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The Interior Department recently held its first lease sale of President Donald Trump’s second, nonconsecutive term in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, selling off tracts of land for possible drilling in an area that has been virtually untouched by the oil and gas industry. And following this month’s sale, it will very... Read more

A Biden-appointed judge ordered the Trump administration to reinstall scrapped exhibits about slavery and climate change that had been removed from parks and monuments across the country.U.S. District Judge Angel Kelley issued a preliminary injunction upon the request of a group arguing the Interior Department has been carrying out a... Read more

UFC fighters are holding a news conference at the Lincoln Memorial ahead of their fights on the White House lawn as part of the UFC Freedom 250 fight.The press conference is scheduled to begin at 8:15 p.m. Eastern time. UFC CEO Dana White, a close friend of President Donald Trump,... Read more

Former first son Hunter Biden on Friday defended Graham Platner, the embattled progressive candidate running for U.S. Senate in Maine, urging voters to give him a break during an appearance on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D-CA) podcast.Platner, a Marine veteran and oyster farmer, has faced mounting scrutiny over his past conduct,... Read more

White House aides pointed to Iran’s weakened control of the Strait of Hormuz and securing President Donald Trump‘s desired language on the shuttering of Iran’s nuclear weapons program as shifting factors Friday that indicate the latest possible peace deal will stick.Trump, one day after announcing the pending signature of a... Read more

The Interior Department is clapping back on reports about the algae seen in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool this week after the Trump administration overhauled the facility, calling the spotted algae “residual.”Days after President Donald Trump declared his project to revamp the reflecting pool on the National Mall “complete,” Washingtonians... Read more

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If confirmed by the Senate, Clayton would take over the office of the permanent director from Tulsi Gabbard, who resigned in late May, after Pulte completes his time as acting director. Pulte will fill in as acting director when Gabbard’s resignation, which was initially set for June 30, becomes effective... Read more

Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha said Vice President JD Vance will look more “statesman-like” than The View’s co-hosts during his appearance on the show next week. Vance will be joining the daytime talk show on Tuesday to promote his new book, Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith, which will be released... Read more

President Donald Trump claimed that the ceasefire terms reported by Iranian state media on Friday were “fake news” and denied offering any monetary compensation to Tehran to secure its cooperation in ending the war.Iranian state media began circulating a 14-point ceasefire agreement Friday morning that included more than $300 billion... Read more

A federal appeals court is allowing President Donald Trump to collect his temporary 10% global tariffs for now while the legal challenges against the trade levies proceed through the judicial system.In a Thursday ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, D.C., concluded the Trump administration‘s... Read more

President Donald Trump on Thursday vowed to exert federal control over Washington, D.C., again if Councilwoman Janeese Lewis George wins the primary election next week and the general election in November.Lewis George, a self-described socialist, is one of many candidates running in the Democratic primary on June 16. A reporter... Read more