As much of the media’s attention shifted to Hurricane Irma’s impact on Florida, the affected Caribbean islands were left cut off from aid in recent days as officials assessed the storm’s damage. The region’s isolation gave way to desperation as residents scavenged for food and drinking water—leading to media reports of “looting.” But critics questioned…
Ahead of the COP23 climate negotiations in Bonn, Germany next week, an annual bulletin released on Monday revealed that last year, the average global concentration of carbon dioxide surged at a record-breaking pace to the highest level in approximately 3 million years, renewing scientists’ concerns that more action is needed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions….
Click:korean novel Poland on Friday set a deadline of 2049 to abandon coal mining — part of a green shift that’s delighting many in Brussels. Over the past few months, the Polish Climate Ministry has rolled out a 10 billion złoty (€2.2 billion) green investment package and a deal to boost the country’s offshore wind…
The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) outraised its Democratic counterpart, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) in January. The NRCC on Tuesday announced it took in $10.1 million in January, while the DCCC reported it raised $9.35 million in the same time. “With the advent of tax reform, Republicans are on offense as we start 2018,” NRCC Communications Director…
Majority Forward, the nonprofit arm of the Democratic Senate Majority PAC, is going on offense with a digital ad campaign in 10 states as it seeks to frame the GOP’s tax plan as a handout to corporations and the wealthy. The ad campaign, which was provided first to The Hill, signals how Democrats plan to…
This post will updated throughout the day… See below for pictures and dispatches from scheduled games… #TakeAKnee Tweets Sunday is game day for the National Football League and the hashtag #TakeaKnee is going viral as people across the nation see how players and teams respond to calls by President Donald Trump to punish players who…
The Republican Party’s attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) may have failed, but that hasn’t stopped President Donald Trump from doing everything in his power to sabotage the law—including personally intervening to ensure that individual states don’t take steps to bolster health insurance markets and lower premiums. “Shameful healthcare sabotage—more hypocrisy from the…
In the wake of remarks he made to one family of a soldier killed in action that have been described as “deplorable” and representing the behavior of a “sick man,” another parent who lost a son in battle is saying that President Donald Trump, a billionaire, offered him a personal gift of $25,000 to help…
In a bipartisan show of support for endless war and out-of-control military spending, the House of Representatives on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved the nearly $700 billion National Defense Authorization Act of 2018 that aims to boost war outlays by $80 billion—an amount that critics noted would easily cover the costs of free public college tuition and…
The Republicans on Thursday morning released a new outline of their tax “scam” proposal which—among other giveaways to the rich and powerful—would permanently cut the corporate tax to 20 percent (down from its current 35 percent) and abolish the tax on wealthy estates while leaving low-income families and the middle class out in the cold….