Category: Federal-State Relations

Tribes Divided Over 20-Year Halt to Oil and Gas Drilling in Chaco Canyon

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland on June 2 revealed her department is withdrawing more than 336,000 acres of public land around Chaco Culture National Historical Park in New Mexico from oil and gas drilling for 20 years, building on an announcement from President Joe Biden in November 2021. “Today marks an important step in fulfilling President…


EXCLUSIVE: ‘Liberty Is Messy’: Founder of True the Vote Gears Up for 2024

The lights are never off in prison, so Catherine Engelbrecht lost her sense of time; she thinks it was the early morning hours when she stood in line at the Montgomery Processing Center, a Conroe, Texas immigration detention prison, awaiting an uncomfortable medical assessment. Engelbrecht founded the election-monitoring organization True the Vote in 2010, and…


Montana Bans Second Trimester Abortion Procedures

In a major pro-life move, Montana has enacted a ban on abortion procedures mainly performed for abortions in the second trimester of pregnancy, effectively blocking all abortions after 15 weeks. Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte’s office said the legislation, House Bill 721, will restrict “dismemberment abortion”—also referred to as dilation and evacuation abortion—”except for during a medical emergency…


Bureau of Land Management’s New ‘Conservation’ Rule Will Restrict Public Access to Federal Lands: Sen. Barrasso

For a half-century, the United States Department of Interior (DOI) has used a multi-use doctrine in administering much of the 480 million acres of federal public lands its 11 agencies manage across the country. Under the Federal Land Policy & Management Act of 1976, recreational activities such as fishing, hunting, and camping are regarded as…


PREMIERING NOW: Big Tech Immunity Explained: Law Professor Adam Candeub on How to Rein In Section 230 Abuse

“Who is raising children? It’s not really parents, it’s not teachers, it’s not coaches or clergymen. It’s Twitter influencers. They’re the ones that have the ears and souls of our children.” I sit down with Adam Candeub, professor of law at Michigan State University and a senior fellow at the Center for Renewing America. Candeub…


Big Tech Immunity Explained: Law Professor Adam Candeub on How to Rein In Section 230 Abuse

“Who is raising children? It’s not really parents, it’s not teachers, it’s not coaches or clergymen. It’s Twitter influencers. They’re the ones that have the ears and souls of our children.” I sit down with Adam Candeub, professor of law at Michigan State University and a senior fellow at the Center for Renewing America. Candeub…


PREMIERING 7:30PM ET: Big Tech Immunity Explained: Law Professor Adam Candeub on How to Rein In Section 230 Abuse

“Who is raising children? It’s not really parents, it’s not teachers, it’s not coaches or clergymen. It’s Twitter influencers. They’re the ones that have the ears and souls of our children.” I sit down with Adam Candeub, professor of law at Michigan State University and a senior fellow at the Center for Renewing America. Candeub…


Rep. Jordan Files Motion to Dismiss Bragg’s Lawsuit Amid Probe Into Trump Indictment

The House Judiciary Committee and its chairman, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), on Monday filed a motion to dismiss a federal lawsuit filed by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. Bragg had sued to halt a congressional subpoena from Jordan that sought for the testimony of Mark Pomerantz, a former Manhattan prosecutor who led an investigation into the…


Rep. Jordan Files Response to Bragg’s Motion Amid Probe Into Trump Indictment

The House Judiciary Committee and its chairman, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), on Monday filed a response to a motion filed by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. Bragg had sued to halt a congressional subpoena from Jordan that sought for the testimony of Mark Pomerantz, a former Manhattan prosecutor who led an investigation into the finances…


DeSantis Signs Florida’s 6-Week Abortion Ban Into Law

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis late Thursday signed into law a ban on abortions after six weeks, shortly after the Florida House passed the bill. “We are proud to support life and family in the state of Florida,” DeSantis said in a statement. “I applaud the legislature for passing the Heartbeat Protection Act that expands pro-life…