Dakota Access oil pipeline developer wona t consider reroute

Dakota Access Pipeline protesters form a circle to sing, pray and demonstrate at a Wells Fargo Bank branch in Bismarck, N.D. North Dakota on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016. Ongoing protests of the four-state, $3.8 million pipeline in southern North Dakota have "significantly strained" law enforcement and the state Highway Patrol, which provides security at the state Capitol, Republican House Majority Leader Al Carlson said.

Tribe offers pipeline protesters a place to overwinter

In this Aug. 25, 2016 file photo, people protesting the construction of the Dakota Access oil pipeline gather at a campground near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota. The Standing Rock Sioux's tribal council voted Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016, to make tribal land available for those protesting the oil pipeline, though an organizer from another tribe says many likely won't move.

The Latest: Corps files response to lawsuit over pipeline

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says in its response to a lawsuit over the Dakota Access pipeline that it followed proper procedure in evaluating permits for water crossings and did not violate any federal laws. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe filed the federal suit in July after the Corps granted permits at 200 crossings, including one in North Dakota that's less than a mile upstream from the reservation.

Federal intervention on oil project unprecedented

Megan Tobin, of Bellevue, Ohio protests on the grounds of the North Dakota state capitol Friday, Sept. 9, 2016 in Bismarck, N.D. The federal government stepped into the fight over the Dakota Access oil pipeline Friday, ordering work to stop on one segment of the project in North Dakota and asking the Texas-based company building it to "voluntarily pause" action on a wider span that an American Indian tribe says holds sacred artifacts.

The Sacred Stones Overflow Camp is growing in size and number as more …

The Sacred Stones Overflow Camp is growing in size and number as more people arrive at the site along North Dakota Highway 1806 and across the Cannonball River from the Standing Rock Sioux Indian Reservation, Monday, Sept. 5, 2016 in Morton County, N.D. less The Sacred Stones Overflow Camp is growing in size and number as more people arrive at the site along North Dakota Highway 1806 and across the Cannonball River from the Standing Rock Sioux Indian Reservation, ... more BISMARCK, N.D. - A federal judge has said he'll rule by Friday on the Standing Rock Sioux tribe's lawsuit that challenges federal permits for the four-state, $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline.

Hillary Clinton says she is ready for Donald Trump’s fantasy campaign

Democrat front-runner Hillary Clinton has slammed the divisive rhetoric of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and said she is ready for the "fantasy campaign" of the billionaire businessman. Democrat front-runner Hillary Clinton has slammed the divisive rhetoric of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and said she is ready for the "fantasy campaign" of the billionaire businessman.

Trump uses energy speech to outline general election pitch

" Presumptive Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump unveiled an "America first" energy plan he said would unleash unfettered production of oil, coal, natural gas and other energy sources to push the United States toward energy independence. But the speech, delivered at the annual Williston Basin Petroleum Conference in Bismarck, North Dakota, went far beyond energy, as Trump laid out, in his most detail to date, a populist general election pitch against likely rival Hillary Clinton.

Trump Repeatedly Refuses To Say If He Still Supports Muslim Ban

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump smiles as he stands with 22 delegates from North Dakota to the Republican National Convention, who are the core of delegates that elevated Trump over the 1237 needed for the GOP's presidential nomination, Thursday, May 26, 2016, in Bismarck, N.D. Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is no longer confidently standing behind his proposal to temporarily ban all Muslim travel to the United States. At a press conference in North Dakota on Thursday, Trump was asked at least four times whether he still wants "a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States," a policy he called for in December .