Gallup Sun

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — on Dec. 16 Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren expressed regret and disappointment at the Navajo Nation Council’s action to remove Attorney General Ethel Branch without stating a reason in its legislation or debate.

Nygren said the action to remove the highest legal officer of the Navajo Nation without explaining its reason to the public sends an unmistakable message to businesses, states, the federal government and other tribes that the Navajo Nation government is unstable, unreliable and subject to political tampering by a legislature that oversteps its policy-making role.

He said he’s concerned the action could thwart the Nation’s initiatives like the...

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By Rich Lowry

At his Madison Square Garden event a week before the election, Donald Trump went on an extended riff about the famous “chopstick” maneuver of Elon Musk’s Space X.

In describing his slack-jawed amazement at watching the feat — the first stage of a Starship rocket returning to the launch tower upon coming back to Earth — Trump spoke for all us.

The various videos of the operation that witnesses have posted online never get old. It’s not just the technical achievement — the joyous awe of spectators is itself wonderful to behold.

The other day, President-elect Trump took time off from forming his new administration to travel to South Texas with Musk to observe...