So What Happened in the Kerch Strait?
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Trump’s EPA Head Wants Nothing to Do With the Big New Climate Report
EPA acting head Andrew Wheeler.Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call via Zuma Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The National Climate Assessment that the Trump administration released last Friday involved 13 federal agencies and hundreds of scientists drawing on decades of research. And members of the Trump administration couldn’t distance themselves from the findings…
Trump Said He Never Did Business in Saudi Arabia. That’s Not Quite True.
Shealah D. Craighead/Planet Pix via ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In an interview with the Washington Post published on Tuesday, President Donald Trump insisted he has never done business with Saudi Arabians—nor has he ever intended to, he said. But that’s not true. Beyond the myriad individual business deals Trump…
Scientists Are “Mortified” Over Claims That the First Gene-Edited Babies Are Here
Stockbyte/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Sunday, Chinese researcher He Jiankui posted a YouTube video in which he made a historic claim: The first-ever gene-edited babies were born a few weeks ago in China, “as healthy as any other babies,” he said. The babies, twin girls named Lulu and Nana,…
Donald Trump’s “Giving Tuesday” Message Reminded Us How Little He Gives to Others
Hannah Foslien/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In honor of Giving Tuesday, Donald Trump issued a presidential message encouraging people to donate to charity and applauding the generosity of the American people: “Through acts of charity, we reveal the compassionate foundation of our country. Acts of kindness are hallmarks of…
Facebook Is Still Downplaying Its Role in the 2016 Election
Gabriel Sainhas/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Immediately after the 2016 election, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg dismissed as “crazy” the notion that fake news stories disseminated over his platform had influenced the outcome of the presidential race. Facing an outpouring of criticism about Facebook’s role in spreading disinformation, Zuckerberg and his…