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Wildlife advocates fear Trump administration is de-clawing Endangered Species Act

The government wants to make changes to the Endangered Species Act, which has protected wildlife from extinction for 45 years. It says the change will do no harm, but wildlife and environmental advocates are worried. → Read More

McClatchyDC

‘Crops go unharvested and animals go uncared for.’ Concerns about farmworker shortage grow

In Washington, where harvest season is underway, a farmworker shortage is compounded by rules in the H-2A guest worker program, a push for more deportations of undocumented workers and a lack of interest in farm work from Americans. → Read More

McClatchyDC

Cities scramble to rewrite rules on recycling after China stops taking 'foreign garbage'

Communities across Washington and around the country are grappling with new restrictions from China about what it will accept from the U.S. in terms of recyclables. Up until Jan. 1, China took the lion's share of recycling materials from the U.S., including plastic and paper. → Read More

McClatchyDC

Pot businesses are on a hiring spree. Here’s how much the jobs pay

More than a year and a half has passed since Californians legalized the adult use of recreational marijuana, and since then, pot has become one fastest growing employment sectors in the U.S. → Read More

Bradenton Herald

Battle over Nunes memo could come to a head next week

It’s still unclear exactly what the Nunes memo alleges, but the Justice Department, which has not seen the report, has said releasing it would be “extraordinarily reckless.” → Read More

Bradenton Herald

Consultant's murky world included working for Russian firm while probing Trump's Kremlin ties

Release of testimony by Glenn Simpson of Fusion GPS, who hired the former British intelligence officer who produced the infamous “dossier” on Trump’s ties to Russia, is latest evidence of partisan split in Senate Judiciary Committee’s investigation. → Read More

Idaho Statesman

Consultant's murky world included working for Russian firm while probing Trump's Kremlin ties

Release of testimony by Glenn Simpson of Fusion GPS, who hired the former British intelligence officer who produced the infamous “dossier” on Trump’s ties to Russia, is latest evidence of partisan split in Senate Judiciary Committee’s investigation. → Read More

The Fresno Bee

Consultant's murky world included working for Russian firm while probing Trump's Kremlin ties

Release of testimony by Glenn Simpson of Fusion GPS, who hired the former British intelligence officer who produced the infamous “dossier” on Trump’s ties to Russia, is latest evidence of partisan split in Senate Judiciary Committee’s investigation. → Read More

McClatchyDC

Consultant's murky world included working for Russian firm while probing Trump's Kremlin ties

Release of testimony by Glenn Simpson of Fusion GPS, who hired the former British intelligence officer who produced the infamous “dossier” on Trump’s ties to Russia, is latest evidence of partisan split in Senate Judiciary Committee’s investigation. → Read More

The Miami Herald

Consultant's murky world included working for Russian firm while probing Trump's Kremlin ties

Release of testimony by Glenn Simpson of Fusion GPS, who hired the former British intelligence officer who produced the infamous “dossier” on Trump’s ties to Russia, is latest evidence of partisan split in Senate Judiciary Committee’s investigation. → Read More

Bradenton Herald

Trump's penchant for deception infects team

President Trump has made a practice of telling untruths and distorting facts, but so have many members of his Cabinet, White House staff and campaign. → Read More

The Miami Herald

Trump's penchant for deception infects team

President Trump has made a practice of telling untruths and distorting facts, but so have many members of his Cabinet, White House staff and campaign. → Read More

Idaho Statesman