WASHINGTON — Key U.S. intelligence agencies insist they will continue to provide President Donald Trump with “the best intelligence possible,” but there is growing concern among former officials and analysts that ties between the agencies and the White House are being strained like never before. Fears of a deteriorating relationship were magnified Thursday, following a more […]
U.S. national security adviser Michael Flynn has resigned following widespread reports he had misled Trump administration officials, including Vice President Mike Pence, about his contacts with Russia. In his resignation letter, Flynn, a retired Army general, acknowledged late Monday he had “inadvertently briefed” Pence and others with “incomplete information” regarding his phone calls with the […]
WASHINGTON – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is delaying for 60 days the effective date of a rule that will require online filing of permits for oil and gas drilling. The delay responds to a White House memorandum issued on January 20, 2017, instructing Federal agencies to temporarily postpone for 60 days any regulation […]
Nearly 200,000 people remained under evacuation orders Monday in the western U.S. state of California while authorities tried to repair erosion of an emergency spillway at the country’s tallest dam to keep it from failing and unleashing uncontrolled flood waters. The immediate emergency that led to the evacuation appeared to have waned; but, officials […]