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JACKSON, Mississippi, Jan. 21 -- Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch issued the following news release on Jan. 19, 2025: On Friday, January 17, Attorney General Lynn Fitch joined the Attorneys General of Louisiana, Alabama, Alaska, and Georgia in a lawsuit to stop President Joe Biden's illegal ban on new offshore drilling. On January 6, only two weeks before the end of the Biden-Harris Administration, President Biden issued two memoranda purporting to permanently "withdraw from dispositio  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- President Trump issued the following executive order on Jan. 20, 2025: * * * DECLARING A NATIONAL ENERGY EMERGENCY By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) ("NEA"), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose. The energy and critical minerals ("energy") identification, leasing, development, prod  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- President Trump issued the following executive order on Jan. 20, 2025: * * * RESTORING NAMES THAT HONOR AMERICAN GREATNESS By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose and Policy. It is in the national interest to promote the extraordinary heritage of our Nation and ensure future generations of American citizens celebrate the legacy of our American heroes. The nami  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- President Trump issued the following executive order on Jan. 20, 2025: * * * UNLEASHING ALASKA'S EXTRAORDINARY RESOURCE POTENTIAL By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Background. The State of Alaska holds an abundant and largely untapped supply of natural resources including, among others, energy, mineral, timber, and seafood. Unlocking this bounty of natural wealt  more

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