Read Scott Pruitt’s Bizarre Resignation Letter
Tom Williams/Congressional Quarterly/Newscom, Zuma Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. President Donald Trump tweeted on Thursday that he accepted Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt’s resignation. Andrew Wheeler, who worked as a coal lobbyist before being confirmed by the Senate in April for deputy EPA administrator, will succeed Pruitt. Fox News…
New Steel Taxes Are Hitting the Business Community Hard
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The New York Times reports that steel users are unhappy about President Trump’s steel tariffs: “In a few days, domestic companies raised prices on stainless steel anywhere from 15 to 25 percent,” said Joe Carlson, president of Lakeside Manufacturing, a medical and food service equipment…
One of Trump’s Potential SCOTUS Nominees Sent a Tweet He Probably Really Regrets
Tom Williams/Congressional Quarterly/Newscom via ZUMA Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Only one person on President Trump’s short list to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy is on record with his support for a “constitutional right to marry bacon.” I could support recognizing a constitutional right to marry bacon.…
Has the Liberal Mainstream Suddenly Shifted Left?
G. Ronald Lopez via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Last night I ran across a post by Corey Robin about a sudden shift in liberal political views: In the wake of the primary victory of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, there’s been a dramatic shift in mainstream liberal opinion—in the media, on…
Republicans Don’t Really Want to Fix Illegal Immigration
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. David Drucker asks and answers his own question about Donald Trump’s lack of energy on immigration reform: It’s one of the more curious aspects of this administration that Donald Trump—perhaps the most hardline anti-immigration voice in a generation—hasn’t actually been more active in pushing for…
Climate Change Is Making It Harder to Revive Damaged Land
Will Seberger/ZUMAPRESS.com Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by High Country News and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Carianne Campbell remembers the exact moment she fell in love with the Sonoran Desert. As a botany major in college, she joined a class field trip to Organ…