US Fast-Tracking Uranium Mine Permit to Meet ‘Urgent Energy Demands’

The decision comes as America remains ‘dangerously reliant’ on imports to meet uranium demand. The Department of the Interior (DOI) is expediting environmental permitting review of the Velvet-Wood mine in Utah amid a national energy emergency, the agency said in a May 12 statement. “If approved, the Velvet-Wood mine project in San Juan County, Utah,

Watch Live: Trump to speak at U.S.-Saudi investment summit today

President Trump is set to deliver remarks Tuesday at a U.S.-Saudi investment summit and will sign agreements for the Pentagon, Justice Department, FBI and other agencies to cooperate with their Saudi Arabian counterparts.   Mr. Trump and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced multiple economic and defense agreements, an indication of Mr. Trump’s intent to

DNC Panel Paves Way for Voiding Election of David Hogg, Another Vice Chair

The decision comes after a candidate’s challenge over a rules violation triggered by gender requirement considerations. A Democratic National Committee (DNC) panel that resolves delegate disputes has voted in favor of a resolution to redo voting for two vice chair positions that were filled in a February vote. The procedural change of filling two positions with

Former Columbia Prez Armstrong Set To Return to Campus. Plus, GOP Senators Draw a Nuclear Red Line.

Back so soon? Columbia University announced last month that former president Katrina Armstrong would be taking a sabbatical following a disastrous deposition before the White House’s anti-Semitism task force. She was to “spend more time with her family.” But she’s apparently had enough: Armstrong is set to resume her role as CEO of Columbia’s medical

Department of Defense Orders Halt to Gender Transition Medicine, Procedures

The military will refer patients seeking the procedures to the private sector. The U.S. Department of Defense said in a new memorandum that it is halting medical treatments and procedures for troops who identify as transgender and other personnel with gender dysphoria (GD). “Within the direct care component, meaning at military medical treatment facilities …

What to Know About the Legal Cases Challenging Trump’s Transgender Executive Orders

The high court’s direction could depend on justices’ regard for a 2020 ruling that gender identity is covered by Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. President Donald Trump’s executive orders on gender in the military, along with similar orders affecting prisons, pronouns on government documents, and pediatric medicine have spawned a host of