House Dems Already Have Their List of Trump Scandals to Investigate. Here It Is.
Evan Vucci/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Here comes the flood. With the Democrats having won control of the House of Representatives, President Donald Trump and his crew in the White House and assorted federal agencies can expect to be hit by a wave of investigations and subpoena requests from…
What’s the Real Deal With This GOP Megadonor Who’s Claimed He Wants Climate Action?
A ClearPath Action ad for Fred Upton (R-Michigan), who is in a competitive race.ClearPath Action, YouTube Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Three years ago, Jay Faison, a businessman from Charlotte, North Carolina, made a big splash by promising to change the Republican party’s views on climate change. He pledged a total of $175 million…
Anti-Clean Energy Groups Have Come Up With a Way to Show They Have Grassroots Support
Leah Nash for the Washington Post via 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. Javier Torres Jimenez was surprised to find his South Seattle grocery store, Mi Ranchito, on a list of Latino businesses opposing a…
It Takes More Than a Hurricane to Sway Some Voters In This Texas Election
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Grist. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. John Culberson, a United State congressman who represents west Houston, has long questioned “the data” on climate change, which scientists say contributes to more intense and frequent storms. When…
He Was the “Hot Guy Running for Congress.” Now, Ammar Campa-Najjar is a Contender.
John Gibbins/The San Diego Union-Tribune/ZUMA (2) Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In any other election year, Ammar Campa-Najjar, a young Palestinian Mexican American running to unseat a five-term Republican congressman in one of California’s most fiercely red districts, wouldn’t stand a chance. But these are strange times in the 50th…
In 6 Western States, Voters Have a Chance to Fight Trump’s Environmental Rollbacks
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by the Center for Public Integrity and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Voters in six Western states—Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Montana, Nevada and Washington—will head to the polls Nov. 6 with the chance to decide on hotly contested,…