In a barrage of pronouncements Wednesday, the Trump administration said it would repeal dozens of the nation’s most ...

The agency was created to protect the environment and public health, but a series of moves suggests it is transforming under ...

The University of Wyoming’s Ruckelshaus Institute has opened registration for the 2025 Emerging Issue Forum on the role of state trust land in Wyoming’s present and future.

President Trump himself has summoned words attributed to Napoleon, “He who saves the country does not violate any law,” ...

Colorful billionaire and presidential adviser Elon Musk sparked quite a reaction at the Conservative Political Action Conference outside Washington last week when he leaped around the stage waving a ...

If our nation doled out awards for integrity in politics, two would have gone to Attorney General Elliot Richardson and his deputy, William Ruckelshaus, who resigned in 1974 rather than obey a ...

Richardson refused, and resigned. His deputy, William Ruckelshaus, also refused, and resigned. The tensions brought a certain phrase to the fore of the American conversation: "Constitutional crisis." ...

Richardson refused, and resigned. His deputy, William Ruckelshaus, also refused, and resigned. The tensions brought a certain phrase to the fore of the American conversation: "Constitutional crisis." ...

To his credit, Richardson resigned rather than carry out the order, as did his subordinate, William Ruckelshaus. Eventually, a man was found to do the deed, Solicitor General Robert Bork.

The result was the so-called “Saturday Night Massacre,” in which Attorney General Elliot Richardson and Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus each resigned rather than follow Nixon’s order to ...