Federal ‘God squad’ poised to exempt oil and gas drilling in the Gulf from endangered species rules
FILE – An oil tanker passes at sunrise while a man fishes in Port Aransas, Texas, Aug. 9, 2025. Eric Gay/AP FILE – Doug Burgum, Secretary of Interior, delivers speech at the reception of the Indo-Pacific Energy Security Ministerial and Business Forum at U.S. Ambassador’s Residence, March 13, 2026, in Tokyo. Eugene Hoshiko/AP FILE –…