponed due to an issue with a ground support clamp arm. Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams went up to the space station last June and were supposed to spend about a week there. They’ve remained on the ISS after the experimental Boeing capsule they took into orbit malfunctioned. Trump and his close adviser Elon Musk have claimed there are political motivations behind the decision to leave the astronauts there — allegations former astronauts and NASA officials have denied.
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Yvonne Dennis. Brittney Melton contributed.
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