Reps. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) and A. Donald McEachin (D-VA) have requested that the Department of the Interior’s Office of Inspector General look into Secretary Ryan Zinke’s travel since taking his post at the agency.
Interior Secretary-designate Rep. Ryan Zinke (R.-Mont.) delivered a master class in congressional testimony Tuesday as the gregarious Navy SEAL veteran fielded questions from Republicans and Democrats on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
Sally Jewell, the U.S. interior secretary, just cancelled leases to drill for natural gas on federal land in Colorado, in a last-ditch effort to stop an energy boom bigger than Bakken Shale discovery in North Dakota.
California will receive $50 million for drought research, U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell announced this weekend.
President Barack Obama’s Interior Secretary admitted that changing the Redskins name is not a top priority for Native American leaders even though she said she was personally “surprised” that Dan Snyder has not already changed the name. “My personal views
Alaskans living on an isolated Aleutian Island, miles from emergency medical care, sued the Obama administration in 2013 for blocking a gravel road that would wind through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge and allow residents to reach a vital airport.
The National Park Service launched Tuesday a new “LGBT Heritage Theme Study” which will highlight the historical achievements of lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgenders. The “theme study” will be partially funded by the Gill Foundation, an LGBT advocacy group. Tim
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Friday stood by his statement regarding embattled Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, saying on KSNV’s What’s Your Point?, “If anyone thinks by any figment of their imagination that what happened up there last week was
The United States said Thursday that Iceland was violating an international agreement through its whaling, opening the possibility of economic sanctions over the controversial hunt. The Department of the Interior, in a decision it is required to take under US
Wildlife conservationists are livid at the Obama administration’s approval of a new rule that extends wind farms leases up to 30 years. On Friday, wildlife protection groups decried the new regulation as a “stunningly bad move” that gives wind power
The Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln’s undying call for a “new birth of freedom” at the bloody turning point of the US Civil War, turns 150 years old Tuesday, even as the union he fought to preserve quarrels bitterly over the
Breitbart News will be broadcasting live coverage of the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address November 19 starting at 10:00 AM EST. Breitbart News’ Chairman Stephen K. Bannon will be covering the event. He will be interviewing Harvard Professor
November 19th will mark the 150th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address, and President Obama will not be attending the commemorating event. According to the Chicago Tribune, the commemoration will take place “at 10 a.m. in the Soldiers’ National Cemetery and
(AP) APNewsBreak: Feds to let states pay to open parksBy MATTHEW DALYAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe Obama administration said Thursday it will allow states to use their own money to reopen some national parks that have been closed because of the government shutdown.Governors
