Congressional Democrats denied entry to EPA headquarters

• On Monday, a large group of Democrats tried to enter the U.S. Agency for International Development — which the administration has moved to shut down — but were refused.
• The following day another cohort of Democrats were denied access to the Department of the Treasury, where DOGE staffers have accessed a payment system that doles out funds for federal agencies.

Driving the news: Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), who held a press conference with a group of House Democrats and environmental groups, said in a social media post that the lawmakers tried and failed to enter the EPA building.

• "We were just denied entrance into the EPA after asking to meet with a DOGE representative. More to come," he wrote in a post on X.
• Markey was joined by Reps. Yassamin Ansari (D-Ariz.), Paul Tonko (D-N.Y.), Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas), Maxine Dexter (D-Ore.) and Luz Rivas (D-Calif.).

What to watch: A group of at least 20 House Democrats led by Rep. Mark Takano (D-Calif.) plans to go to the Department of Education on Friday to try to secure a meeting with Acting Secretary Denise Carter, Takano's office said.

• The lawmakers sent Carter a letterThursday requesting an "urgent" meeting regarding the Trump Administration's "reported efforts to dismantle" the DOE.