Want to Know What Climate Change Feels Like? Ask an Alaskan.
A brush fire burns in South Anchorage, Alaska on Tuesday, July 2, 2019.Loren Holmes/AP This story was originally published by Grist and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Adrienne Titus was heading back to her parents’ village on a sweltering afternoon in early July when she saw the dead salmon. She had…
Elizabeth Warren Is Calling Out Facebook…on Facebook
Democratic Presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) at a campaign rally in San Diego, California on October 3. David Barak/ZUMA Facebook allows politicians to lie in political ads on its platform. Democratic presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren is calling out Facebook for this reckless policy—by running Facebook ads with a false statement. “Breaking news: Mark Zuckerberg…
Prosecutors Investigating Rudy Giuliani for Ukraine-Related Lobbying, Report Says
Rudy Giuliani at rally for President Donald Trump near Manchester, New Hampshire, in August. Keiko Hiromi/AFLO via ZUMA President Donald Trump’s longtime lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen, is now in prison. As Ukrainegate unfolds, it’s possible that his new personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, may also be facing federal criminal charges. In a twist befitting the…
Who’s the Secret Russian in the Indictment of Giuliani’s Pals? We Found Some Clues.
Booking photos of Lev Parnas, left, and Igor Fruman./AP When the US attorney for the Southern District of New York charged two associates of Rudy Giuliani and two other men on Wednesday with campaign finance violations, the indictment contained a big mystery. Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman—who had been helping Giuliani search for dirt on…
California Governor Blames Greed, Not Climate Change, for Bay Area Blackouts
Justin Sullivan/Getty California Gov. Gavin Newsom put California public utility Pacific Gas & Electric on blast Thursday while the company worked to slowly restore power to the more than one million people affected by its planned blackouts. Strong wind forecasts during hot, dry weather—ideal conditions for the wildfires that have plagued the state in recent…
One of Trump’s Judicial Picks Released a “Whackadoodle” Opinion to Protect Him
President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Minneapolis, Minnesota on October 10, 2019.Brian Cahn/ZUMA President Donald Trump lost a major case before a federal appeals court in DC on Friday that, if it stands pending a possible appeal, will allow congressional Democrats to finally obtain years of his tax returns. But this defeat came…