The Federal Aviation Administration has rescinded a temporary flight restriction (TFR) that created a no-fly zone within 3,000 feet of Department of Homeland Security facilities and mobile assets. A 2025 TFR restricted the presence of drones around Department of Energy and Pentagon assets, but the FAA added ICE and CBP to the list of restricted agencies in January as ICE began operations in Minneapolis. In March, a Minnesota photojournalist sued the FAA over the TFR. arguing it violated his First Amendment rights. Other media and advocacy group had also opposed the ban.

  Earth Day, for me, has always felt less like a global mandate and more like a quiet, necessary recalibration of the eye. It’s that brief, sharp moment each April where we’re asked to stop simply consuming the landscape and start actually seeing it—the way the light hits a revitalized urban garden or the stark, graphic silhouette of a lone tree against a changing skyline. In a world that feels increasingly digitized and frantic, Earth Day acts as a vital, tact...