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Layoffs were expected Friday at EPA and the Interior, Energy and Commerce departments, among others. Read More

Public records responses and open government websites are anticipated to stall, if not outright stop, during the lapse in funding. Read More

Producers are struggling under the weight of the loss of certain USDA services and lack of a bailout announcement. Read More

“The fact that 61 percent of the world’s birds are declining is an alarm bell that we can’t afford to ignore,” the chief scientist at BirdLife International said. Read More

An unnamed coastal storm and unusually high king tides threatened to bring days of heavy winds that could cause coastal flooding. Read More

In a post on social media, President Donald Trump also raised the possibility of canceling a planned meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping later this month. Read More

The New Jersey-based company described an “untenable path forward for used fuel storage in New Mexico.” The move would allow it to work with other states that are more amenable, it said. Read More

State officials said ongoing federal funding is not keeping up with increasing costs of rearing and releasing baby fish to prop up wild populations. Read More