White House walks back Trump statement on 65% EPA staff cuts

The White House on Thursday walked back President Donald Trump's claim the day before that the Environmental Protection Agency plans to cut 65% of its workforce, saying that the environmental regulator plans to cut its spending by 65%. Trump took EPA employees by surprise on Wednesday when he said at his first cabinet meeting that EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin told him that the agency will be "cutting 65 or so percent of the people from environmental [sic]." White House Spokesperson Taylor Rogers