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** FILE ** This April 30, 2014, file photo shows Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas speaking on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo, J. Scott Applewhite, File)

GOP: Environmental rules keeping agents from accessing border

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

On Eagles' wings: Solomon, a 14-year-old golden eagle, is unable to fly or survive in the wild because his wing was severed by a wind turbine. Despite a 1940 protection act, a California wind energy generator will not be penalized for killing a limited number of eagles.

California grants wind industry permit to kill eagles, ruffling more than feathers

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

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Flaw with guest network exposed Interior Department to possible cyberattack

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

US may pursue relationship with Native Hawaiians

By CATHY BUSSEWITZ - Associated Press

Obama to designate national monument in New Mexico

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

21 reservations next up in consolidation program

By MATT VOLZ - Associated Press

Feds consider taking Alaska tribal land into trust

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Government offering to buy Makah lands for tribe

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Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., speaks at the Conservative Political Action Committee annual conference in National Harbor, Md., Friday, March 7, 2014. Friday marks the second day of the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, which brings together prospective presidential candidates, conservative opinion leaders and tea party activists from coast to coast. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Rand and Ron Paul ride to the rescue for Bundy in Nevada standoff with feds

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

A helicopter takes off from a staging area of Bureau of Land Management vehicles and other government vehicles off of Riverside Road near Bunkerville, Nev., Saturday, April 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Review-Journal, John Locher)

Rocks for sale: Taxpayers being undercut on sale of federal mineral resources, watchdog warns

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

United States Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), center, addresses a joyous crowd as her victorious write-in campaign is announced in Anchorage, Alaska Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2010. Murkowski is the first Senate candidate in more than 50 years to win a write-in campaign. (AP Photo/Michael Dinneen)

Another risky Alaska flight, courtesy of Obama administration regulations

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Golden Hammer: Interior Department spends $50K for computers to sit in storage

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

US sends 16,000 offers to buy back tribal lands

By REGINA GARCIA CANO - Associated Press

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski addresses reporters during a news conference following her speech to a joint session of the Alaska Legislature on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014, in Juneau, Alaska. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)

Murkowski blasts federal rejection of refuge road

By BECKY BOHRER - Associated Press

File-In this April 4, 2013, file photo, a truck carrying 250 tons of coal hauls the fuel to the surface of the Spring Creek mine near Decker, Mont. Congressional investigators have found problems with federal coal sales that a federal lawmaker says potentially cost taxpayers $200 million or more in lost revenue. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown,File)

Senator: US coal sales might have cost taxpayers

By MATTHEW BROWN - Associated Press

Interior Secretary Sally Jewell kept press out of a meeting in Colorado to ensure an "open and frank conversation," said her spokesman. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Reporters barred from Interior Department event

By Ben Wolfgang and Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell speaks to members of the Outdoor Industry Association at a trade show for outdoor gear makers Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014, in Salt Lake City. Jewell made a pitch Wednesday for a privately funded youth conservation corps and sought donations for the effort from executives at an outdoor-gear trade show. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Colorado firestorm: Obama administration bars scribes from public meeting

By Ben Wolfgang and Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

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Coal River Mountain (left) forms the backdrop for a mountaintop coal-mining site at Kayford Mountain, W.Va.

Government tried to change coal regulation numbers: probe

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

From left: Tricia Bear Eagle, Helen Red Feather, Rudell Bear Shirt and Edward Jealous Of Him, all of Wounded Knee, S.D., wait July 20, 2012, for tourists near the site of the Wounded Knee Massacre on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation at a self-made visitors center. A generation after many other American Indians sought to harness their history for profit, the Oglala Sioux Tribe is still debating how much culture they are willing to share with tourists. (Associated Press)

Buy Indian Act finally implemented after 100 years

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times