Interior Department officials are modifying a 1980s regulation to lay the groundwork for energy exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for the first time in more than 30 years, according to documents obtained by The Post. Alaska officials have worked for years to restart certain studies, although environmental groups probably would mount a court challenge.
After winning the White House and Congress in November, the GOP thought conservatives would have control. But Republican lawmakers are struggling to exert leverage over efforts to rewrite tax laws and craft a bill to decide the fate of young undocumented immigrants.
Many enlistees waited years to join a program designed to attract highly skilled immigrants into the service in exchange for fast-track citizenship. Now recruits and experts say recruiters prefer to focus on individuals who can more quickly enlist and thus satisfy strict recruitment targets.
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Houston teenager Yazmin Medrano was about to apply to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program when Hurricane Harvey flooded her family’s home less than two weeks before the government cut off DACA applications. Now Medrano can only hope she made the deadline and was accepted.
In speaking to The Post, nursing-home executives offered new details about deteriorating conditions inside the Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills. But it is contradicted by law enforcement and state officials on key points.
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The country will run “full speed and straight” with its missile program.
More than a dozen people have been arrested and eight officers were injured in the protests. Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens pleaded for peaceful demonstrations: “One life has been lost in this case, and we don't need more bloodshed.”
The departures come as Equifax faces intense criticism over lapses in security, which may have compromised sensitive information belonging to 143 million people, and how the company has handled the aftermath.
Although the public discussion about President Trump’s wife has largely focused on the former model’s clothing choices, in public she’s a first lady who dutifully shows up for events and plays the role quietly, observers say.
Police called the attack a terrorist incident. Security measures were tightened across London’s vast mass-transit network, and the government described the threat level as critical, meaning another attack could be imminent.
Harry Dean Stanton
1926–2017 The craggy-faced actor with the deadpan voice became a cult favorite through memorable roles in “Paris, Texas,” “Repo Man” and many other films and TV shows.
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