×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×Always looking for ways to score points with his hero , freshman Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.) has introduced legislation called the “Donument Act” to create a sweeping national monument at the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.“Think ‘Donald’ + ‘Monument,’” a spokesperson for Cawthorn , which first reported on the legislation. AdvertisementThe land shrine to Trump’s harsh, nativist immigration policies would be dubbed the “Southern Border Wall National Monument.” The bill would designate the physical wall...…×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×Always looking for ways to score points with his hero , freshman Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.) has introduced legislation called the “Donument Act” to create a sweeping national monument at the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.“Think ‘Donald’ + ‘Monument,’” a spokesperson for Cawthorn , which first reported on the legislation. AdvertisementThe land shrine to Trump’s harsh, nativist immigration policies would be dubbed the “Southern Border Wall National Monument.” The bill would designate the physical wall...WW…

×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×The Biden administration on Monday scrapped a controversial Trump-era legal opinion that gutted protections for hundreds of species of migratory birds. In December 2017, Daniel Jorjani, then the top lawyer at the Department of the Interior and a former longtime adviser to the fossil fuel mogul Koch brothers, issued an of the 1918 Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) that effectively legalized all unintentional migratory bird deaths, including those caused by chemical spills, oil and gas operations, power lines and...…×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×The Biden administration on Monday scrapped a controversial Trump-era legal opinion that gutted protections for hundreds of species of migratory birds. In December 2017, Daniel Jorjani, then the top lawyer at the Department of the Interior and a former longtime adviser to the fossil fuel mogul Koch brothers, issued an of the 1918 Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) that effectively legalized all unintentional migratory bird deaths, including those caused by chemical spills, oil and gas operations, power lines and...WW…

×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×AdvertisementAdvertisementThe two-day hearing laid bare ’ priorities, said Crystal Echo Hawk, the founder and executive director of Native-led advocacy group and an enrolled member of the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma.“They were only interested in furthering their agenda to ensure Rep. Haaland would continue to allow extractive industries to have free rein over the department,” she told HuffPost via email. “It is a reflection of what they fear about [her] — she is not beholden to the oil and gas industry as they...…×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×AdvertisementAdvertisementThe two-day hearing laid bare ’ priorities, said Crystal Echo Hawk, the founder and executive director of Native-led advocacy group and an enrolled member of the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma.“They were only interested in furthering their agenda to ensure Rep. Haaland would continue to allow extractive industries to have free rein over the department,” she told HuffPost via email. “It is a reflection of what they fear about [her] — she is not beholden to the oil and gas industry as they...WW…

×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×AdvertisementAdvertisementSalon AdvertisementSen. Mike Lee tested positive for COVID 10 days ago.Today he's maskless, lecturing about his pocket Constitution.— The Recount (@therecount)AdvertisementAdvertisementDemocracy isn’t the objective; liberty, peace, and prospefity are. We want the human condition to flourish. Rank democracy can thwart that.— Mike Lee (@SenMikeLee)AdvertisementSuggest a correctionNewsletter Sign UpHuffPost's top politics stories, straight to your inbox.Successfully Subscribed!Realness...…×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×AdvertisementAdvertisementSalon AdvertisementSen. Mike Lee tested positive for COVID 10 days ago.Today he's maskless, lecturing about his pocket Constitution.— The Recount (@therecount)AdvertisementAdvertisementDemocracy isn’t the objective; liberty, peace, and prospefity are. We want the human condition to flourish. Rank democracy can thwart that.— Mike Lee (@SenMikeLee)AdvertisementSuggest a correctionNewsletter Sign UpHuffPost's top politics stories, straight to your inbox.Successfully Subscribed!Realness...WW…

US EditionU.S.CLOSEFollow usPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2020 Verizon Media. All rights reserved.BREAKING NEWSTap here to turn on desktop notifications to get the news sent straight to you.A federal judge on Friday blocked William Perry Pendley, the anti-public lands extremist who has overseen the federal Bureau of Land Management for more than a year, from continuing to lead the bureau.U.S. District Judge Brian Morris in Montana has illegally served as acting director of BLM for more than 400 days. The decision comes in response to a  in August by Montana Gov. Steve Bullock...…US EditionU.S.CLOSEFollow usPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2020 Verizon Media. All rights reserved.BREAKING NEWSTap here to turn on desktop notifications to get the news sent straight to you.A federal judge on Friday blocked William Perry Pendley, the anti-public lands extremist who has overseen the federal Bureau of Land Management for more than a year, from continuing to lead the bureau.U.S. District Judge Brian Morris in Montana has illegally served as acting director of BLM for more than 400 days. The decision comes in response to a  in August by Montana Gov. Steve Bullock...WW…

×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×AdvertisementTrump has issued no such order, but it’s not the first time he’s touted a seemingly nonexistent decree.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementor were .AdvertisementSuggest a correctionNewsletter Sign UpHuffPost's top politics stories, straight to your inbox.Successfully Subscribed!Realness delivered to your inbox…×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×AdvertisementTrump has issued no such order, but it’s not the first time he’s touted a seemingly nonexistent decree.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementor were .AdvertisementSuggest a correctionNewsletter Sign UpHuffPost's top politics stories, straight to your inbox.Successfully Subscribed!Realness delivered to your inboxWW…

×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×Advertisement.AdvertisementThere are conflicting accounts surrounding the data’s disappearance. News outlets initially suggested that Trump’s administration had directed the CDC to wipe the figures from its website. In , however, officials at HHS placed the blame squarely on the CDC itself: “No one came out of our conversations believing that CDC was going to stop doing analysis,” an anonymous HHS official with direct knowledge of the situation told the outlet. “All it did was feed into this narrative that we...…×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×Advertisement.AdvertisementThere are conflicting accounts surrounding the data’s disappearance. News outlets initially suggested that Trump’s administration had directed the CDC to wipe the figures from its website. In , however, officials at HHS placed the blame squarely on the CDC itself: “No one came out of our conversations believing that CDC was going to stop doing analysis,” an anonymous HHS official with direct knowledge of the situation told the outlet. “All it did was feed into this narrative that we...WW…

×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementLast night, law enforcement stopped vandalism taking place in Lafayette Park.President will not allow rioters to dismantle our cultural heritage. — The White House (@WhiteHouse)“The president showed no concern for our ‘heritage’ when his Interior Department was decimating Bears Ears, land that is sacred to Native history and culture,” Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M.) said via email. “President Trump’s decision to sell off lands that are treasured by Tribes for development reveals...…×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementLast night, law enforcement stopped vandalism taking place in Lafayette Park.President will not allow rioters to dismantle our cultural heritage. — The White House (@WhiteHouse)“The president showed no concern for our ‘heritage’ when his Interior Department was decimating Bears Ears, land that is sacred to Native history and culture,” Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M.) said via email. “President Trump’s decision to sell off lands that are treasured by Tribes for development reveals...WW…

×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×AdvertisementThe hearing began hours after The New York Times what it described as “a series of missed chances by the federal government to ensure more widespread testing during the early days of the outbreak, when containment would have been easier.” That included telling Dr. Helen Y. Chu, an infectious disease expert in Seattle, to stop testing for the virus after she discovered an outbreak in Washington state.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementCORRECTION: This article has been updated to...…×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×AdvertisementThe hearing began hours after The New York Times what it described as “a series of missed chances by the federal government to ensure more widespread testing during the early days of the outbreak, when containment would have been easier.” That included telling Dr. Helen Y. Chu, an infectious disease expert in Seattle, to stop testing for the virus after she discovered an outbreak in Washington state.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementCORRECTION: This article has been updated to...WW…

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