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Trump keeps trying to auction off this US property for oil drilling. No one is buying. | CNN

A federal deadline came and went this week for oil companies to bid on around 1 million acres of drilling territory off Alaska’s Cook Inlet. “At this time, no bids have been received,” the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management said in a statement on its website. Alaska’s Cook Inlet was once a major basin for oil and gas, but its reserves have been declining for decades. As its energy resources are depleted, it has also gotten increasingly expensive for companies to drill there. As a result, the number of companies who want to develop energy there is scant. On Wednesday, for example, the state of Alaska also posted dismal results of a separate auction it runs in the area. Of the close to 3 million of acres of waters the state offered up for oil and gas drilling, just one company submitted a $600 bid for a 20-acre parcel. Even when Biden officials canceled a lease sale in Cook Inlet in 2022, they pointed to a lack of interest from the industry. That move caused an outcry from Alaska’s federal delegation and even some Democrats who said they were concerned about the administration’s approach to energy. But when Congress mandated a lease sale there later that same year, just on

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Democrats revive allegations around Trump classified document case in latest political battle with Justice Department | CNN Politics

Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin asserted in a new letter that newly released Justice Department files show that prosecutors once considered whether President Donald Trump had improperly retained classified material relevant to his business…

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Democrats revive allegations around Trump classified document case in latest political battle with Justice Department | CNN Politics

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Trump accused of showing classified map to passengers on private flight

President Donald Trump allegedly showed a classified map to passengers on a private flight in 2022 and retained another record so sensitive that only six people in the government had access to it, according to a memo…

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Treasury Department to take over some federal student loans, as Trump administration works to dismantle Education Department | CNN Politics

The Treasury Department will begin to manage federal student loans in default, taking on a key function of the Education Department as the Trump administration further pushes to dismantle it. The Treasury Department…

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Cracks emerge in GOP over Iran war cost as administration floats more than $200B request to Congress | CNN Politics

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Federal judge temporarily changes grand jury rules after Trump effort to charge members of Congress

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How the special election to replace Marjorie Taylor Greene is testing the power of Trump’s endorsement | CNN Politics

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Trump threatens not to sign any bills until Congress approves strict voter ID act

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Trump keeps trying to auction off this US property for oil drilling. No one is buying. | CNN

A federal deadline came and went this week for oil companies to bid on around 1 million acres of drilling territory off Alaska’s Cook Inlet. “At this time, no bids have been received,” the Bureau of Ocean Energy…

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President Donald Trump allegedly showed a classified map to passengers on a private flight in 2022 and retained another record so sensitive that only six people in the government had access to it, according to a memo released to Congress.…

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The Treasury Department will begin to manage federal student loans in default, taking on a key function of the Education Department as the Trump administration further pushes to dismantle it. The Treasury Department “will assume…

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Cracks are emerging among congressional Republicans over the Iran war with key lawmakers skeptical about spending hundreds of billions of dollars to prolong the conflict and several refusing to support any money without a clear White House…

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