45 Years After Nixon Signed It Into Law, the War on the Endangered Species Act Continues
The ocelot is an endangered, wild cat native to North America.Leonardo Prest Mercon Ro/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Forty-five years ago, on December 28th, 1973, President Richard Nixon, a Republican, signed a piece of monumental environmental legislation, the Endangered Species Act, into law. At the time, Nixon issued a…
Trump Threatens to Close Border and Cut Off Aid to Central American Countries
Zach Gibson/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Nearly a week into a government shutdown that has left an estimated 800,000 federal workers furloughed or working without pay, President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to close the US-Mexico border and cut off aid to three Central American countries if Democrats did…
Workers Describe How They’re Trying to Survive the Trump Shutdown
J. Scott Applewhite/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. At a Christmas Day press conference, President Donald Trump told reporters that federal workers had signaled to him that they were happy to be furloughed or working without pay. But as the partial government shutdown enters its fifth day, federal workers, contractors, and…
Here Are the People Trump Said the Death Penalty Should Be Used Against This Year
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting.Andrew Harnik/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Over the last year, President Donald Trump has repeatedly emphasized the death penalty in televised speeches, statements, and tweets. Sometimes, it was invoked in reference to certain groups, like drug dealers; other times, the president applied it to a specific…
Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin Tries to Reassure Investors of “Strong Economic Growth”
Steven Mnuchin.Chip Somodevilla/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Just days after the stock market had one of its worst weeks since the 2008 financial crisis, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin released a letter stating that he had spoken to CEOs at the nation’s six largest banks and confirmed they had “ample liquidity” to…
“Words Fail Me”—This Is Who Donald Trump Really Is
Matt Cardy/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. CNN published a bombshell report last night about more temper tantrums in the White House. This is not surprising because, of course, it’s about Donald Trump, but reading the details is still galling. President Donald Trump has at least twice in the past few weeks vented to his acting…