US Proposes Adding Copper, Potash, 4 Others to Critical Minerals List

The Lavender Pit at Copper Queen Mine, which opened in 1877 and was run by the Phelps Dodge Corporation from 1879-1975, in Bisbee, Ariz., on July 24, 2020. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images The United States Department of Interior is proposing to add six “mineral commodities” to the list of critical minerals as part

California Republicans file petition to stop special election on Newsom’s redistricting plan

California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s redistricting plan is facing another bout of legal pushback, as state Republicans filed an emergency petition asking the California Supreme Court to block a November special election on the proposal. Named Proposition 50, the redistricting measure, signed into law last week, would overhaul California’s congressional map to make five GOP-held districts