WASHINGTON — Approaching its volatile six-month milestone, the ongoing military conflict between the United States and Iran has become inextricably bound to the domestic American political calendar. President Donald Trump asserted on Wednesday, Sept. 9, that hostilities with Tehran will conclude "immediately" after the U.S. midterm elections in November. Speaking to journalists, the president claimed…
WASHINGTON — In a pair of aggressive and consequential regulatory moves, the Trump administration has launched a broad restructuring of federal conservation policy. The twin initiatives—one targeting the Endangered Species Act protections for apex predators and the other aiming to unravel a landmark 25-year-old forest conservation policy—threaten to profoundly alter the management of wildlife populations…
WASHINGTON — In the latest chapter of a high-stakes constitutional battle over the boundaries of executive authority and the Fourteenth Amendment, a federal judge on Wednesday, September 2, halted the enforcement of President Donald Trump’s revised executive order restricting birthright citizenship. U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman of the District of Maryland granted a preliminary injunction…
WASHINGTON — In what President Donald Trump has hailed as "THE BIGGEST OIL DEAL IN WORLD HISTORY," the United States has entered into a sweeping energy agreement with Venezuela. The accord ostensibly secures majority U.S. control over more than 65 billion barrels of crude oil, a development that the White House claims will fundamentally alter…
WASHINGTON — In a dramatic escalation of an ongoing confrontation with international judicial bodies, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced targeted financial sanctions on Tuesday, August 18, against International Criminal Court (ICC) President Tomoko Akane of Japan and Senior Trial Lawyer Abdoulaye Seye of Senegal. The punitive measures represent the latest manifestation of a…
