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FILE - In this April 4, 2018 file photo, Kelly Knight Craft, U.S. Ambassador to Canada, speaks about NAFTA and Canada-US relations at an Empire Club meeting in Toronto. Craft is President Donald Trump's nominee to be the next U.S. envoy to the United Nations. (Chris Donovan/The Canadian Press via AP)

Blurred lines: Trump’s UN choice and her coal magnate spouse

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 16, 2018 file photo, then-Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt appears before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee on the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies on budget on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Environmental Protection Agency’s internal watchdog urged the agency on Thursday, May 16, 2019, to look into recovering $124,000 in premium travel charges by former agency head Scott Pruitt and his bodyguards, rejecting Pruitt’s claims that security concerns warranted the first and business class travel at government expense. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Watchdog: EPA should recoup travel money from Pruitt, guards

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER - Associated Press

Ex-EPA chief Pruitt’s Indiana lobbying bid has likely failed

Associated Press

FILE - In this June 21, 2018, file photo, Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt listens during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington. Pruitt, the scandal-ridden former head of the Environmental Protection Agency, registered as an energy lobbyist in Indiana on Thursday, April 18, 2019, as fossil-fuels interests there are fighting to block the proposed closure of several coal-fired power plants. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Ex-EPA chief Pruitt registers as energy lobbyist in Indiana

By MICHAEL BIESECKER - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 16, 2018 file photo, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt appears before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee on the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies on budget on Capitol Hill in Washington. Federal ethics officials are balking at a $50-a-night condo deal by former Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt. The federal Office of Government Ethics said in a finding posted Tuesday that it would not approve one of Pruitt’s last financial disclosure reports after his resignation amid ethics scandals last July. Pruitt rented a condo from the wife of a lobbyist for a bargain rate of $50 a night. Pruitt insisted it was a proper business arrangement. Critics called it an improper gift linked to a lobbyist who did business before the EPA. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Ethics body questions ex-EPA chief’s $50-a-night condo deal

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 11, 2018 file photo, Acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler signs an order withdrawing federal protections for countless waterways and wetland, at EPA headquarters in Washington. A Senate panel voted 11-10 along party lines Tuesday to approve President Donald Trump’s nomination of Wheeler as the country’s top environmental regulator.(AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Senate confirms acting EPA chief for permanent role

By MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 16, 2018 file photo, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt reacts while testifying before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee on the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies on budget on Capitol Hill in Washington. EPA’s internal watchdog says it has closed two probes into the conduct of former Administrator Scott Pruitt as inconclusive because investigators were unable to interview him before he resigned. Acting Inspector General Charles Sheehan says in a report sent to Congress that Pruitt’s departure left his investigators unable to complete reviews into Pruitt’s bargain-rate rental of Capitol Hill condo from the wife of an industry lobbyist and efforts to pursue business opportunities for his wife. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

EPA IG: Pruitt’s resignation left ethics probes inconclusive

By MICHAEL BIESECKER - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 16, 2018 file photo, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt appears before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee on the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies on budget on Capitol Hill in Washington. Fox News Channel says it is disciplining employees who worked with the Trump administration to craft a &quot;Fox &amp; Friends&quot; interview last year with former EPA administrator Scott Pruitt. An email exchange showed Pruitt's aides suggesting the interview, passing along &quot;talking points&quot; and given script approval by a Fox producer. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Fox disciplines employees who set up Trump aide appearance

By DAVID BAUDER - Associated Press

In this Jan. 17, 2018, file photo, "Fox & Friends" co-hosts, from left, Steve Doocy, Ainsley Earhardt and Brian Kilmeade appear on their set in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Fox News disciplines employees involved in Scott Pruitt ‘Fox & Friends’ interview

By David Bauder - Associated Press

EPA’s top watchdog quits amid probes of agency’s leadership

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 21, 2018, file photo, then-Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington. Pruitt, the scandal-plagued former chief of the EPA is denying he got any improper gifts on the job. The EPA on Wednesday, Sept. 12, released Pruitt’s financial disclosure report for 2017. The report requires Pruitt to disclose sources of income and any gifts.(AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Ousted EPA head Pruitt denies getting improper gifts, income

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER - Associated Press

In this May 16, 2018, file photo, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt appears before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee on the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies on budget on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Environmental Protection Agency’s internal watchdog is faulting the agency for spending millions of dollars on round-the-clock security for former administrator Scott Pruitt. The EPA inspector general says the agency failed to document why Pruitt needed more than $3.5 million in security spending in 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Scott Pruitt’s security detail not properly justified: EPA’s IG report

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

FILE - In this May 16, 2018 file photo, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt appears before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee on the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies on budget on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Environmental Protection Agency’s internal watchdog is faulting the agency for spending millions of dollars on round-the-clock security for former administrator Scott Pruitt. The EPA inspector general says the agency failed to document why Pruitt needed more than $3.5 million in security spending in 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

EPA watchdog faults Pruitt’s $3.5 million security costs

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 16, 2018 file photo, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt appears before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee on budget on Capitol Hill in Washington. A federal appeals court has ruled that the Trump administration endangered public health by keeping a top-selling pesticide chlorpyrifos on the market, despite extensive scientific evidence that even tiny levels of exposure could harm babies’ brains. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco has ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to remove chlorpyrifos from sale in the United States within 60 days. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Appeals court tells EPA to stop sales of harmful pesticide

By MICHAEL BIESECKER - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 16, 2018 file photo, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt appears before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee on budget on Capitol Hill in Washington. A federal appeals court has ruled that the Trump administration endangered public health by keeping a top-selling pesticide chlorpyrifos on the market, despite extensive scientific evidence that even tiny levels of exposure could harm babies’ brains. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco has ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to remove chlorpyrifos from sale in the United States within 60 days. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Court orders ban on harmful pesticide, says EPA violated law

By MICHAEL BIESECKER - Associated Press

EPA reverses order allowing polluting diesel truck engines

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 20, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington. Trump’s cabinet offers its members broad opportunities to reshape the government and advance a conservative agenda. But that comes with everyday doses of presidential adulation, humiliation, perks and pestering. Sometimes all at roughly the same time. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Life in Trump’s Cabinet: Putdowns, perks, and power

By JONATHAN LEMIRE and CATHERINE LUCEY and ZEKE MILLER - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 26, 2018, file photo, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt listens to questions as he testifies before the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. President Trump tweeted Thursday, July 5, he accepted the resignation of Pruitt. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Donald Trump says Scott Pruitt ‘didn’t want to be a distraction’

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this May 16, 2018, file photo, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt appears before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee on the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies on budget on Capitol Hill in Washington. President Donald Trump’s Cabinet offers its members broad opportunities to reshape the government and advance a conservative agenda. But that comes with everyday doses of presidential adulation, humiliation, perks and pestering. Sometimes all at roughly the same time. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Scott Pruitt resigns as head of EPA

By Gabriella Muñoz and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

EPA ethics official pushing for investigations of Pruitt

Associated Press