AP Fact Check: Trump team's distortions on fuel economy rules

AP Fact Check: Trump team's distortions on fuel economy rules

EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler and Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao announce the Trump administration would revoke California's decades-old right to set its own fuel economy standards, with Wheeler saying, “Federalism does not mean that one state can dictate standards for the rest of the country.” WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and his team are distorting the facts in explaining the administration's decision to stop California from setting its own emission standards for cars and trucks.