Trump signs Chiricahua National Park Act to mask a gutted agency
President Trump elevated Chiricahua to national park status to score a political win, but the move ignores a starving workforce and a $24 billion maintenance backlog.
By Maya Ellison ·
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Trump ignores Judge Reyes to redevelop East Potomac Golf Course
President Donald Trump's plan to close East Potomac Golf Course for 15 months ignores a federal court order, testing whether judicial commands are binding mandates or mere requests.
By Adele Rutherford ·
Trump rebrands Columbia Island arch as military base to evade law
Donald Trump reclassified his proposed D.C. arch as a military complex to bypass preservation reviews, corrupting executive process and inviting administrative overreach.
By Adele Rutherford ·
Trump Administration uses signs to purge the Smithsonian
There is a particular kind of administrative clumsiness that reveals a deeper, more systemic pathology.
By Klaus Berger ·
E.P.A. Expected to Erase Limits on Climate Pollution From Power Plants
The announcement arrived not in a sterile briefing room in D.C., but in Houston, framed by the high-gloss rhetoric of a G20 ministerial meeting on “energy abundance.” As reported…
By Adele Rutherford ·
The Trump administration wants $10 million more to cover its July Fourth celebrations
The American people should not have to fund the perpetual political theater staged on our National Mall.
By Grant Colby ·