House Republicans Just Ramped Up Their Investigation of EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt
Cheriss May/Zuma Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Friday, Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.), the chair of the House Oversight committee, sent Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt notice that the GOP-controlled committee was expanding its investigation into Pruitt’s spending. Pruitt has recently become embroiled in a number of scandals and…
Russia Warns of “Consequences” as Putin Denounces Syria Strikes
Russian President Vladimir Putin. April 14, 2018. Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Russian President Vladimir Putin denounced joint American, British, and French missile strikes on Syria as “an act of aggression against a sovereign state” and said he would seek an emergency meeting of the United Nations’ Security Council. “Russia condemns in the strongest…
Kevin Drum Accused of Obeying the Law
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Friday night I snarked that the NAEP folks—who produce the “gold standard” of student testing—couldn’t even count to two: Muphry’s Law states that “If you write anything criticizing editing or proofreading, there will be a fault of some kind in what you have written.”…
After Syria Attacks, Trump Boasts “Mission Accomplished”
President Donald Trump speaks in the White House in Washington, Friday, April 13, 2018.Susan Walsh/AP Photo Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. President Donald Trump mimicked former President George W. Bush in a tweet Saturday, declaring “Mission Accomplished.” A perfectly executed strike last night. Thank you to France and the United…
Kentucky’s GOP Governor Says Teacher Protests Enable Child Sexual Assault
Teachers from across Kentucky gather inside the state Capitol to rally for increased funding for education on Friday. Bryan Woolston/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Friday, just hours after protesting teachers flooded Kentucky’s capitol building to rally against a pension reform plan and call for increased school funding, the…
Here’s How to Mourn a Bird, a Butterfly, a Bat, or any Endangered Species You Love
Katie Tume AKA Mother Eagle Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Undark and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. An oversized paper mâché sunflower rose like a pale moon against the dusk of a central Brighton park. Amid the shivering group of 30 people on the chilly…