LoginTrump officials dive into the West’s biggest water war
Interior officials are losing their patience with states as the West’s most important river teeters on the brink of crisis.
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The brawl over the Colorado River is about more than water
The lifeblood of the West is drying up — and scrambling state and local politics.
The water war Trump hasn’t blown up
The fight over the Colorado River’s dwindling resources is made for MAGA — but so far the Trump administration has been playing it straight.
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