Scientists Found Worrisome New Evidence About Roundup and Cancer
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The long-simmering debate about whether the world’s most widely used herbicide causes cancer has bubbled up anew. Glyphosate is the key component of weedkillers such as Monsanto’s Roundup. On March 12, attorneys made closing arguments in San Francisco on the first phase of a closely…
“I’m Fighting for My Future”—A Climate Change Generation Is Making Itself Heard
Greta Thunberg, climate activist, who inspired global strikes.Daniel Bockwoldt/DPA via ZUMA Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In 2040, Haven Coleman will be 33 years old. Having grown up in Colorado, she may have left the state to attend college or start her career, but wherever she goes will be…
Trump Has a New Favorite “Slush Fund”
David Norquist, the acting deputy secretary of defense, testifies before Congress on the Pentagon’s FY2019 budget request. Zach Gibson/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Pentagon’s latest budget request contains all the usual line items one might expect from a fighting force that is reorienting and modernizing to compete with…
Senate Votes to End Trump’s Border Emergency, Setting Up First Veto of His Presidency
Evan Vucci/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Senate voted Thursday to terminate President Donald Trump’s declaration of an emergency at the southern border last month. Trump has said he will issue the first veto of his presidency in response to the measure. The final vote was 59-41, meaning that…
The Pentagon Wants Congress to Vote on the Border Emergency With Blinders On
Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Several weeks after President Donald Trump declared a national emergency at the southern border, the Pentagon still has not finalized a list of projects that will be sidelined to build his wall. Despite several requests from Congress, acting defense secretary Pat…
Quote of the Day #2: I Have the Tough People
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. From our commander-in-chief: You know, the left plays a tougher game, it’s very funny. I actually think that the people on the right are tougher, but they don’t play it tougher. Okay? I can tell you I have the support of the police, the support…