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"Upon completing her first trip to Alaska, Secretary Haaland left with a “parting gift” of more Washington restrictions, declaring that millions more acres that were once open to oil and gas exploration would be locked under environmental regulation."

The COVID-19 rules are changing so fast these days that the people in charge of this country don’t even know what to do. The CDC’s new indoor mask guidelines sparked confusion Tuesday as Vice President Kamala Harris almost immediately put on a face covering and forced reporters and guests at the White House to join her — despite there being no local mask mandate in DC. Harris aides claimed the DC government had just imposed a new indoor mask rule — despite the city falling below the CDC’s new indoor mask threshold with only a “moderate” rate of transmission as...

Katie Couric’s speech to Class Day at Princeton was posted Monday on The Huffington Post. In her flailing attempts at humor, she mocked Rush Limbaugh, Donald Rumsfeld, Miss California, and Sarah Palin. And after all that, she counseled the students "don’t be a hater...you must really guard against the cynicism and nastiness that are so pervasive today, especially on the Internet." That’s certainly true when you count anchor snarkiness on The Huffington Post. Here are some of Katie’s lowlights: On Rush Limbaugh: "There may be some opportunities in the Republican Party. They're still looking for an effective spokesman, and the...

Hillary Clinton will embark on her campaign for the presidency this week by portraying herself as a tough and disciplined politician “who has shown she can take a punch”, according to sources close to the frontrunner for the 2008 Democratic nomination.Their strategy is to contrast her battle-hardened experience with the hype surrounding the “untested” Barack Obama, who, they suggest, may turn out to be a “shooting star” that falls back to Earth. Mrs Clinton today hosts the first in a series of online “video chats” with voters as part of a warmer, more engaging approach than that previously associated with...