WASHINGTON, June 18 -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release: A federal lawsuit filed says President Trump's June 5 executive order allowing commercial fishing in the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument was illegal. The lawsuit notes that the Antiquities Act allows presidents to create national monuments to protect objects of historic or scientific interest, but not to revoke protections. The lawsuit was filed in federal district court in Wa  more

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary by William Alan Reinsch, senior adviser and Scholl chair in international business: I decided to take a break this week from writing about Democrats and trade--an endlessly fascinating subject, but it does get tedious after a while. This past week presented an opportunity that was simply too good to pass up--lobsters. This is a small story, but it says a lot about how the trading system act  more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- The White House issued the following remarks on June 17 by Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany at a news briefing that covered safe policing: MS. MCENANY: Good afternoon, everyone. Great to join you today. So, five years ago today, nine innocent parishioners of a historically black church were killed during an evening Bible study in Charleston, South Carolina. We all remember that tragedy, and this was a despicable act of evil that happened five years ago today. So we rememb  more