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"Groups now worry about FBI probes as they struggle to rebound from federal spending freeze enacted under President Donald Trump"

"U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva, an Arizona Democrat who was a fierce champion for national parks, passed away Thursday from complications related to cancer treatments. He was 77."

"The EPA will redefine waters of the US, or WOTUS, to comply with the US Supreme Court’s 2023 ruling in Sackett v. EPA, which lifted Clean Water Act jurisdiction on many wetlands, Administrator Lee Zeldin said Wednesday."

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) indicated this week that it will steer its environmental enforcement officers away from energy companies."

"The former congressman who drew scrutiny for anti-vaccine views did not appear to have the votes for confirmation amid a measles outbreak, according to people familiar."

"Funding for the BIA, IHS and the Bureau of Indian Education represents the lion's share of the government's obligations to tribes and last year those departments made up less than a quarter of 1% of the federal budget"

"Climate whiplash is already hitting major cities around the world, bringing deadly swings between extreme wet and dry weather as the climate crisis intensifies, a report has revealed." "Swings between drought and floods striking from Dallas to Shanghai, while Madrid and Cairo are among cities whose climate has flipped".

"Ingesting plastic is leaving seabird chicks with brain damage “akin to Alzheimer’s disease”, according to a new study – adding to growing evidence of the devastating impact of plastic pollution on marine wildlife."

"The Trump administration has halted much of the federal government's adoption of electric vehicles into its massive fleet of cars and trucks."

"The practice Kennedy is targeting, known as “generally recognized as safe” (GRAS), can occur when companies self-certify the safety of a food additive."