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OREGON STANDOFF: Judge dismisses all charges against Bundy's lawyer

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A federal judge dismissed all charges against Marcus Mumford, Ammon Bundy's lawyer, at the prosecution's request.

ARMY CORPS: Trial starts in Missouri River flooding case

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Over 300 farmers and other landowners have brought the Army Corps of Engineers to trial over the agency's management of the Missouri River, which has contributed to major flooding in five states.

CLEAN WATER RULE: Greens urge Supreme Court to continue WOTUS case

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Environmentalists asked the Supreme Court yesterday to continue with the case over the proper legal venue for challenges to the Obama administration's Clean Water Rule despite the Trump administration's efforts to kill the regulation.

WILDLIFE: Trafficking faces uncertain future under Trump

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Illegal wildlife trafficking is booming across the U.S.-Mexico border, even as President Trump ramps up his rhetoric about stopping illegal immigration there.

WILDLIFE: Scientists fear bald eagle decline with lead ammunition

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Scientists and doctors have come out against Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's rescinding of a last-minute Obama administration rule that would have banned lead ammunition in wildlife refuges.

FORESTS: Industry advocates, enviros square off over Minn. mining ban

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The Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management will hear tonight from Minnesotans in Duluth on a controversial 20-year mining ban on 234,000 acres of national forest.

OBITUARY: Former Rep. Kika de la Garza dies at 89

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Former Rep. Kika de la Garza, a 32-year Democratic representative and founding member of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, died in Texas on Monday. He was 89.

AUTOS: Steyer takes aim at GM over clean car standards

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California billionaire and climate change activist Tom Steyer is lambasting General Motors over President Trump's moves to ease vehicle emissions standards.

CLIMATE: National Academies praise key Obama science report

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A committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine has blessed the Obama-era report that will pave the way for the next National Climate Assessment.

DEFENSE: Coast Guard cuts fail to materialize

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The White House appeared to walk back potential cuts to the Coast Guard in the outline of its fiscal 2018 budget request released today.

TRANSPORTATION: Trump proposal cuts grants for transit, roads

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President Trump is proposing to slash spending at the Transportation Department by 13 percent to focus on his own infrastructure package.

AGRICULTURE: Budget would slash conservation, spare fire suppression

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President Trump's proposed budget for agriculture would cut local offices that help farmers with land conservation, while sparing wildfire suppression and agricultural research from some of the deepest cuts.

DOE: Dems gear up to fight Trump's plan to gut programs

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Democrats blasted President Trump's "America First" budget plan for the Department of Energy as environmentalists said proposed cuts would have a devastating impact on greenhouse gas emissions and the economy.

CONGRESS: Lawmakers expect to rewrite Trump's budget

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Lawmakers aren't embracing the proposed steep cuts in President Trump's fiscal 2018 budget, calling the blueprint only the opening bid in what they expect will be protracted spending negotiations.

WATER POLICY: Budget would end EPA funding for Chesapeake Bay, Great Lakes

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The Trump administration has proposed eliminating U.S. EPA cleanup initiatives for the Chesapeake Bay and Great Lakes, but it would maintain funding for the agency's drinking water infrastructure programs.

NOAA: Major research grant program faces budget ax

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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration would lose entire grants and programs under the budget proposal released today by the Trump administration, including the popular National Sea Grant College Program.

STATE DEPARTMENT: GOP appropriator 'absolutely shocked' by 'puny' request

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The State Department would be one of the hardest hit agencies in the Trump administration's budget blueprint, with drastic cuts to contributions to the United Nations.

INTERIOR: Trump budget calls for 12% cut

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The Interior Department would see a 12 percent cut to its overall budget in fiscal 2018 under President Trump's proposal unveiled today.

EPA: An end to 'regulatory rampage' or a 'declaration of war'?

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President Trump is proposing U.S. EPA's most draconian budget cuts in decades.

EPA: Questions trail agency critic's exit

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David Schnare, a member of President Trump's "beachhead" team for U.S. EPA, is resigning from the agency, according to an internal email obtained by E&E News.
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