SCOOP: The Trump administration is paying millions to quickly cover four enormous bronze horses with extra-thick 23.75 karat gold leaf.
The money for the rush job is coming from National Park Service funds. In total, I found ~$100 mil spent on new DC beautification projects.
The Interior Department quickly gave nearly $100 million in contracts in a rush to beautify D.C.www.notus.org
The Trump admin is lifting a ban on the use of "cyanide bombs," or poisoned traps intended to kill coyotes and other predators. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/c...
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Friday night news dump: Trump just lifted restrictions on off-road vehicles on public lands, including in most national parks.
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/29/c...
The New York Times is hiring another climate policy reporter. Come work with me! job-boards.greenhouse.io/thenewyorkti...
Soil at the public DC golf course where the Trump admin dumped debris of the White House East Wing has tested positive for lead, chromium and other toxic metals.
@nytimes.com gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/c...
The National Park Service is using at least $67 million worth of park entrance fees to help fund President Trump’s beautification projects in D.C., according to a @nytimes.com analysis.
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/27/c...
Interior Department staffers have raised concerns about the quality and speed of the work that a contractor is doing at the Reflecting Pool, @fahrenthold.bsky.social and @maxinejoselow.bsky.social report. "Bubbles and small holes" appear in the waterproofing, and color is "mottled" and "varying."
NPR is shrinking its newsroom through layoffs and buyouts and is reducing staff dedicated to covering both climate and science. "The climate desk no longer exists separately but has been folded into the National Desk," writes Neela Banerjee, who headed the climate desk but was just laid off.
