U.S. Interior Department

The Trump administration finalized a rule removing federal protections for habitats of endangered species, shifting responsibility to states. Experts warn states lack the resources and legal frameworks to prevent habitat destruction, while environmental groups and tribal nations have filed lawsuits challenging the change.

The U.S. Interior Department canceled automatic protections for threatened species under the Endangered Species Act, requiring individualized protection plans instead. Critics warn this change could delay conservation efforts and increase extinction risks for species like monarch butterflies and alligator snapping turtles. The rule change aligns with efforts by the Trump administration to reduce regulatory burdens on industries.

The U.S. Interior Department has canceled a rule designed to protect plants and animals at risk of extinction. Critics have raised concerns that this action could lead to increased extinctions.

The U.S. Interior Department canceled a rule providing automatic protections for threatened species, requiring individualized plans instead. Critics argue this delays conservation efforts and enables industries to seek exemptions, risking extinctions of species like monarch butterflies and alligator snapping turtles.

The U.S. Interior Department canceled a rule providing automatic protections for threatened species under the Endangered Species Act, requiring individualized protection plans instead. Critics warn this change could hinder wildlife conservation efforts and increase extinction risks for species like monarch butterflies and alligator snapping turtles.

Three firefighters were killed and two injured during a burnover incident while battling the Snyder Fire near the Colorado-Utah border. The firefighters, employed by the U.S. Wildland Fire Service and U.S. Forest Service, were part of an interagency response to merged wildfires covering 44 square miles. High temperatures and strong winds exacerbated the fire's rapid spread.

Three former Joe Biden administration officials are running for governor in California, Georgia, and New Mexico. They avoided mentioning Biden in recent campaign speeches and materials as Democrats debate the Biden family's public reemergence ahead of midterm elections.

Three Democratic gubernatorial candidates, including former Biden administration officials Deb Haaland and Xavier Becerra, are avoiding public references to Joe Biden in their campaigns. The candidates are navigating their political futures amid internal Democratic Party tensions over the Biden family's public reemergence ahead of the midterms.