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Creation of Tule Springs State Park will highlight prehistoric relics

Thousands of years before the Strip’s skyline rose in the Southern Nevada desert, pre-historic wolves, camels and mammoths roamed the region. Snails and other mollusks lived in the springs. The creatures left a treasure trove of fossils throughout Tule Springs.

Hispanic leaders decry lack of Latinos in Trump’s Cabinet

Hispanic leaders say the lack of Latinos in President Donald Trump’s Cabinet is a setback for the country and the minority community that has been a part of presidential administrations for the past three decades.

Trumps chooses ‘net neutrality’ opponent for FCC post

President Donald Trump has picked a fierce critic of the Obama-era “net neutrality” rules to be chief regulator of the nation’s airwaves and internet connections.

Senate committee approves Tillerson for secretary of state job

Rex Tillerson’s bid to be secretary of state narrowly won approval Monday from the Republican-led Foreign Relations Committee, a move that all but assures the full Senate will confirm President Donald Trump’s pick for the key Cabinet post.

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Group files lawsuit against Trump over foreign government payments

President Donald Trump on Monday dismissed allegations in a new lawsuit that he is violating the Constitution by letting his hotels and other businesses accept payments from foreign governments.

Trump faces a long list of Day 1 promises

As a candidate, Donald Trump made a slew of “Day One” promises that any president would find daunting. Here is a list of everything Trump promised to do on “Day 1” of his administration.

Innocent observers among hundreds arrested on Inauguration Day, lawyers say

Some innocent observers, including two journalists, were improperly swept up in a group of 230 people arrested after self-described anti-capitalists began breaking windows in Washington on Inauguration Day, lawyers said.

Trump, Netanyahu to meet in February

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement Sunday that President Donald Trump had invited him to a meeting in Washington in February.