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The Weekly Wrap — October 24, 2025
Welcome to The Weekly Wrap, our new newsletter to keep Public Domain subscribers up to speed on the biggest stories impacting America’s public lands…
Oct 24
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Chris D'Angelo
13
2
Supreme Court Declines To Take Up Corner-Crossing Case
The high court's denial delivers a final blow to a landowner's quest to block public land users from skirting his property boundaries.
Oct 20
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Chris D'Angelo
and
Roque Planas
18
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Sen. Mike Lee Moves to Bulldoze, Surveil Wilderness Amid Border Crackdown
The Utah Republican is championing a bill to open millions of federal acres along both U.S. borders to roads, barriers and other “tactical” security…
Oct 17
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Chris D'Angelo
26
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Striking A Nerve…
As Public Domain continues to break stories on the Trump Interior Department, the agency has resorted to insults and intimidation. We aren't going…
Oct 10
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Chris D'Angelo
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Jimmy Tobias
, and
Roque Planas
24
4
Lawmakers Seek Ethics Probe Into Top Offshore Oil Regulator
Citing a Public Domain exposé, House Democrats ask Interior’s watchdog to investigate potential ethics violations by acting BOEM director Matt Giacona
Oct 9
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Jimmy Tobias
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Hana Beach
, and
Chris D'Angelo
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Interior Shutdown: National Parks Open With Limited Staff. Oil And Gas Permitting To Continue Apace.
Don’t count on a few new AI lawnmowers to steward America’s national treasures through the fallout.
Oct 1
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Chris D'Angelo
14
5
A Top Trump Interior Official Once Pushed To Privatize Wildlife
In the 1990s, Karen Budd-Falen challenged Wyoming’s authority to regulate hunting on behalf of ranchers.
Oct 1
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Roque Planas
and
Chris D'Angelo
13
September 2025
Public Domain sues Trump's Interior Department
Our first FOIA lawsuit seeks the calendar entries of top DOGE operatives and other political appointees.
Sep 25
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Jimmy Tobias
40
5
Major Burgum Donor Lands Plum Job at Interior Department
William Hague is a former telecom executive, and a campaign contributor to Doug Burgum, the current Interior Secretary.
Sep 18
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Jimmy Tobias
10
1
Trump’s Former Interior Secretary Rakes In Corporate Cash At New Lobbying Firm
David Bernhardt's new firm is making big bucks lobbying for major energy corporations, agricultural giants and more.
Sep 9
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Jimmy Tobias
22
3
Democratic Lawmakers Demand Interior DOGE Leader’s Financial, Ethics Docs
Documents obtained by Public Domain raise ethics questions about former oil executive Tyler Hassen's investments.
Sep 4
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Chris D'Angelo
22
2
August 2025
‘Ghost Deer’ Suspect Faked Deaths, Tried To Sell Black Market Bucks: Court Docs
Ken Schlaudt, a former leader of the Texas Deer Association, faces multiple charges in a sweeping investigation into Texas wildlife crime.
Aug 27
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Roque Planas
15
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