A Year After Parkland, Republicans Still Don’t Want to Fund Gun Violence Research
Protesters demand gun control during the March for Our Lives on March 24, 2018, in Portland, Oregon.Diego Diaz/Sportswire/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A year after the Parkland massacre sparked widespread demands for more research into the causes of gun violence, Republicans are still reluctant to give scientists funding to…
The Government’s Failure to Block the Time Warner-AT&T Merger Could Lead to Even Bigger Monopolies
Igor Golovniov/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Department of Justice lost its appeal of the politically charged AT&T-Time Warner merger last week, potentially putting some brakes on a burgeoning anti-monopoly movement and putting pressure on Congress to act instead. The case marked the first time in more than…
Democrats Are Turning Up the Heat on Lindsey Graham Over Gun Control
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in September 2017.Andrew Harnik/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Senate Democrats are ramping up their push for gun control, calling on a key GOP lawmaker to hold hearings on legislation to expand background check requirements for firearms purchases.…
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Just Had the Perfect Response to People Who Think She’s a “Pretty Idiot”
Dan Herrick/ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) doesn’t mince words. In an interview published Sunday in The New Yorker, the 29-year-old congresswoman took aim at her critics, whose attacks, she says, are rising to the level of “ravenous hysteria.” What has made her such a target,…
House Democrats Want Trump’s Communications With Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Donald Trump at a joint press conference on July 16, 2018 in Helsinki, Finland Kremlin Pool/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Three committees in the House of Representatives teamed up Monday to pursue missing information about conversations between President Donald Trump and Russian President…
Andrew Wheeler Was Just Confirmed as the Nation’s 15th EPA Administrator
The Senate voted 52-47 to confirm the former coal lobbyist, who has served as acting EPA chief since former Administrator Scott Pruitt resigned amid ethics scandals last July. In a statement posted to Twitter, Wheeler said he was “deeply honored” and looking forward to carrying out President Donald Trump’s agenda. I am deeply honored, and…