Politics and Government News

U.S. looks to boost cooperation with tribes on land management
National Park Service Director Chuck Sams said Tuesday he and other officials are committed to boosting the role Native American tribes can play in managing public lands around the U.S.
Congress passes bill to shore up the Postal Service without cutting back on delivery
Congress mustered rare bipartisan support for the Postal Service package, dropping some of the more controversial proposals to settle on core ways to save the service and ensure its future operations.
Walz urges Congress to pause 18-cents-a-gallon gas tax
Gov. Tim Walz joined five other Democratic governors Tuesday in urging Congress to pause the 18.4-cents-a-gallon federal gasoline tax for the rest of the year to alleviate pump prices that exceed $4 per gallon.
President Joe Biden has announced that the U.S. will ban all Russian oil imports, toughening the toll on Russia’s economy in retaliation for its invasion of Ukraine. 
Trump's attorney general sends a letter from No Man's Land
In “One Damn Thing After Another,” Bill Barr alternates between castigating and exonerating. He catalogs Trump's offenses yet casts him as the latest victim of dishonest media and "the radical Left."
Bill would put tribes in charge of legal sports betting
A bipartisan bill in the Minnesota House would legalize sports betting and have the state’s Native American tribes manage it.