Decades of rules and regulations on how to implement the National Environmental Policy Act are set to be thrown out by the Trump administration in the coming months in an effort to lift burdensome permitting hurdles.

President Donald Trump had a curt response for a reporter during a press conference on Friday in which he appeared to mock her for reading from her notes instead of “speaking” directly to him. The exchange took place not long after the Republican president had taken part in the swearing-in of Howard Lutnick as secretary of commerce in the Oval Office.

The wire service sued three of them for denying its reporters access to press events. The White House has objected to The A.P.’s references to the Gulf of Mexico in articles.