Questions and answers about Trump’s indictment on federal criminal charges - Iowa Capital Dispatch
It’s the second indictment this year for the former president, who is also facing state business records fraud charges in New York.
The indictment is unsealed: Trump faces 37 felony counts in classified documents probe
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The indictment is unsealed: Trump faces 37 felony counts in classified documents probe
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, handed up by a grand jury there, was unsealed Friday. According to the indictment, Trump schemed with an aide to keep possession of top secret and other sensitive national security documents from his presidency and concealed those documents even from his own lawyers, who sought to comply with a federal order to return them.
U.S. Interior Department finalizes fossil fuel, mining ban near Chaco Canyon - Source New Mexico
The federal government will not issue new oil and gas or mining leases on federal lands within 10 miles of Chaco Culture National Historical Park in New Mexico, the U.S. Interior Department said Friday.
U.S. Supreme Court rejects Biden wetlands regulation, ruling for Idaho couple - Kentucky Lantern
All nine justices agreed to overturn a lower court ruling that endorsed the Biden administration’s definition of waters protected by the Clean Water Act.
The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned the EPA's definition of Waters of the United States
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/22pdf/21-454_4g15.pdf#wotus #uspol #scotusA default on the U.S. debt would be far worse than a government shutdown. Here’s how.
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A default on the U.S. debt would be far worse than a government shutdown. Here’s how.
WASHINGTON — A U.S. default on its debt would have a significantly broader impact on federal operations, financial markets and the global economy than recent government shutdowns that have left ordinary Americans largely untouched.
Overhaul federal permitting as part of the debt limit deal? Not as easy as it sounds.
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Overhaul federal permitting as part of the debt limit deal? Not as easy as it sounds.
Congressional leaders negotiating a deal to avoid a catastrophic default on the nation’s debt are talking about including an overhaul of how the federal government reviews projects for their environmental impact. There is bipartisan support for changes to the lengthy environmental approval process among climate-minded Democrats eager to speed construction of renewable energy projects, as well as Republicans who have complained for years that the burdens of federal permitting restrict development.
Rural electric co-ops to get $10.7B in USDA funds for clean energy grants, loans - Minnesota Reformer
Congress approved the federal spending — $9.7 billion for a grant and loan program the department is calling the New Empowering Rural America program, or New ERA, and $1 billion for a Powering Affordable Clean Energy program that will provide partly forgivable loans — in the energy, health and taxes law Democrats passed last summer.
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