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Mining Claims Have Already Been Filed For Two Monuments Drastically Reduced By Trump Administration

At least nine mining claims have been filed for previously closed sections of Utah's Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments after the Trump Administration reduced them by over 90% just a month ago.

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Federal Wildland Firefighters Can Wear N95 Respirators for the First Time

Federal wildland firefighters are now authorized to use N95 respirators after training, reversing decades of practice as fire season peaks.

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DOJ Drops Charges Admitting Trump Reflecting Pool Project Suffered From 'Hasty and Botched Work'

US prosecutors have dropped a vandalism case over damage to Donald Trump's $14m Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool renovation, blaming 'hasty and botched' construction rather than a saboteur.

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As the United States turns 250 there is bitter rivalry over who gets to tell the country’s story

The 250th anniversary of the US Declaration of Independence has become yet another flashpoint in a politically divided America. There are even two different government organisations overseeing the celebrations.

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Trump team hands out $129 million in taxpayer money to end another wind farm project

The chief executive of Duke Energy Carolinas said that the money could be reinvested into ‘advancing nuclear and natural gas generation’

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Device installed to help keep Trump’s Reflecting Pool clear of algae was never used on a pool: report

‘Ozone nanobubbler’ intended to break up aquatic plant infestations is relatively new technology that has only previously been trialed in public waterways, according to a report

The Independent UK

Trump’s unsupported claims about Reflecting Pool vandalism

by Kate Yandell ANALYSIS — President Donald Trump has repeatedly blamed vandals for damaging the new blue lining of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, which is now peeling, as well as for algae in the water. But the administration has not provided evidence to back up the president’s claims. Experts…

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Jimmy Kimmel ruthlessly taunts Trump over DC’s algae-infested Reflecting Pool

The Reflecting Pool was green with algae just days after Trump’s $14 million resurfacing project was completed

The Independent UK

Trump administration blames Obama after ‘blue’ Reflecting Pool turns green after $14M refurb

President Trump previously vowed to paint the Reflecting Pool an ‘American flag blue’

The Independent UK

Affluent Trump officials may get richer with SpaceX IPO, among them-Steve Witkoff

SpaceX stands out for the unprecedented size of its planned IPO, and for its close ties to government and members of the administration. The IPO, expected to happen as soon as next week, is set to make Musk the world's first trillionaire if it achieves its targeted valuation of at…

The Economic Times

Trump admin to re-combine two agencies that were split in 2011

Highlights from this edition of Checks and Balances include Trump administration plans to re-combine two agencies that were split in 2011 and a discussion of notable state bills reducing agency power in 2026

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Alaska's Federal Public Lands Transfer Shows How Feds Will Sell Your Off-Road and Hunting Areas

A recent Public Lands Order transferred over a million acres of public lands in Alaska along the famed Dalton Highway shows how the federal government will begin to chip away and sell off our public lands.

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Workers racing to turn reflecting pool blue for Trump may be at risk, union warns

Union representative concerned about safety as workers rush to finish repainting DC pool before 250th celebrations

The Guardian - US

Debris from the White House East Wing demolition was dumped at a nearby public golf course and contains toxic metals, National Park report finds

A Washington, D.C., nonprofit filed an injunction in February, claiming the debris dumped on the golf course was hazardous.

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KC lawmakers fight to make Quindaro a National Historic Landmark

A Kansas City, Kansas, Underground Railroad site that sheltered enslaved people still lacks federal recognition.

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After being destroyed by a judicial ruling, Trump’s next hissy fit leads to militarization of California’s land

He's seizing hundreds of acres.

Roll Call

Firefighting plan that tripped up spending package back on track - Roll Call

A dispute over a Trump administration plan to consolidate federal firefighting operations may be close to resolution.

Benzinga

Ron DeSantis, Florida GOP Oppose Trump's Offshore Drilling Plan For The State: 'Highly Concerning'

Governor Ron DeSantis and Florida Republicans have openly criticized President Donald Trump’s offshore drilling plan for the Gulf of America.

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National parks facing ‘nightmare’ under Trump, warns ex-director of service

Jonathan Jarvis, who led the agency from 2009 to 2017, laid out the dire consequences of not closing parks in shutdown

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Trump's Department of the Interior Moves to Sell and Lease More Of Your Public Lands

The Department of the Interior has stated it's moving to rescind the Public Lands Rule, which would open up more of your public land to be sold or leased to extractive industries.

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"National Park Service employees are under attack" - former NPS directors slam decimation of services under Trump

They raised serious concerns about the future of the national parks in a letter to the US Department of the Interior after threat emerged of further cost-cutting measures

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Air pollution monitoring to protect people and wildlife in national parks suspended after former oil exec given oversight of National Park Service

The change comes amid fears that other conservation programmes will be next in the firing line

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Elon Musk's DOGE Controls Your Public Lands Now

DOGE—the Department of Government Efficiency—controls your public lands now. I wish I was kidding, but on April 17th, supposed Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum handed Elon Musk the entirety of America's accumulated public lands. That includes national parks, Bureau of Land Management, and Forestry lands, as well as the…

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SEMA Still Supports the Guy Trying to Sell Off Your Public Land

A few days ago, REI came out and apologized for supporting the nomination and subsequent appointment of Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum. Their reversal comes after Burgum's actions and statements about selling off public lands, using them for mineral and logging extraction, and his joint statement with the Housing and…

International Business Times UK

Why Was an Upside-Down American Flag Spotted at Yosemite? Desperate Plea Amid Hiring Freeze

Yosemite National Park faces chaos after an upside-down American flag was displayed at El Capitan, highlighting a staffing crisis and growing concerns over a federal hiring freeze.

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