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The Interior Department created in 1849 as the United States was rapidly expanding and acquiring territory. It became known as “the department of everything else” for its enormous portfolio of ...
When Congress created the Interior Department, the young United States was in the process of nearly doubling its size after the U.S.-Mexican War. Gold had just been discovered in California ...
A new lawsuit from Democratic attorneys general in 20 states and the District of Columbia alleges this week’s mass layoffs at the Department of Education are gutting the agency as a way to ...
The Interior secretary oversees many types of activities on and beneath lands that represent about 21% of the total surface area of the United States. [Image: U.S. Department of the Interior] ...
Banner v. United States, 303 F. Supp. 2d 1, 19 (D.D.C. 2004), cited in Lee A. Casey, "The Constitution and the District of Columbia," Heritage Foundation WebMemo No. 1404, March 22, 2007, at www ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (7News) — The U.S. Department of the Interior oversaw the clearing of 34 homeless encampments in D.C. over a span of two months, the department confirmed and shared some ...
The United States saw close to 20,000 ... released by the U.S. Department of Justice. Across all states and Federal ... across all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
HHS offers buyout option for workers who quit, source says 04:28. A coalition of 23 states and the District of Columbia sued the Trump administration Tuesday over $11 billion in cuts to public ...
Red flag laws: How they work and which states enforce them 02:09. Washington — The Justice Department is sending out more than $200 million to help states and the District of Columbia administer ...
A federal lawsuit challenges the District of Columbia’s practice of sending police officers rather than mental health providers to respond to mental health emergencies. The American Civil Liberties ...
On the C-SPAN Networks: Department of the Interior has hosted 59 events in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first program was a 1934 Vignette. The year with the most events was 2010 with 10 events.
The Trump administration’s revised Department of the Interior strategic plan calls for expanded fossil fuel development ...