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Senate Republicans led the push to block California's ability to impose tough limits on car emissions — a move Democrats call ...

California’s authority to set environmental rules that are tougher than national standards had never been challenged by ...

President Donald Trump is expected to approve the congressional measure after repeatedly bashing "EV mandates" on the ...

Because 11 states and the District of Columbia have adopted California’s regulations, California’s EV mandate would likely maintain an EV mandate nationally.

The Republican-majority Senate's decision to revoke California's planned ban on vehicles that run on fossil fuels defies ...

The Senate parliamentarian advised lawmakers that they couldn't use the Congressional Review Act to revoke California's right ...

Tonight’s decision could upend California’s phaseout of gas-powered cars and its battle against air pollution. Some experts ...

Thursday’s Senate vote to block California’s ban on sales of gas cars is the latest GOP effort to stop state climate policies ...

House Republicans stayed up all night to pass their multitrillion-dollar tax breaks package. Speaker Mike Johnson defied the skeptics within his ranks and muscled President Donald Trump’s priority ...

House lawmakers voted to overturn an Environmental Protection Agency rule that sets stringent emission standards for large emitters indefinitely.