Tag: rollback

Here are some of the stories making news in Washington and politics today. • The Trump administration, taking its third major step this year to roll back federal efforts to fight climate change, is preparing to make it significantly easier for energy companies to release methane into the atmosphere. • The U.S. may impose sanctions on Chinese officials over the treatment of Muslims. It would be a rare rebuke of Beijing’s human rights record. • The Trump administration threatened the International Criminal Court with sanctions if it pursued an investigation of American troops in Afghanistan, opening a harsh new attack on an old nemesis of many on the political right. • An analysis by the Education Department has found that its proposed new rules for handling allegations of sexual misconduct on campus would substantially decrease the number of investigations into complaints and save educational institutions millions of dollars over the next decade. Watch us poll voters in Texas’ 23rd Congressional District. Gina Ortiz Jones is a former Air Force intelligence officer who later worked as director in the office of the U.S. Trade Representative. He voted against the Republican bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. _____________________ Today’s On Politics briefing was compiled by Emily Baumgaertner in Washington.

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey says Trump is at war with women after a rollback the Affordable Care Act's mandate on contraception coverage. Healey joins Ari Melber to explain the two reasons why she sued the administration. Neera Tanden also…