POLITICS

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

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

David Huerta is the president of the SEIU of California. Some Democratic elected officials and organized labor groups have rallied to his defense. WASHINGTON—The U.S. government has criminally charged David Huerta, the president of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) of California, for allegedly conspiring to obstruct an immigration-related detention in Los Angeles. On June