Trump Seeks to Boost US Lumber, Timber Industries

The increased timber production will be directly tied to an improvement in land management, the White House said. President Donald Trump signed an executive order and a memorandum on March 1 regarding the U.S. lumber industry, addressing what White House officials called a crisis in both supply and demand. The executive order, titled “Freeing Our

Judge rules that Trump’s firing of whistleblower office chief was unlawful

The head of a federal watchdog agency must remain in his job, a judge in Washington ruled on Saturday, saying President Trump’s bid to remove the special counsel was unlawful. U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson sided with Hampton Dellinger, who leads the Office of Special Counsel, in a legal battle over the president’s authority

Top Military Commander of Syria’s Al-Qaeda Affiliate Killed in Strike, US Says

The terrorist group recently admitted to taking orders from ’the general command of Al-Qaeda.’ The U.S. military said it has taken out the top military leader of an al-Qaeda affiliate terrorist group in Syria. U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) revealed that on Feb. 23, its forces—as part of the International Coalition Against ISIS—conducted a “precision airstrike”

Trump Declares Border ‘Invasion’ Is Over as Apprehensions Plunge to Historic Low

Additionally, ICE has arrested more than 20,000 illegal immigrants in the interior of the country in the past month. President Donald Trump on Saturday said the “invasion of our country” over after the number of illegal immigrant apprehensions at the U.S.–Mexico border fell to a historic low in February, his first full month in office.

Israel supports ceasefire proposal from U.S. envoy, Netanyahu says

Israel’s government said early Sunday it supports a proposal to extend the first phase of the ceasefire in Gaza through Ramadan and Passover, though Hamas has insisted on negotiating the truce’s second phase instead. The statement by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office came minutes after the first phase ended, and as talks have begun on