Oil Companies Lock in Drilling Permits

In the closing months of the Trump administration, energy companies stockpiled enough drilling permits for western public lands to keep pumping oil for years and undercut President-elect Joe Biden’s plans to curb new drilling because of climate change.

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“Not a Rally… It’s a Mob”: New Mexicans in Congress Give Live Updates Via Twitter

Following a raucous rally led by President Trump himself, hundreds of pro-Trump protestors stormed the US Capitol Building, pushing past US Capitol Police prompting a lockdown of a joint session of Congress underway and the evacuation of Vice President Pence and Congressional leadership. As extremists tried to enter the chamber, police were captured in photos […]

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The Early Contenders

Before President-elect Biden had publicly announced that he was nominating Congresswoman Deb Haaland as his new secretary of the interior, the rumor mill was already spinning. Haaland had made history as one of the first Native American women to serve in Congress, and she had secured that seat for the next two years. Prior to […]