[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Justice Department has launched an investigation into whether Ryan Zinke lied to Interior Department investigators. The Washington Post reported Thursday that the Justice Department’s public integrity section had begun the probe of the interior secretary, who left office Wednesday. Zinke told the Associated Press that he had not lied to the investigators looking into possible […]
[dropcap]W[/dropcap]ASHINGTON— The Trump administration’s Department of the Interior has taken down environmental review websites for many of its key agencies, a step that violates its own policies for government shutdowns and stymies public involvement in decisions like fossil fuel leasing and wildlife protections. Among the sites abruptly taken down are those that provide planning […]
[dropcap]F[/dropcap]ollowing U.S. President Donald Trump’s brief, unannounced, and photo-op-filled visit to American troops still stationed in Iraq more than 15 years after the 2003 invasion—which estimates suggest ultimately killed over a million people—Iraqi political leaders issued statements late Wednesday condemning Trump’s surprise arrival as “a flagrant and clear violation of diplomatic norms.” Bina, one of Iraq’s major parliamentary […]
[dropcap]W[/dropcap]ASHINGTON — The Republican-led House of Representatives has passed a temporary spending bill that gives U.S. President Donald Trump $5 billion for his border wall. The House voted 217-185 late Thursday in hopes of averting a government shutdown at midnight Friday. The bill now goes to the Senate, where it has no chance of being approved. Trump […]