Michael Kunzelman

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The Department of Homeland Security seal is seen on the podium at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement headquarters, Wednesday, April 9, 2025, in Washington.
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Boeing 737 MAX airliners are pictured at the company's factory on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024, in Renton, Wash.
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In this March 31, 2015 file photo, the wake of a supply vessel heading towards a working platform crosses over an oil sheen drifting from the site of the former Taylor Energy oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana. The Coast Guard says a newly installed containment system is collecting oil at the site of the 14-year-old oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico. A Coast Guard statement Thursday, May 16, 2019, describes the installation of the subsea containment system as a “major milestone” in the federal government’s long-running efforts to contain the leak.
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Scott Eustis, a community science director for the Gulf Restoration Network, speaks before a hearing in federal court in New Orleans, LA., Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018. A consortium of environmental groups sued the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to halt construction of a pipeline through a river swamp in South Louisiana. The Bayou Bridge pipeline is designed to be the final segment of a pipeline network connecting the Bakken oil fields in North Dakota with Louisiana refineries and export terminals.
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This March 31, 2015 file photo shows an oil sheen drifting from the site of the former Taylor Energy oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana. Federal officials say they have found fresh evidence of an “ongoing oil release” at the site of a 13-year-old oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico.
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