• A senior Biden administration official who suspended drilling leases in Alaska stood to profit from the decision, which may put her in violation of federal law, a watchdog group says.

• Protect the Public’s Trust on Monday said that then-acting director of the Bureau of Land Management Nada Wolff Culver could have benefitted from a 2021 suspension of three Trump-era drilling leases. Culver owned up to $15,000 in bonds with the energy conglomerate ConocoPhillips, which the watchdog says stood to profit off the government strong-arming its competitors out of the region.

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