Recently Gone From Lower 48 States, Caribou Need Protection to Return SANDPOINT, Idaho— Conservation groups filed a lawsuit today challenging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s failure to finalize endangered species protection and designate critical habitat for Southern Mountain caribou. “The last wild caribou in the lower 48 states have disappeared, but the Trump administration is still […]
JUNEAU – This week, the clock ran out on the Alaska Legislature’s constitutional opportunity to reject Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s $444 million in budget vetoes through an override vote supported by three-quarters of lawmakers. This is not the end, and the fight to restore funding for essential services continues with a great sense of urgency. […]
WHITE HOUSE/WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump is denying trade talks with China have collapsed and is characterizing what many are calling a trade war between the world’s two largest economies as “a little squabble.” “We have a dialogue going. It’ll always continue,” Trump said in response to a question Tuesday from VOA on […]
“Attacking [Venezuela] for any reason,” warned one legal expert, “would violate the most fundamental of all international law.” After U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday morning that President Donald Trump has a “full range of options” when it comes to possible next moves against Venezuela, anti-war critics are wondering what the Democrats […]