The Trump Administration Is Enshrining Its Anti-Science Policy in the Midst of an Epidemic
Ron Sachs/CNP via ZUMA As more states learned they have rising numbers of confirmed cases of coronavirus Tuesday evening—now 16 states report at least 135 cases—the EPA made an important announcement: The agency is moving closer to finalizing a policy for restricting what health studies it can consider for any of the EPA’s scientific work. That…
Trump Has Been Very Bad for Vulnerable Animals. The Administration May Finally Have to Change Its Behavior.
A northern spotted owlRobin Loznak/ZUMA In the past three years, the Trump administration has targeted rules and regulations critical for wildlife survival from every angle: It has stripped long-standing protections and instituted new hoops to jump through in the name of economic growth. It has made it easier for polluters to dump pesticides in lakes and rivers. It…
Key Senator Says Richard Grenell “May Have Misled Congress”
Richard Grenell speaks in Munich on February 14, 2020.Sven Hoppe/picture alliance via Getty Images Following a 2017 Senate hearing on Richard Grenell’s nomination to be ambassador to Germany, Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.), submitted some quite specific written questions to the nominee. “I understand that you have written many articles and op-eds over the past eight…
Sonia Sotomayor Calls Out the Supreme Court Majority for Its Trump Bias
Tom Williams/Congressional Quarterly/Newscom via ZUMA Press) Following a 5-4 Supreme Court ruling issued Friday night, the Trump administration can move ahead with enforcing a rule designed to make it harder for poor and working-class immigrants to get green cards. Last month, the court split along the same lines to remove a nationwide injunction from a…
Trump Taunts Nevada Democratic Primary About Russian Meddling
Jeremy Hogan/SOPA Images via ZUMA The Nevada Democratic caucus is today, and President Donald Trump spent his morning on Twitter, suggesting that Democrats “be careful of Russia, Russia, Russia.” Democrats in the Great State of Nevada (Which, because of the Economy, Jobs, the Military & Vets, I will win in November), be careful of Russia, Russia,…
Rod Blagojevich—Not Alice Johnson—Is the True Face of Trump’s Criminal Justice Policies
Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich waves to his friends after giving a press conference at his Chicago home.Mark Welsh/Daily Herald/AP In a Fox News interview this week, White House spokesperson Hogan Gidley pushed back on criticism over President Donald Trump’s decision to grant clemency of Rod Blagojevich, the corrupt Illinois governor-turned-Celebrity Apprentice star. “The president is…