Turtles Have Led Us to Their Secret Seagrass Meadows
P.Lindgren/Wikimedia Commons Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Atlas Obscura and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Far from shore, the ocean floor is more than an unbroken swath of sand and mud: It can be blanketed with lush, green carpets of seagrass. These wavy expanses are…
Trump Launches Attack on Syria
Mouneb Taim/Pacific Press via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. We have fired some missiles at Syria again: Mr. Trump characterized it as the beginning of a sustained effort to force Mr. Assad to stop using banned weapons….“We are prepared to sustain this response until the Syrian regime stops its…
The Trump Administration Backs Down From Battle Over Legal Pot
Supporters hold flags near the East Front of the Capitol in Washington, Monday, April 24, 2017, during a rally to support the legalization of marijuana.Alex Brandon/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In a surprising turn of events, the Trump administration will ditch intentions to crack down on the dozens of…
Trump-Ordered Missile Strike Hits Damascus
Susan Walsh/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Update 10:50 pm: Defense Secretary James Mattis briefed reporters on the strike Friday night, noting that the operation was “right now a one-time shot,” but would not rule out further action. Mattis said he was “absolutely confident” Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was behind…
Did FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe Lie to the FBI?
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A few weeks ago, the Justice Department’s inspector general rushed out a draft copy of its report on Andrew McCabe to Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Why? So that Sessions could fire McCabe 26 hours before he qualified for his full pension and retired. Well, the…
Here’s Why Scott Pruitt Still Has a Job
Mother Jones; Andrew Harnik/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. If EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt survives the onslaught of accusations of mismanagement and excessive spending with his job still safe, he has his biggest benefactors to thank. The #StandWithScottPruitt campaign has flooded the White House with pleas from Trump donors and conservative and…