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Kurt Volker Says He Tried to “Thread the Needle” on Ukraine Investigations

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Former US special envoy to Ukraine Kurt Volker entered Tuesday’s afternoon impeachment hearing as one of the few witnesses with testimony that could potentially be favorable to President Donald Trump. Unlike other government officials who described a strategy of pressuring the Ukrainian leader to investigate Trump’s political rival, Volker told House investigators in…

Republicans Want to Spend Big Bucks on Trump’s Wall. Election Security Is Another Thing.

November 4, 2019, Sonoyta, Sonora, Mexico: Border wall construction at Sonoyta, Mexico and Lukeville, Arizona USA.Bob Torrez/ZUMA Wire/ZUMAPRESS.com As the Democratic controlled House and the Republican held Senate move forward with contentious negotiations over the next federal budget, a group of Democratic Senators have called on their Republican colleagues in both bodies to approve additional…

Most Superfund Sites Are Threatened by Climate Change. EPA Doesn’t Plan to Do Anything About It.

Dixie Oil Processors Superfund site on September 4, 2017 in Friendswood, Texas.Justin Sullivan/Getty Two years ago, Congress asked the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to determine how prepared the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was to address the threat climate change poses to Superfund sites—spaces that store hazardous materials, like coal ash ponds or decommissioned mining sites…