( February 6, 2026, 1:24 PM EST) -- MADISON, Wis. — The U.S. government has filed a statement of interest in Wisconsin federal court in a dispute related to an oil pipeline that crosses a Native American tribe’s reservation, supporting the pipeline company’s request that the court stay an injunction that required the company to cease operation on certain parcels within the Bad River Reservation on or before June 16, 2026. The government argues that a shutdown of the pipeline, with no alternative means to transport the same amount of energy products, damages its interests....