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Politics● ElevatedSep 18 · Sep 18, 2026, 7:30 AM

Trump administration moves to cut protections for endangered species

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from EuroNews [en] · North America

Brett Hartl, the government affairs director at the Center for Biological Diversity, said the move "stabs at the very heart of the Endangered Species Act by giving federal approval to the killing of some of America’s most beloved wildlife."

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