Trump Administration Breaks U.S. Law Again – Keeping Parks Open Through Shutdown.

The Trump administration broke federal law by dipping into entrance fees to keep national parks open during the early 2019 government shutdown, the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office said in a report released Thursday. The GAO said the Interior Department had a legal obligation to get authorization from Congress before shuffling money between accounts, but it failed to do so. The GAO now must report the violation to lawmakers and figure out who was responsible for the illegal move. The Interior Department did not cooperate with the investigation. “We take our responsibility to Congress seriously, and will not allow an agency’s lack of cooperation to interfere with Congress’ oversight of executive spending,” the GAO wrote. The Interior Department did not comment immediately on the report. [Politico]