Wisconsin’s GOP Aims to Strip Power From the Incoming Democratic Governor
Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker, left, and Democratic Gov.-elect Tony Evers Wisconsin State Journal via AP, File Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin are making a last-ditch effort to strip crucial powers from the incoming Democratic governor and attorney general before Republican Gov. Scott Walker finishes his…
The Mueller Investigation Grows More Ominous for Trump and His Inner Circle
Special Counsel Robert Mueller departs a closed-door meeting with US senators about Russia and the Trump campaign, June 2017J. Scott Applewhite/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. “The time that he can get away with lying to the American people all the time and evading accountability is coming to an end.”…
Raw Data: Inflation and Expected Inflation
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. How are we doing on inflation these days? Should the Fed be worried enough about it to raise interest rates even further? It sure doesn’t seem like it. Here are two charts. The first one shows core inflation (inflation less food and energy), the preferred…
Could the Trade War Truce With China Help Stem the Opioid Crisis?
President Donald Trump with China’s President Xi Jinping during their bilateral meeting at the G-20 Summit on SaturdayAP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Meeting with President Donald Trump at the G-20 summit on Saturday in Buenos Aires, President Xi Jinping of China agreed to classify the powerful opioid…
The Trump Administration’s Climate Report Left Out Reproductive Rights. Here’s What It Missed.
Angel Valentin/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Grist and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The big question of climate change is no longer why it’s happening (humans have a wild fossil-fuel-burning habit) nor when it’s going to happen (it is happening). These…
Michelle Obama’s Book Tour Is Full of Graceful Moments in a Graceless Time
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