US Announces New Policies to Speed Up Offshore Critical Mineral Development

The Department of the Interior (DOI) is adopting new policies to speed up the exploration and development of critical minerals located offshore to strengthen U.S. supply chains and protect America’s energy, security, and tech needs, the agency said in a June 25 statement. Critical minerals, as determined by the Secretary of the Interior, include minerals

White House Tells Free Beacon: Trump Wants Middle East Peace but Is ‘Not Afraid To Use Strength’ Again

The press secretary’s comments came in response to Washington Free Beacon report President Donald Trump hopes for peace in the Middle East but isn’t “afraid to use strength” again if necessary, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Thursday. “We look forward to sustaining a long and durable peace in the region and the president

DOJ Probes University of California Over Alleged Race and Sex Hiring Quotas

The Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation into the University of California system to determine whether its efforts to boost faculty diversity run afoul of federal anti-discrimination laws. In a June 26 announcement, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said it is probing whether the university’s “UC 2030 Capacity Plan” and related campus-level programs

DOJ Sues Minnesota Over Law Granting In-State Tuition, Financial Aid to Illegal Immigrants

‘No state can be allowed to treat Americans like second-class citizens in their own country,’ Pam Bondi says Pam Bondi (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit Wednesday challenging a Minnesota law that allows illegal immigrants to qualify for in-state college tuition and state financial aid, arguing that the policy violates federal

Senate Referee Strikes Out Major Medicaid Reform Provision From GOP Megabill

Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough has ruled additional provisions of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act—the legislation the GOP is looking to pass to enact President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda—as out of order. This is in accordance with the “Byrd Rule”—named for former Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.)—which allows reconciliation bills to only include measures related to