# Fox News Politics Newsletter: Green Thumbs Down

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Published March 12, 2025 5:53pm EDT

## Welcome to the Fox News Politics newsletter, with the latest updates on the Trump administration, Capitol Hill, and more Fox News politics content.

### Here's what's happening…

#### Rubio pushes back against Mahmoud Khalil defenders:


#### Poll flashes warning sign on one of top issues for Trump during campaign


#### House GOP member tells local law enforcement to 'gear up' to help with


### EPA Deregulation Day
#### FIRST ON FOX:
The Environmental Protection Agency announced the "most consequential day of deregulation" in U.S. history Wednesday, as it put the Biden administration's Clean Power Plan 2.0 — which cracked down on power plants — on the chopping block.

> “President Trump promised to kill the Clean Power Plan in his first term, and we continue to build on that progress now,” EPA Administrator  said in an announcement, first obtained by Fox News Digital. “In reconsidering the Biden-Harris rule that ran afoul of Supreme Court case law, we are seeking to ensure that the agency follows the rule of law while providing all Americans with access to reliable and affordable energy.”



#### White House
#### **'PERMANENT FIX':** Trump ban on funding for trans procedures would be law under GOP senator's bill
#### **'POLITICIZING THE JUDICIARY':** Federal judge appointed by Trump quits group over statement on threats
#### **'RADICAL LEFT'S TWISTED GAME':** Pro-Hamas activist’s deportation not a 'free speech' matter and law is on Trump’s side



#### **HYSTERIA**: White House shuts down concerns over USAID document purge
#### **'DE-GENDER RESTROOM ACCESS':** Biden's EPA pushed to 'de-gender' agency bathrooms, hire more LGBTQ staff, unearthed memo reveals



#### **FAST AND FURIOUS:** Dems outraged by Trump 'playing cars salesman' for Tesla

#### World Stage
#### **GET SCHOOLED:** Chinese nationals banned from US student visas under new House GOP proposal
#### **'HELL TO PAY':** Lindsey Graham to push 'bone-breaking sanctions and tariffs' to pressure Russia into peace with Ukraine



#### **AXIS OF EVIL:** Iran, China, and Russia huddle for nuclear talks while UN meets behind closed doors on possible sanctions
#### **RARE PHONE CALL:** CIA director, Putin's spy chief hold first phone call in more than 2 years: report



#### **DEEPLY DISAPPOINTING:** Blue state county faces backlash after failed vote to scrap 'super sanctuary' policy
#### **WE WILL FIGHT:** Anti-woke beer company fires back at beer giant for 'intimidation' amid trademark dispute



#### **RADICAL GENDER POLICIES:** Ohio college 'illegally forcing students' to share bathrooms with opposite sex
#### **DEEPLY DISAPPOINTING:** Blue state county faces backlash after failed vote to scrap 'super sanctuary' policy

#### Across America
#### **TRIO OF BILLS:** Oregon legislature weighing trio of bills that could result in less oversight for convicted sex offenders
#### **'NO EVIDENCE':** New study from key swing state shatters popular narrative against Voter ID



#### **SHE'S OUT:** Longtime Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen not seeking re-election in 2026 in key northeastern swing state
#### **'BASIC MEDICAL ETHICS':** GOP moves to defund hospitals that perform sex-change procedures on minors
#### **'HE'S A PALESTINIAN':** Trump says Schumer 'has become a Palestinian': 'He's not Jewish anymore'



#### **ON THE TABLE:** House divided over consequences for controversial congressman
#### **ON THE TABLE:** 21,000% spike in MA vape seizures throws cigarette ban into question, ex-ATF official says



#### **'NO EVIDENCE':** New study from key swing state shatters popular narrative against Voter ID
#### **DESERT SHOWDOWN:** NM lawmakers warn sweeping gun control bill primed for passage shows Dems ‘are dead-set on disarming us’

#### **WE WILL FIGHT:** Anti-woke beer company fires back at beer giant for 'intimidation' amid trademark dispute
#### **DEEPLY DISAPPOINTING:** Blue state county faces backlash after failed vote to scrap 'super sanctuary' policy

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This article was written by Fox News staff.
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