
Lake Powell officials take unprecedented, emergency steps to delay water releases as level plummets
CNN
The federal government announced Tuesday it is taking unprecedented, emergency steps to help boost water levels at Lake Powell.
The measures are intended to buy the surrounding communities more time to plan for the very real possibility the reservoir, the country's second-largest, will soon run out of water and the ability to produce hydropower amid the West's climate change-driven megadrought.

Janet Mills and her allies are counting on a gender gap to narrow Platner’s wide lead ahead of the June 9 primary to decide who will face incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins. They are betting that the unfiltered style that has brought Platner widespread attention as someone who could help Democrats reach young men will backfire with women.

As a shrinking number of Transportation Security Administration agents work to keep hourslong security lines moving despite not being paid, President Donald Trump stepped into the fray Saturday, announcing he will send Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to airports by Monday if Congress doesn’t agree to a plan to end the partial government shutdown.











