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Maria Elvira Salazar's Biggest Donor Is Charged in Honduras With Environmental Crimes at a Mine Where Five Opponents Were Shot Dead

Maria Elvira Salazar's Biggest Donor Is Charged in Honduras With Environmental Crimes at a Mine Where Five Opponents Were Shot Dead

Honduran industrialist Lenir Pérez wrote a $100,000 check to Maria Elvira Salazar's joint fundraising committee this year — tied for the most of any donor — while he faces charges in Honduras over an iron-oxide mine in a protected national park. Salazar, who chairs the House subcommittee that covers Latin America, won't say what they discussed when he hosted her at his Florida estate.

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Two Federal Courts Threw Out Florida's Fast-Track Permits to Fill In Wetlands. Byron Donalds and Six Other Florida Republicans Are Pushing a Bill to Bring Them Back.

Two Federal Courts Threw Out Florida's Fast-Track Permits to Fill In Wetlands. Byron Donalds and Six Other Florida Republicans Are Pushing a Bill to Bring Them Back.

A federal judge and then a federal appeals court found the federal approval of Florida's state-run wetlands permitting program violated the Endangered Species Act. H.R. 9017, sponsored by Byron Donalds and cosponsored by six more Florida Republicans we track, would declare Florida in compliance and hand the rubber stamp back. Aaron Bean tried the same thing in 2025.

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Trump Cut the Gas-Mileage Rules for New Cars During an Oil Crisis. His Own Government's Analysis Says a 2031 Car Would Burn About $1,400 More in Gas Over Its Life.

Trump Cut the Gas-Mileage Rules for New Cars During an Oil Crisis. His Own Government's Analysis Says a 2031 Car Would Burn About $1,400 More in Gas Over Its Life.

With the Strait of Hormuz closed and gas prices up, Trump approved new fuel-economy rules that, as proposed, cut the target for new cars from 50.4 to 34.5 miles per gallon. The government's own analysis says a 2031 car would burn about $1,400 more in gas over its life and the country will be more exposed to oil shocks.

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