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FILE - A National Park Service worker stands near a pump placed next to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, July 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

In the Reflecting Pool saga, the National Park Service’s mission is tested by Trump’s demands

By Matthew Daly - Associated Press

FILE - A formerly floating buoy now sits high and dry above Lake Powell at the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, July 15, 2026, near Page, Nev. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Arizona, California and Nevada would share cuts under federal proposal to manage the Colorado River

By Wufei Yu, Dorany Pineda and Brittany Peterson - Associated Press

National Park Service workers stand near a pump placed next to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, Friday, July 10, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Crews are draining the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool again as part of Trump’s troubled revamp

By Will Weissert - Associated Press

Workers install fireworks along the edge of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool ahead of the America 250 July 4th celebration on the National Mall, Thursday, July 2, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard)

Trump’s administration won’t seek new bids to repair the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool

By Steve Peoples - Associated Press

A worker clears debris from the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, Wednesday, July 1, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner)

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum: Reflecting Pool repair involves ‘multiple gashes’ by vandals

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Workers apply a blue protective coating as part of a renovation project to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, Friday, May 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Doug Burgum blasts news reports about Trump’s renovation of Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Cypress trees grow in a swamps in the Barataria Preserve, part of Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve in Marrero, La., June 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Beth J. Harpaz, File)

Trump is lifting restrictions on hunting in national parks, refuges and wilderness areas

By Todd Richmond - Associated Press

Wind turbines operate at Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind farm off the coast of Massachusetts on July 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) **FILE**

Trump administration pauses all offshore wind projects, citing national security risks

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

FILE - Tourists walk along a boardwalk in Upper Geyser Basin on June 22, 2022, in Yellowstone National Park, Wyo. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)

Higher fees for foreigners visiting U.S. national parks stokes tourism concerns

By Matthew Brown and Matthew Daly - Associated Press

The United States of America needs energy dominance and independence illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

America needs energy dominance

By Clifford D. May

This photo provided by the National Park Service shows a sign marking the north entrance of Yellowstone National Park, May 7, 2018. (Jacob W. Frank/National Park Service via AP, File)

Here’s what a Texas oil executive from DOGE is doing inside the Interior Department

By Martha Bellisle - Associated Press

This photo provided by the National Park Service shows a sign marking the north entrance of Yellowstone National Park, May 7, 2018. (Jacob W. Frank/National Park Service via AP, File)

Here’s what a Texas oil executive from DOGE is doing inside the Interior Department

By Martha Bellisle - Associated Press

Workers talk outside an Amazon Web Services data center that is under construction on Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024, in Boardman, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

‘Build, baby, build’: Burgum warns that more data centers needed to win technological arms race

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum speaks with a reporter outside the West Wing of the White House, Thursday, April 10, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump administration halts major northeast offshore wind project

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks at the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) dinner at the National Building Museum in Washington, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (Pool via AP)

Billionaires, trusted allies, media personalities. These are the people Trump picked for top roles

By Parker Kaufmann, Humera Lodhi and Christopher Keller - Associated Press

This July 8, 2004, photo provided by the United States Geological Survey shows Fish Creek through the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, managed by the Bureau of Land Management on Alaska's North Slope. (David W. Houseknecht/United States Geological Survey via AP)

Trump administration announces plans to expand oil and gas drilling in Alaska

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Trump and wind turbine energy illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Secretary Burgum: You have the legal authority to halt offshore wind

By Collister Johnson Jr.

Former Gov. Doug Burgum, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to lead the the Interior Department as Secretary of the Interior, arrives to testify before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Big Oil wants a lot from Trump. It has an ally in Doug Burgum, the president’s Interior pick

By Brian Slodysko and Jack Dura - Associated Press

FILE - Former Gov. Doug Burgum, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to lead the the Interior Department as Secretary of the Interior, arrives to testify before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Senate confirms Doug Burgum to head Interior Department

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

Former Gov. Doug Burgum, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to lead the the Interior Department as Secretary of the Interior, testifies before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Senate grills Interior nominee on future of wind power

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times