Six Times the Environment Won in 2018
George Rose/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. By all accounts, 2018 had its share of big environmental bummers. Scientists calmly explained that our current rate of warming will cause geological changes akin to a meteor striking the Earth.…
Remember the Big Story in the Russia Scandal: Donald Trump Betrayed America
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Michael Cohen heading to jail. Michael Flynn narrowly avoiding a prison sentence—for now. Paul Manafort stuck in the hoosegow and still tangling with special counsel Robert Mueller. The news of the Trump-Russia scandal these days has focused on the dramatic developments for several top lieutenants in…
Trump’s Defense Secretary Says Russia Targeted the Midterms. What Does Mattis Know?
Mark Wilson/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Less than 12 hours after the White House confirmed reports that President Donald Trump had dinner with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Pentagon’s highest-ranking official accused Russia of attempting to interfere in the midterm elections. At the Reagan National Defense Forum in California on Saturday, Defense…
Wisconsin’s GOP Aims to Strip Power From the Incoming Democratic Governor
Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker, left, and Democratic Gov.-elect Tony Evers Wisconsin State Journal via AP, File Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin are making a last-ditch effort to strip crucial powers from the incoming Democratic governor and attorney general before Republican Gov. Scott Walker finishes his…
Major League Baseball Wants Cindy Hyde-Smith to Return its $5,000 Donation
Cindy Hyde-Smith campaigns in Mississippi before the runoff election.Zach Roberts/ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Almost two weeks after Mississippi Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith said that if she were invited to a public hanging she would be “in the front row,” Major League Baseball PAC donated $5,000, the legal maximum, to her campaign. Now…
Here’s What the Blue Wave Looked Like in California
Charlie Neuman/Zuma Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. As of last Monday, California Democrats had flipped 3 of the 10 Republican-held congressional seats they’d targeted in this year’s election. After a week of unhurried vote counting, they’ve now flipped six—including every seat in Orange County. And the final(ish) vote counts confirm just…