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Taxpayers Are on the Hook for Another Half-Million in Reflecting Pool Costs, Even as Interior Struggles to Justify the Ballooning Price Tag

The blue coating was supposed to be a symbol of patriotism, but now it’s just another symbol of waste.

The Mary Sue

Secretary of the Interior claims high gas prices are Democrats’ fault and in some states, ‘self inflicted’

“You can thank Gavin Newsom for that.”

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Federal Judge Condemns and Orders Restoration of Trump's Removal of Slavery and Climate Exhibits From National Parks

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore historical exhibits on slavery, climate change, and civil rights in national parks, criticising their removal as an attempt to rewrite history.

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The Silent War for Venezuela's Gold: Troops Move In, Mafias Flee, Investors Wait

A sweeping military operation in Bolívar state is emptying Venezuela's richest gold mines of the armed groups that ran them for years — coinciding, with surgical timing, with a U.S.-brokered opening of the sector to foreign capital.

Latin Times

Donald Trump Humiliated: Groggy POTUS Fails to Stay Awake During Ocean Protection Bill

Donald Trump appeared to nod off while signing an order to reopen protected Pacific waters to commercial fishing, after wrongly claiming Americans had to go to Japan for Maine lobster.

International Business Times UK

From the Trump administration to Kevin O’Leary, there’s a new narrative that China is to blame for plummeting data center popularity

“China is a common and comfortable boogeyman in American politics, for right or for wrong,” one political scientist told Fortune.

Fortune

Trump’s National Parks crackdown backfires in spectacular fashion

The Trump administration recently asked visitors to National Parks across the U.S, to report displays or exhibits saying “negative” things about Americans and to restore sites as “uplifting public monuments."

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Democrats mock ‘the Commander-in-Sleep’ after Trump appears to nod off in latest White House appearance

The White House denied that Trump was asleep in a fiery social media post

The Independent UK

Trump is using fees from national parks passes to fund supersized $1.6M DC fireworks display: report

$90M in entry fees are being steered to the costly aerial spectacle celebrating the nation's 250th Independence Day

The Independent UK

New York sues over the Trump administration's deal to end an offshore wind project

New York's attorney general is suing the Trump administration over one of its deals to end an offshore wind project

AAP

Seven states sue Trump administration over offshore wind project deal

The states contend the deal will harm their states’ economies, energy grids and climate goals

The Independent UK

Seven US states sue Trump administration over deal to kill windfarm project

State attorneys general argue $1bn deal to terminate major offshore wind lease off the coast of New York is unlawful

The Guardian - US

Trump’s Reflecting Pool repairs won’t fix a major underlying problem that could ruin the new blue look: report

The $13.1M, no-bid renovation of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool doesn’t address its leaky plumbing system

The Independent UK

Trump official dodges questions on donors behind America 250 celebration

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Trump cabinet member struggles to explain funding and purpose of president’s own 250th US anniversary project

Interior secretary fights back against Freedom 250’s ‘partisan’ reputation as it operates out of Trump’s White House

The Guardian - US

Trump’s interior secretary dismisses calls to identify donors for ‘non-partisan’ concert series

Doug Burgum complains that some musicians ‘segmented their audiences’ after artists back out of 250th anniversary event

Tom’s Hardware

Kevin O'Leary claims Chinese propaganda is to blame for anti-datacenter backlash, 'hundreds of millions of dollars' being spent to kill US dominance in AI — industry proponents and Trump administration reinforce claims of foreign interference

Kevin O'Leary claims Chinese propaganda to blame for anti-datacenter sentiment.

Latin Times

'US Venezuela Mineral Deal' Video Reminds of Expanding U.S.-Venezuela Partnerships in Mining, Rare-Earth & Energy

On May 20, 2026, the White House published a video highlighting the recent U.S.-Venezuelan mineral agreements that have been executed over the past several months, bringing renewed attention to one of the Trump administration's most significant foreign policy pivots in Latin America. The video's release prompts an important question: Just…

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The Independent UK

Design plan for Trump’s 250-foot Washington arch is approved by key federal agency

The arch would soar 250 feet (76 meters) from its base to a torch held aloft by a Lady Liberty-like figure atop the structure

The Independent UK

Trump's proposed Washington arch gets another review

President Donald Trump's plan to build a triumphal arch in Washington is getting another look from a federal agency that suggested changes before it approved the concept last month

RideApart

Alaska's Federal Public Lands Transfer Shows How Feds Will Sell Your Off-Road and Hunting Areas

A recent Public Lands Order transferred over a million acres of public lands in Alaska along the famed Dalton Highway shows how the federal government will begin to chip away and sell off our public lands.

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Thanks to a farcical House Committee hearing, we now know that Trump’s administration is against renewable energy because they don’t know how it works

Is this mistrust in technology, or just about Trump's interests and lobbying connections?

International Business Times UK

Interior Sec Burgum Mocked In Congress After Warning Solar Panels 'Produce Zero Electricity' When The Sun Goes Down

US Interior Secretary Doug Burgum faced criticism for ignoring battery storage during a congressional hearing, fuelling debate over US energy policy and solar reliability.

The Independent UK

Trump’s ‘pool guy’ has nothing to do with Lincoln Memorial paint job, Interior Secretary admits, as he defends no-bid $13M contract

Doug Burgum says he isn’t ‘familiar’ with company that his agency awarded a lucrative contract for renovation work at the landmark

The Guardian - US

Virginia Democrats file motion asking for stay in map ruling as Trump touts ‘huge win’ for Republicans – as it happened

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