Aug 14, 2026 | Look West Newsletter
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum’s botched $16 million restoration of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is threatening the National Park Service’s reputation and morale, the Associated Press reports. Representative Jared Huffman said park service... 
Aug 10, 2026 | Look West Newsletter
Three Interior department staffers told POLITICO they watched officials routinely shred official documents and use disappearing Signal messages, even for routine scheduling, to keep communications from being preserved as the Federal Records Act requires. “They’re... Aug 7, 2026 | Press Release
With the inspector general’s independence compromised, Congress is the only oversight left. It should start issuing subpoenas DENVER — Three Interior department staffers told POLITICO they watched officials routinely shred official documents and use disappearing... 
Aug 6, 2026 | Look West Newsletter
In April, Clearway Energy Group wrote to the Bureau of Land Management to amend a 2021 application to build a 500-megawatt solar project on federal land in Nevada and replace it with a data center and natural gas facility. Clearway’s plans for the gas plant and... 
Aug 5, 2026 | Look West Newsletter
U.S. Attorney and top D.C. prosecutor Jeanine Pirro brought a box full of evidence to a meeting with President Donald Trump and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum at the White House on Monday to prove that the damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was caused by...