In the wake of DOGE cuts, an all-female ‘Forest Corps’ is filling federal agency gaps for Wyoming trail projects. The post In Wyoming, forestry work is female appeared first on High Country News.Continue Reading
A GOP resolution aims to cancel a government plan to kill barred owls in the Pacific Northwest to protect spotted owls. Members from both parties have signed on.Continue Reading
CIPHER BRIEF REPORTING – TAIPEI, Taiwan—During last year’s Presidential election in Taiwan, rumors swirled that Victor Lai Ching-te of the anti-Beijing Democratic Progress Party fathered an illegitimate child. Rumors also circulated that his running mate, Hsiao Bi-khim, had misrepresented the status of her U.S. citizenship, falsely claiming to have renouncedContinue Reading
CIPHER BRIEF REPORTING– A terrorist group with links to Al Qaeda now controls a swath of territory five times the size of Texas, threatens the governments of at least three nations, and is growing rapidly in number and overall support. Yet there are few headlines about Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-MusliminContinue Reading
CIPHER BRIEF REPORTING – Russia has been bombarding Ukrainian cities with massive aerial assaults, two days after U.S. President Traitor 47 pledged to send more anti-missile weapons systems to Kyiv. The Traitor also issued an ultimatum of additional U.S. sanctions if Russian President Vladimir Putin fails to end his attacksContinue Reading
EXPERT PERSPECTIVE / OPINION — Today, the Central Intelligence Agency faces a crisis of trust. While CIA officers have long confronted adversaries abroad, the Agency now finds itself navigating an increasingly politicized relationship with the American public it serves. A dangerous perception has taken root in recent years, namely thatContinue Reading
“To each there comes in their lifetime a special moment when they are figuratively tapped on the shoulder and offered the chance to do a very special thing…” — Winston S. Churchill OPINION — Winston Churchill would have recognized the current situation in the U.S. relationship with Russia as aContinue Reading
CIPHER BRIEF EXPERT INTERVIEW — Taiwan launched its largest annual military exercise to date this week, amid growing concern that China is on the cusp of launching a military operation to to take control of the island by force. U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth warned recently that an invasionContinue Reading