POLITICS

House Homeland Security chairman Mark Green to resign from Congress

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Washington — House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark Green, a Tennessee Republican, announced Monday that he plans to resign after Congress passes President Trump’s budget bill.  “Recently, I was offered an opportunity in the private sector that was too exciting to pass up. As a result, today I notified the Speaker and the House of

Montana Mine Gets Expedited Federal Permit to Dig Nearly 10 Times More Coal

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Opponents vow to challenge Interior Department approval of Bull Mountains’ expansion without completing court-ordered environmental review, public hearings. Montana’s only underground coal mine will be allowed to increase its production nearly tenfold under emergency permitting procedures that bypass completion of a court-ordered environmental impact statement. Under the accelerated plan green-lighted on June 6 by the

Trump Admin Deploying 700 US Marines to Los Angeles, Military Says

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A senior Trump administration official confirmed the development on June 9. The Trump administration activated 700 active-duty U.S. Marines from the Camp Pendleton base in California to Los Angeles in the midst of immigration protests and riots in the city, said military officials. U.S. Northern Command (NORTHCOM) said in a statement on June 9 that