A federal judge in Massachusetts orders the Interior Department to restore displays removed from national parks. The government removed exhibits it dislikes from museums, parks and landmarks. A group of scientific and historical groups sued the Department of the Interior for âerasing historyâ by removing exhibits.
There are 4.2 million miles of public roads in the lower 48 states, but only 5% of them are designated roadless areas or wilderness. Trump administration proposes to rescind the Roadless Rule, which prohibits road construction, maintenance and commercial timber harvest in inventoried roadless area within the National Forest System. Congress is trying to change the law to remove the rule and prevent the Forest Service from reinstituting it in the future.
According to a report published by the European Central Bank, Gold has overtaken U.S. government bonds to become the worldâs leading reserve asset, accounting for 27% of all global central bank reserve assets with a value of more than $4 trillion. CME Lithium Futures are up 86% year-to-date and trading above $20,000 per metric ton. Rare Earths have gained more than 17%, Copper is up 28%, Aluminium has surged over 41%, and Uranium has advanced 22%.
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Tyson Yunkaporta is an Indigenous scholar and member of the Apalech clan in far north Queensland, Australia. His new book, Right Story, Wrong Story: Adventures in Indigenous Thinking, argues that identifying and correcting "wrong stories" is key to stopping environmental exploitation. He compares Tidalik to Wall Street firms and billionaires who gamble on water futures and âpark their cashâ in housing.
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Art Basel opens its doors in Switzerland this week. The fair has instituted a price freeze on booth fees and expanded its step-up program for first- and second-year exhibitors. It has also launched Basel Exclusive, a new opt-in program through which galleries agree to withhold select works from digital previews until the fair opens. Vincenzo De Bellis is Art Baselâs global director of fairs and chief artistic officer.
This year, America will celebrate her 250th birthday. Ava DuVernayâs documentary â13thâ examines the intersection of race, justice, and mass incarceration in the United States. Both birthdays coincide as the Supreme Court has slowly eroded, destroyed, and ignored the U.S. Constitution.
Heather Cox Richardson narrates a newsletter about the history behind today's politics for Letters from an American, her book about the American political history. She also wrote a book about American history called "The History of American Politics". Â
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The complete set from Kleines Kraftwerk with the brand new Anker SOLIX Solar Bank 4 Pro offers enormous energy reserves for your home. In the shopping deal, the XXL balcony power plant including storage is 870 euros cheaper. The bundle of four 500 Wp solar modules, storage and accessories currently costs 1,799 euros.
Jacqueline's husband was detained and deported by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. She stopped leaving her home except when necessary. Since mid-2025, clinics in several states have documented increases in appointment cancellations, missed follow-ups and disruptions to time-sensitive services, including prenatal care and cancer screenings. Pregnant detainees in ICE detention facilities receive inconsistent or inadequate care.
The USA and Israel started the war on February 28th with air strikes on Iran and Iran responded with drone and missile attacks. A fragile ceasefire has been in effect since April 8th. The agreement to end the war is expected to be signed on Friday in Geneva.
Most public school districts are cutting staff and budgets this summer as rising costs and falling enrollments squeeze their finances. The school-tracking website Burbio recently highlighted 10 large districts that are making billions of dollars in cuts because dwindling headcount has reduced public funds. President Trumpâs mass deportations and expansion of school choice incentives have added to the pressure on public school budgets.
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James P. Sutton is a Morning Dispatch Reporter based in Washington D.C. He graduated from University of Oxford with a Masterâs degree in history. He has also taught high school history in suburban Philadelphia and interned at National Review and the Foreign Policy Research Institute.
The Trump administration is trying to slow down the transition to clean energy sources like solar and wind. The administration has also worked to prop up fossil fuels, including dirty, uneconomic coal. Wind and solar power are making progress despite the headwinds they are facing. Solar, wind and energy storage accounted for more than 90% of new electrical capacity in the last two years.
President Trump announced on social media that a deal to end the war with Iran is "complete" Crude oil futures markets dropped 4%, after markets reopened for trading following the weekend break. Prices had already fallen significantly on Thursday and Friday in anticipation of a deal, bringing the per-barrel price of crude down 12% from where it had been in the middle of last week.
U.S. LNG exports are up 11.9% from the previous week. The Ras Laffan damage and the Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption are making it harder to find alternative cargoes from Qatar. Production is still running strong at 111.7 bcf per day, up 4.2% year-over-year.
Big Tech's Washington lobbyists have chased after the holy grail of pro-AI legislation: preemption. This would be a comprehensive federal law applying one set of AI rules across the entire country and overriding the legally messy state-by-state approach to regulation. This week, reports leaked that the White House would endorse a slate of child safety laws backed by Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), the coauthor of the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA). House Republicans had just passed their own version of KOSA and they didn't know it was going to be used as a vehicle for Blackburn's legislation. Democrats who worked with Blackburn on the Senate's version of
After Viktor OrbĂĄn's defeat, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄan wants to crack down harder on the opposition. He has already arrested Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Ä°mamoÄlu, the opposition Republican People's Party's (CHP) leading presidential contender, in March 2025. In the 14 months since his arrest, over 500 more people have been detained, including 16 CHP-affiliated mayors.
Chinese President Xi Jinping visited North Korea earlier this month. It was his first foreign visit of the year and his third trip to North Korea overall. It took place at a time when the global geopolitical landscape is undergoing profound changes. The most important message from the summit was what remained unsaid. It focused on expanding economic ties and restoring exchanges that were disrupted.
Washington and Tehran have signed an agreement with two pillars: reopening the Strait of Hormuz and ensuring the Islamic Republic cannot develop a nuclear weapon. The details of the agreement are yet to be publicized. Washington's failure to publicize the deal means many Iranians are hearing only the regime's side of the story. Janatan Sayeh, born and raised in Tehran, is the Iran analyst at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.
Six Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the last 24 hours in the Gaza Strip, taking the death toll since October 2023 to 73,003. Six more people were also wounded by Israeli fire since Sunday, pushing the injuries to 173,252 since the start of the Israeli war nearly three years ago. At least 992 people have been killed and 3,144 others wounded since the truth.