(The Center Square) — The Trump administration’s plan to allow more oil and gas exploration off the Gulf Coast has received a legal challenge from environmental groups.  A lawsuit filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia seeks to halt a Dec. 10 offshore oil and gas lease sale covering 80 million […]

Washington Examiner investigative reporter Mia Cathell testified before the Senate Judiciary  Subcommittee on Border Security and Immigration on Wednesday. The hearing was centred on “ICE Under Fire: The Radical Left’s Crusade Against Immigration Enforcement.” Cathell was one of three expert witnesses on the topic, which also included Goliad County Sheriff Roy Boyd and Chicago Flips […]

Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) admonished a home-state Democratic lawmaker, Rep. Jesús “Chuy” García, on Wednesday for using his retirement announcement to ensure his chosen successor secures the seat. Durbin, the second-ranked Senate Democrat who is also not seeking reelection, called it a “mistake” for García to announce his 2026 reelection and then recant […]

A federal appeals court on Wednesday halted a lower court’s order restricting federal immigration officers’ use of force in the Chicago area, calling the order “overbroad.” A three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit paused U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis’s Nov. 6 injunction, which significantly limited federal officers’ ability to […]