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Trump drilling reversal could boost coastal GOP senators

by Associated Press
| September 10, 2020 12:03 AM

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — With one stroke, President Donald Trump’s abrupt reversal on offshore drilling this week has loosened a political vise that was tightening around three Republicans senators running for reelection in coastal states where drilling is widely opposed.

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