Annie Snider

LAS VEGAS — A seven-state brawl centered on one of the country’s most competitive swing states is poised to trigger a water supply crisis for 40 million people across the West — and put the Trump administration in an impossible political position. The bat... See more

LAS VEGAS — The Trump administration is turning up the pressure on Western states to cut a deal to shrink their water use as the drought-stricken Colorado River careens towards crisis. The Interior Department’s top water official on Wednesday urged the se... See more

Western states are brawling over the future of the Colorado River — with President Donald Trump looming in the background. Talks kicking off Tuesday in Las Vegas will help determine whether the Trump administration has to step in and take the political he... See more

The fight over the Colorado River is mostly a conflict over affordability and economic growth — and no one knows that better than Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs. The first-term Democrat who is running for reelection in 2026 in a critical swing state has come ou... See more

EPA on Tuesday proposed giving a handful of coal-fired power plants an extra three years to continue disposing of their toxic coal ash in large, unlined ponds — the Trump administration’s latest move to bolster fossil fuel energy in the name of protecting... See more