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Obama’s EPA refuses to pay claims from Gold King Mine spill

The Obama administration exits with an ugly environmental blot on its record after failing to hold itself financially accountable for the Gold King Mine spill, but Republicans are hoping President-elect Donald Trump will clean up the mess.

January 19, 2017

Donald Trump inauguration boycott grows to third of Democratic caucus

At this rate, there could be more Hollywood celebrities than House Democrats attending Friday's inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump.

January 18, 2017

Donald Trump inauguration protests expected to break records

Democrats, left-wing activists and people who just don't like Donald Trump are planning to descend on Friday's inauguration ceremony and related events by the thousands in an effort to start the 45th president's term off on the wrong foot.

January 17, 2017

Hoax ads in two dozen cities offered protesters up to $2,500 to agitate at Trump inaugural

The polished Demand Protest website, the Backpage.com ads recruiting paid protesters for the Trump inauguration: Apparently it was all a hoax.

January 17, 2017

Video shows anti-Trump activists plotting to set off stink bombs, sprinklers at inaugural fetes

Anti-Trump protesters are plotting to derail an inaugural ball by setting off stink bombs and the sprinkler system in order to force the evacuation of celebrants, according to an undercover video released Monday.

January 16, 2017

Democrats hunker down for ‘permanent opposition’ to Donald Trump presidency

For those stunned to see Tuesday's Senate confirmation hearing disrupted by shouts, chants and protesters dressed as Ku Klux Klan members: Get used to it.

January 12, 2017

Eric Holder hire to fight Donald Trump violates state constitution, California Republican says

A California GOP lawmaker is challenging the hiring of former U.S. Attorney Eric Holder to fight the Trump administration, saying it may violate the California Constitution.

January 12, 2017

Dakota Access pipeline protesters stay as temperatures dip

For hundreds of environmental activists, fighting to put the Dakota Access pipeline project on ice was only the beginning.

January 11, 2017

Polar bear conservation group blasts Obama admin’s climate-change alarmism

The Obama administration warned Monday that polar bears may disappear unless something is done about climate change, despite recent research indicating that the bears are actually thriving.

January 9, 2017

Anti-Israel vote makes Democrats break from Obama

With President Obama on his way out of office, the Democratic Party's chilly relationship with Israel is showing signs of a thaw.

January 8, 2017

EPA says water quality back to normal after EPA-caused Gold King Mine spill

The Environmental Protection Agency announced Friday that water quality in Colorado and New Mexico rivers has returned to normal since the massive Gold King Mine spill unleashed by an EPA-led crew.

January 6, 2017

Tensions rise over crime, garbage between Standing Rock Sioux and Dakota Access pipeline protesters

North Dakota's Standing Rock Sioux won a key victory last month in its battle against the Dakota Access pipeline, after thousands of activists descended on the area to protest the project. Now the tribe is paying the price.

January 5, 2017

Bipartisan Senate resolution avoids blaming Obama in call for repeal of U.N.’s anti-Israel vote

A bipartisan Senate coalition moved Wednesday to reject the U.N.'s anti-Israel vote with a resolution that tiptoes around the touchy subject of President Obama's refusal to exercise the U.S. veto.

January 5, 2017

Tom Steyer, liberal billionaire, loses big gamble on Democrats, tops political donors

In terms of bang for the buck, there was no bigger loser in the November elections than liberal billionaire Tom Steyer, who beat his own individual federal spending record but failed to break .500 when it came to backing candidates.

January 4, 2017

Democrats absent from House GOP resolution denouncing U.N.’s anti-Israel vote

A House resolution condemning President Obama's refusal to veto an anti-Israel U.N. measure was introduced Tuesday with the support of 51 Republican cosponsors but no Democrats.

January 3, 2017

Republicans to kick off congressional session with resolutions ripping U.N. anti-Israel vote

Wasting no time, House and Senate Republicans are poised to mark the first day of the 115th Congress with resolutions condemning the U.N. Security Council's latest anti-Israel vote.

January 2, 2017

Obama’s public lands policy leaves legacy of conflict

With two new massive set-asides in his final weeks in office, President Obama has moved aggressively to solidify a legacy on public lands that's often put the White House at odds with state officials who want to see more local control over land use.

January 1, 2017

White House mocked in Utah for using wrong photo of national monument

Utah lawmakers already outraged by the administration's decision to designate the monument over enormous local opposition say President Obama added insult to injury by using the wrong photo in his Wednesday announcement.

December 30, 2016

Georgetown professor accused of ‘relentless abuse’ against ex-colleague who voted for Trump

A former professor has filed a complaint with Georgetown University accusing another professor of harassing her with profanity-laced messages over her support for Donald Trump.

December 29, 2016

Israel urges Obama to stop diplomatic ‘assault’ amid fears of more U.N. action

An Israeli spokesman called Tuesday for President Obama to stop his diplomatic "assault" on the Middle East nation and warned that last week's anti-Israel U.N. resolution may be only the beginning.

December 28, 2016