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Biden slams SCOTUS immunity ruling by declaring ‘There are no kings in America’
Monday’s U.S. Supreme Court decision granting the presumption of criminal immunity for official actions taken by a president fundamentally altered U.S. democracy, President Joe Biden said from the White House…
Ensuring further trial delay, SCOTUS rules presidents enjoy limited immunity
WASHINGTON — U.S. presidents enjoy full immunity from criminal charges for their official “core constitutional” acts, but no immunity for unofficial acts, the Supreme Court ruled Monday, sending former President…
Environmental groups say SCOTUS Chevron ruling undercuts science, experts
The U.S. Supreme Court (Quentin Young/Colorado Newsline). The U.S. Supreme Court struck down a precedent Friday that had for decades limited judicial power to strike executive branch regulations, in a…
In message bills, House votes to strip away wolf protections, BLM conservation
The U.S. House approved four bills focused on natural resources and land management Tuesday, promoting a Republican message of dissatisfaction with the Biden administration’s approach to conservation. The four bills…
Trump echoes Hitler on immigration as Congress works toward border deal
As leaders in Washington negotiate a bipartisan immigration deal, former President Donald Trump used inflammatory language to demonize immigrants during a Saturday campaign speech in New Hampshire that echoed Adolf…
Trump charged with conspiracy to defraud U.S., obstruct Congress, undercut voting in Jan. 6 plot
A mob of pro-Trump extremists overrun the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. (Alex Kent for Tennessee Lookout) WASHINGTON — A federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., indicted Donald Trump on Tuesday,…
U.S. House Natural Resources panel OKs bill to ban BLM from leasing land for conservation
BLM-administered McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area near Grand Junction (Bob Wick/Bureau of Land Management). The U.S. House Natural Resources Committee on a party-line 20-16 vote Wednesday approved a bill to…
Unsealed federal indictment reveals 37 felony charges against Trump for mishandling secrets
Donald Trump has been indicted by a federal grand jury, making him the first former president to face federal criminal charges. The 37-count indictment in the Southern District of Florida,…
BLM conservation proposal sparks outrage, praise for putting all ‘uses’ on equal footing
Hikers climb Handies Peak in Hinsdale County, which rises to 14,048 feet and is the highest point of land managed by the Bureau of Land Management outside of Alaska. In…
Supreme Court rules for Idaho couple, gutting federal protections for wetlands nationwide
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled in favor of an Idaho couple and stripped away federal Clean Water Act authority for huge swaths of wetlands nationwide. (Rob Levine/Minnesota Reformer).…