( July 11, 2025, 7:37 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) and other federal agencies have filed an answer in a federal court in the District of Columbia, denying allegations brought by an environmental group that contends that the agencies are withholding records pertaining to how they are implementing President Donald J. Trump’s executive order titled “Unleashing American Energy.” The defendants say the group, which seeks the materials pursuant to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, is “not entitled to compel the production of any record or portion of any record protected from disclosure by one or more of the exclusions or exemptions” to FOIA....