Former Rep. Joe Walsh Just Made It Official: He’ll Challenge President Trump for the Republican Nomination
Joe Walsh announces run for Republican nomination challenging Donald Trump. ABC This Week Former Republican lawmaker Joe Walsh officially announced his longshot run for the presidential nomination on Sunday, challenging President Donald Trump. After hinting at it in recent interviews, Walsh announced his candidacy in an interview with George Stephanopoulos on ABC’s This Week, criticizing the president and…
Anglers Don’t Know How to Stop the Hordes of Hungry Sea Lions
Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty This story was originally published by High Country News and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. With the lights of Moss Landing, California, twinkling in the distance, Captain Porter McHenry stood on the top deck of the Merva W, a large commercial fishing boat. Ocean water sprayed his face and dampened his thick brown beard.…
Welfare Reform Was a Disaster for the Poor. Trump Wants to Make It Even Worse.
President Bill Clinton signs welfare reform legislation on August 22, 1996.J. Scott Applewhite/AP This week marked the 23rd anniversary of welfare reform, a law that ripped a hole in the nation’s safety net under the guise of encouraging personal responsibility among poor families. The nonpartisan Center on Budget and Policy Priorities has marked the anniversary…
Report: Trump’s Businesses Could Save Millions If Fed Cuts Interest Rates
Donald Trump and his son, Eric, at the 2016 grand opening of the Trump International Hotel in Washington, DCEvan Vucci/AP In recent months, Donald Trump has repeatedly attacked the Federal Reserve and its chairperson, Jerome Powell, for setting interest rates higher than Trump would like. “The only problem we have is Jay Powell and the…
Here’s My Summary of All the Climate Plans
NASA Here’s my summary of the climate change plans from all of the top-tier Democratic candidates. My assessment is based mostly on three things: How practical is the plan? I’m not interested in kitchen sinks. It’s easy to propose a plan that does everything, but if it has no chance of gaining public support then…
Top EU Official Blasts Trump’s Plan to Invite Russia to G7 Meeting
President Donald Trump sits for lunch with French President Emmanuel Macron.Andrew Harnik/AP President Donald Trump has reportedly been complaining up a storm about having to represent the United States at this week’s meeting of the G7 in Biarritz, France. It’s hard to blame him, really. He hates it when he can’t sleep in his own…