Puerto Rico Governor Boycotts Congressional Hearing
Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló.Gerardo Mora/EFE via ZUMA Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló is refusing to attend a Republican-led congressional hearing Wednesday that will focus on management upheaval at the island’s troubled electric power authority. In a letter sent Wednesday morning, Rosselló sharply criticized…
This Is the Greatest Threat to Donald Trump’s Presidency So Far
Mother Jones illustration Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. His former campaign boss Paul Manafort will be heading to trial later this month. Astonishingly, the prospect of Manafort in an orange jumpsuit sharing campaign secrets in exchange for a lighter sentence for the charges he faces of bank fraud and tax evasion isn’t at…
Here’s How to Know When Driverless Cars Are Here
OK, I’ll buy one. But please, not a minivan. Anything but a minivan.Andrej Sokolow/DPA via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Here’s some genuinely interesting news about self-driving cars: Alphabet’s Waymo announced Wednesday that it will begin a pilot program with Walmart to shuttle customers to and from stores to…
Microplastics Are Invisible, Scary, and Everywhere
Orlando Barria/EFE via ZUMA Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Atlas Obscura. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. On a recent sticky summer afternoon in Manhattan, a team of scientists took to the Hudson River to trawl for trash. There weren’t any mangled bags,…
This Is Why Lawmakers Want to Gut the Endangered Species Act
A male sage grouse performs a mating dance.Keith R. Crowley/ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. “Nothing is more priceless and more worthy of preservation than the rich array of animal life with which our country has been blessed.” With those words, President Richard Nixon signed the Endangered Species Act into…
The Trump Administration Is Attacking a Crucial Lifeline for Domestic Violence Victims
iStock / Getty Images Plus Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. House of Ruth, a social services center for women and their children in Washington, DC, has served thousands of women since it was founded in 1976. And while the reasons why women need its services, namely homelessness and domestic abuse,…