Trump\u2019s climate repeal ‘un-American’ and ‘Orwellian’, says Kerry<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n
Hello and welcome to the US politics<\/a> live blog. I\u2019m Tom Ambrose and I will be bringing you the latest news lines over the next few hours.<\/p>\n We start with news that the Trump administration<\/a> has revoked the bedrock scientific determination that gives the government the ability to regulate climate-heating pollution<\/strong>. The move was described as a gift to \u201cbillionaire polluters\u201d at the expense of Americans\u2019 health.<\/p>\n The endangerment finding, which states that the buildup of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere endangers public health and welfare, has since 2009 allowed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to limit heat-trapping pollution from vehicles, power plants and other industrial sources.<\/p>\n Donald Trump called the move \u201cthe single largest deregulatory action in American history\u201d. \u201cThis is a big one if you\u2019re into environment,\u201d he told reporters on Thursday. \u201cThis is about as big as it gets.\u201d<\/p>\n The move comes as part of Trump\u2019s bigger anti-environment push, which has seen him roll back pollution rules and boost oil and gas.<\/p>\n On social media, Barack Obama<\/a> said the repeal will leave Americans \u201cless safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change \u2013 all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money\u201d.<\/p>\n The former secretary of state John Kerry<\/a> called the new rule \u201cun-American\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cRepealing the Endangerment Finding takes Orwellian governance to new heights and invites enormous damage to people and property around the world,\u201d said Kerry, who also served as Joe Biden\u2019s climate envoy. \u201cIgnoring warning signs will not stop the storm. It puts more Americans directly in its path.\u201d<\/p>\n Read the full story here:<\/p>\n In other developments:<\/p>\n Daniel Rosen, the Trump-appointed US attorney in Minnesota, said in a court filing<\/a> that charges should be dropped against an immigrant who was shot by a federal immigration officer last month because \u201cnewly discovered evidence\u201d contradicts the account of the incident from federal officers.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Sensitive intelligence that a whistleblower has accused Tulsi Gabbard<\/strong>, the director of national intelligence, of mishandling concerned a report from the National Security Agency on an intercepted phone call last year between two members of foreign intelligence who were discussing Jared Kushner and Iran, the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times report.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Asked if he has \u201cfired or disciplined that staffer who posted the video from your account that included the Obamas,\u201d Donald Trump<\/strong> said that he had not. The president then went on to excuse the racist clip<\/a>, which depicted Barack<\/strong> and Michelle Obama<\/strong> as cartoon apes.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n A federal judge denied a request on Thursday from the Trump administration<\/a> to pause her order keeping temporary legal protections for Haitian immigrants in place, and said that she would not be intimidated by death threats she read aloud in court.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, claimed US Customs and Border Protection in the San Diego ares have saved 1.7 billion lives by seizing drugs.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n