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Antiquities Act rebalanced: DOJ says President Trump has authority to cancel national monument designations

denvergazette.com, Approved, National / June 12, 2025 / Antiquities Act, Biden administration, Conservation Policy, Department of Justice, Energy Production, Executive Authority, Federal Land Policy, National Monuments, Public Land Use, Trump Administration

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Lawyers for President Donald Trump’s administration say he has the authority to abolish national monuments meant to protect historical and archaeological sites across broad landscapes, including two in California created by his predecessor at the request of Native American tribes.

Colorado has nine national monuments, which include Canyons of the Ancients National Monument, Chimney Rock National Monument, Colorado National Monument, Browns Canyon National Monument, Camp Hale-Continental Divide National Monument, Dinosaur National Monument, Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, Hovenweep National Monument, and Yucca House National Monument.

A Justice Department legal opinion released Tuesday disavowed a 1938 determination that monuments created by previous presidents under the Antiquities Act can’t be revoked. The department said presidents can cancel monument designations if protections aren’t warranted.

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State Dept. urges evacuation as Israel-Iran standoff reaches tipping point

CBS News, Approved, National / June 11, 2025 / Benjamin Netanyahu, Iran, Iran Nuclear Deal, Israel, middle east, National security, President Donald J. Trump, U.S. Foreign Policy

U.S. officials have been told Israel is fully ready to launch an operation into Iran, multiple sources told CBS News.

The U.S. anticipates Iran could retaliate on certain American sites in neighboring Iraq. This is part of the reason the U.S. advised some Americans to leave the region earlier Wednesday, with the State Department ordering non-emergency government officials to exit Iraq due to “heightened regional tensions.”

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Chinese nationals caught smuggling pathogens as General Keane warns of full-scale infiltration

Fox Business, Approved, National / June 11, 2025 / Biological Threat, Bioterrorism, China Espionage, Chinese Infiltration, Critical Infrastructure, Crop Sabotage, Cyber Warfare, Food Supply, Foreign Policy, Jack Keane, National security

The U.S. is “target one” for the Chinese Communist Party, and retired Gen. Jack Keane says that beefing up defenses to stand up against the threat should be high on the list of priorities.

“China is conducting the most comprehensive penetration of our society since we were formed 250 years ago, 249 years now, and we’ve never seen anything quite like this,” he said Tuesday, weighing in on news that a third Chinese national has attempted to smuggle biological materials into the U.S. within the past week.

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U.S. gets rare earths, China gets 55% tariffs under Trump trade pact

THE HILL, Approved, National / June 11, 2025 / China Trade, Foreign Policy, Geopolitics, Rare Earth Minerals, Tariffs, Trade Agreement, Trump Administration, Xi Jinping

President Trump said Wednesday his administration reached a tentative agreement on a trade truce with China following talks between the two sides in London.

As part of the agreement, which Trump said was pending his approval and the approval of Chinese President Xi Jinping, China will supply “full magnets, and any necessary rare earths,” Trump said on Truth Social.

Trump indicated the U.S. would impose 55 percent tariffs on Chinese goods, while China would impose a 10 percent tariff on U.S. products.

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After Xi–Trump call, China pushes ‘consensus’ language in trade talks

denvergazette.com, Approved, National / June 11, 2025 / China Trade, Geopolitics, London Trade Talks, President Donald J. Trump, Rare Earth Minerals, Tariffs, U.S. Foreign Policy, Xi Jinping

BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s Vice Premier He Lifeng said China and the United States should strengthen consensus and maintain communication, state news agency Xinhua reported on Wednesday, after the two countries agreed to get a delicate trade truce back on track.

U.S. and Chinese officials, including He, concluded two days of negotiations in London on Tuesday to resolve key trade issues in the two superpowers’ bruising tariff war, including on a raft of export control measures that have hobbled global supply chain.

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Walcher: Who decides what species come back from extinction?

