But rather than fully retire, 84-year-old Andrew Hedden is transitioning to senior counselor.

       

The justices said a federal appeals court erroneously blocked the approval of a railroad line from Utah's Uinta Basin to the national freight rail network, overriding concerns that a federal environmental review was inadequate.

       

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“Having a deep roster of Republican advisers in a moment like this...has led to an even busier period than we otherwise could have imagined, said Hunter Bates, co-leader of Akin's lobbying and public policy practice.

       

More than half a dozen federal judges in California and Illinois, where most of the cases have been filed, have dismissed microplastics lawsuits outright.