Just two weeks after U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke announced the Department was forming a new Joint Task Force (JTF) to combat the opioid crisis in Indian Country, the Secretary announced the JTF's first raid seized 49 pounds of methamphetamine with a street value of $2.5 million and more than $20,000 worth of marijuana, plus smaller amounts of heroin, and other narcotics. Read More »

Today, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) committing the Interior Department to follow President Trump’s One Federal Decision framework for processing of environmental reviews and permits for major infrastructure projects. Read More »

In support of the President's “America-First Offshore Energy Strategy,” U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke today announced the proposed lease sale for two additional areas offshore Massachusetts for commercial wind energy leasing, totaling nearly 390,000 acres. Read More »

Cato Institute issued the following announcement on April 11.APRIL 11, 2018 10:54AM This amounts to an embrace of Russia’s challenge and it risks a significant escalation of the U.S. Read More »

In the wake of the Parkland, Florida shootings, Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) has co-sponsored a bill aimed at ending school violence. Read More »

Rep. Roger Marshall (R-KS) said he is glad the House passed the Student, Teachers and Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence Act of 2018. Read More »

The Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor is announcing a new pilot program, the Payroll Audit Independent Determination (PAID) program, which expedites resolution of inadvertent overtime and minimum wage violations under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Read More »

The Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) outlined a series of major improvements undertaken at the Washington, D.C., VA Medical Center (DCVAMC) in the 11 months since the VA’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released an interim report critical of the medical center. Read More »

“American Gas Association (AGA) members operate a network of pipelines that is more than two million miles long and delivers clean natural gas in all fifty states. Read More »

Featuring the author Thomas W. Hazlett, Hugh H. Macaulay Endowed Chair in Economics, Clemson University; with comments by Ajit Pai, Chairman, Federal Communications Commission. Read More »

Timmons, Farr Emphasize Opportunities in Manufacturing, Urgent Need to Inspire Next Generation of Manufacturers in America Read More »

2018 AGA Playbook Debuts Fresh Data and New Digital Features Read More »

GOP Governor Pete Ricketts continues to move Nebraska forward to unprecedented new heights. Read More »

Secretary Kirstjen M. Nielsen met this morning with Guatemalan Minister of Government, Enrique Degenhart, whom she congratulated on his appointment as Minister. Read More »

Final Notice of Sale Outlines All Available Areas in Federal Waters Read More »

The Competitive Enterprise Institute objected today to a class action settlement in Cannon v. Ashburn Corp. that illegally awards immediate attorneys’ fees totaling $1.7 million while offering class members who file a claim only $0.20 to $2.00 “credits” toward wine purchases on the defendant’s website. Read More »

Featuring Wen Fa, Attorney, Pacific Legal Foundation; Ginger Anders, Partner, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP; Trevor Burrus, Research Fellow, Cato Institute; moderated by Ilya Shapiro, Senior Fellow in Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute. Read More »

Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-TX) made the following comments after the House approved the bipartisan budget agreement Read More »

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced $17.5 million in emergency funding to stop the spread of the spotted lanternfly in southeastern Pennsylvania. Read More »

The Bureau of Reclamation has issued the final Environmental Assessment (EA) and Finding of No Significant Impact for a habitat improvement project on the Entiat River in Chelan County, Wash. Read More »