GregWalcher.com, Approved, Commentary, National / June 11, 2025 / Cloning Ethics, De-extinction, Dire Wolves, Environmental Ethics, Jurassic Science, Private Labs, State Sovereignty, Wildlife Policy

A British biologist named John Gurdon won a Nobel Prize for discovering that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become “pluripotent.” That means mature cells can be converted into stem cells, so brain cells can be changed into heart, foot, or skin cells. That enabled Gurdon in 1962 to clone the first vertebrate in his lab, an African clawed frog, now considered an invasive species in most of Europe, China, and the U.S.

This was interesting mainly to scientists until 1996 when a Scottish lab cloned the first mammal, a sheep named Dolly, an overnight global media sensation. It proved that the nucleus from an adult cell, transferred into an unfertilized egg, can divide and develop in the same mysterious way it does in a real womb.

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President Trump hails court win keeping tariffs in place amid global negotiations

CBS Colorado, Approved, National / June 11, 2025 / Appeals Court Ruling, China Imports, Economic Sovereignty, International Trade, Trade Policy, Trump Tariffs, U.S. Manufacturing

The wide-reaching tariffs imposed by President Trump on virtually every country can remain in place until at least the end of July, an appellate court said Tuesday evening.

The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals granted the Trump administration’s request to pause a lower court ruling that blocked the tariffs pending appeal. The appellate judges scheduled oral arguments in the case on July 31, meaning the tariffs are set to stay in effect until then unless there’s further court action in the case.

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Hancock: President Trump’s nuclear plan puts power—and America—back on the grid

Rocky Mountain Voice, Approved, Commentary, National, Substack, Top Stories / June 11, 2025 / AI Infrastructure, American Innovation, Energy independence, Fission Energy, Industrial Policy, National security, Nuclear Power, Regulatory Reform, Trump Energy Policy

Politics doesn’t power cities—electricity does. And Trump just fired up the most significant energy move we’ve seen in decades. It isn’t about windmills or wishful thinking. It’s about fission. Steel. Jobs. It’s about restoring America’s backbone, one kilowatt at a time.

Welcome to America’s new atomic age.

Trump’s nuclear strategy is not a relic of the Cold War but a blueprint for national revival. At its core is a simple truth: electricity has become intelligence. The race to dominate artificial intelligence—the next frontier of economic and military superiority—will not be won with slogans or solar panels. It will be won with gigawatts. And nuclear energy, safe and scalable, is the only resource up to the task.

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Garbo: Sanctuary policies led to chaos—and now they’re blaming ICE

Rocky Mountain Voice, Approved, Commentary, National, Top Stories / June 10, 2025 / border security, Democratic Policies, Deportation, Double Standards, ICE, Illegal Immigration, Los Angeles, Public safety, Riots, Rule of Law, Sanctuary cities

The chaos unfolding in Los Angeles isn’t just disturbing, it’s the natural result of years of political cowardice and ideological extremism. The riots erupting in response to ICE’s lawful enforcement of deportation orders are not acts of civil disobedience. They are acts of defiance against the rule of law itself. And the blame lies squarely at the feet of Democratic leadership in California, who declared Los Angeles a “sanctuary city,” emboldening illegal activity while abandoning their sworn duty to protect American citizens.

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99.8% of job growth under Trump was private sector—Biden’s includes 25% government jobs

The Post Millennial, Approved, National / June 10, 2025 / Biden administration, Economy, Employment Trends, Government Jobs, Job Growth, Labor Market, Private sector, Trump Administration

Under President Donald Trump’s first few months in office during his second term, 99.8 percent of all job growth was in the private sector, in comparison to around 75 percent in the last two years of the Biden administration.
In a press release, the White House touted the jobs numbers, saying, “Since President Trump took office, 99.8% of job gains have been in the private sector. During the final two years of the Biden Administration, one in four jobs created were in government,” or 25 percent of job growth.

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