President Donald Trump is expected to approve the congressional measure after repeatedly bashing "EV mandates" on the campaign trail last year.

As the House of Representatives has been debating its one big, beautiful bill this week, the Senate has been considering a contentious vote of its own. On

The US Senate voted to block a California program banning gasoline-powered cars and other vehicles by 2035, sending the measure to President Donald Trump’s desk for his signature.

The Republican-led Senate on Thursday overturned several key Biden-era waivers allowing California to set its own vehicle emissions, a major blow to that state’s effort to regulate pollution from cars and trucks that could have broad environmental impacts for the rest of the country.

The Senate took 10 votes Wednesday to approve procedural changes that allow it to take up three joint resolutions that would vacate EPA waivers allowing California to set its own vehicle emissions standards.

Senate Republicans oppose California's car emissions rules, questioning the EPA's authority and potential nationwide effects.

A California state senator cited on suspicion of DUI following a car crash in Sacramento has forcefully denied the allegation — saying she has been “falsely accused.”