Editor's Note: EPA says it will roll back climate rules. That could prove complicated Announcing big changes to environmental rules doesn't undo facts on the ground overnight. Instead, EPA's announcement is the first step in what is likely to be a lengthy process to remake the rules and policies it targeted. Neela Banerjee
Trump's hiring freeze has halted local head counts and could threaten the U.S. census Some towns paid the U.S. Census Bureau to produce new local population counts to try to get more funding. But Trump's hiring freeze derailed their special census plans — and could hurt the 2030 count. Hansi Lo Wang
Elon Musk is winning Republican fans. Can Tesla win them over, too? Tesla is gaining traction among conservative buyers while it loses support among liberals. But are there enough Republican EV shoppers to make up the difference? Camila Domonoske
Thousands of fired federal workers must be offered reinstatement, a judge rules Thousands of probationary federal employees fired by the Trump administration must be offered job reinstatement, a judge in San Francisco has ruled, because they were terminated unlawfully. Chris Arnold Emily Feng
Senate Democrats face major dilemma: help GOP pass funding bill or trigger shutdown The government runs out of funding Friday at midnight, leaving Democrats to decide whether to help Republicans pass a bill to avoid a shutdown or block the bill and be blamed for triggering one. Deirdre Walsh Claudia Grisales
Rent cap, parents rights survive key cutoff deadline in WA Legislature With lawmakers in Olympia just past the halfway point of this year’s legislative session, scores of policy proposals have been left behind. Here's what made it through the cutoff and what didn't. Jeanie Lindsay
Republicans' unlikely ally: Gov. Ferguson Republicans might have more influence this legislative session than they have in almost a decade. A big reason why is Governor Bob Ferguson. The newly elected Democrat has been warmer toward the GOP point of view than the previous administration was, pushing to close the state’s budget deficit through cuts rather than raising more revenue from taxes. That’s a welcome change for Rep. Travis Couture, the Republicans’ lead budget wrangler in the state House. He says Ferguson has been more aligned with, and welcoming of, Republican ideas than his predecessor was – but just how much actual power the Republican caucus will have over the final product remains to be seen. Scott Greenstone Gabriel Spitzer Libby Denkmann Hans Anderson Play AudioListen 25 mins
As stocks plummet, President Trump shifts his rhetoric President Trump has repeatedly tied his political fortunes to the financial markets. But as his tariff policies impact investors, he's shifting his rhetoric. Tamara Keith Play AudioListen 4 mins
'Deep sense of outrage and betrayal': House Democrats react to Schumer announcement House Democrats were gathered in Virginia for their annual issues conference when they received the news that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer was planning to vote to advance a GOP-spending bill. Barbara Sprunt
A 2nd judge orders thousands of fired federal employees temporarily reinstated A federal judge in Maryland found the Trump administration acted unlawfully in firing thousands of federal employees by not first notifying states. Andrea Hsu
