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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Rylan Barton. President Trump wants the government he leads to pay him billions of

dollars. NPR's Kerry Johnson reports Trump has filed claims over the search of his Florida resort

and the leak of his tax returns in 2019. The president's asking for more than $10 billion because of

damage he says he suffered after his tax returns became public and an FBI search for classified

papers at Mar-a-Lago. The legal demands are putting his appointees at the Justice Department on the

spot. Both the Attorney General and the Deputy AG once served as Trump's personal lawyers.

A spokesperson there says officials follow the guidance of career ethics lawyers.

Most legal claims like these against the government involve crashes of postal trucks or medical malpractice in federal hospitals for veterans.

President Trump's demands for money are many times greater than in those run-of-the-mill cases.

He says he'll give any money he recovers to charity. Carrie Johnson,

NPR News, Washington. Environmental and public health groups sued the Trump administration this

morning for ending regulations on climate pollution. NPR's Jeff Brady reports the groups argue the

White House is violating the law and rehashing arguments the Supreme Court already decided.

The Trump administration repealed the basis for federal action to rein in the greenhouse gases

heating the climate. Under the Clean Air Act, the Environmental Protection Agency previously

found that greenhouse gases endanger public health and welfare. Now, the Trump EPA reversed

that endangerment finding, calling it the largest deregulatory action in U.S. history.

Among the groups filing the lawsuit are the American Lung Association, Earth Justice, and Public Citizen.

The case likely will take years to litigate and could bring the issue of regulating climate pollution before a Supreme Court that is more conservative than the one that issued the

original decision in 2007.

Jeff Brady and PR News.

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