Yet Another North Carolina Voting Law Has Been Struck Down
No, this is not a picture of John Roberts rereading his opinion in Shelby vs. Holder. But maybe he should.Tom Williams/Congressional Quarterly/Newscom via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Here’s some good news: a federal court in North Carolina has overturned the state’s recent gerrymandering of its congressional districts. According…
Trump to Blue States: Drop Dead
The guy with a smile on his face is Florida governor Rick Scott. And why not? The other guy is Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, who has just agreed to exempt Florida from new rules opening up offshore oil drilling everywhere else.Scott Keeler/Tampa Bay Times via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free…
A Federal Court Just Struck Down North Carolina’s Congressional Map
Republican state senators review historical maps during The Senate Redistricting Committee for the 2016 Extra Session.Corey Lowenstein/The News & Observer, File via AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A federal court in North Carolina struck down the state’s congressional map Tuesday afternoon, calling it unconstitutionally gerrymandered in favor of Republicans—a decision that could…
Are We Headed For Another Oil Shock?
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. One of my regular readers emailed today to note that the price of oil has been creeping up over the past six months: Admittedly, oil prices are volatile, but it’s possible to see a pattern in longer-term views. The worldwide supply glut from fracking in…
Trump: I’ll Sign Any Immigration Bill Congress Sends Me
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. When I wrote earlier this morning that an immigration deal was possible, I didn’t realize that President Trump was about to host a White House meeting on the very subject. What’s more, reporters were allowed in the room for the first hour, so we all…
This Weed Killer Is Wreaking Havoc on America’s Crops
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Gary TaxaliWhen farmer Darvin Bentlage surveyed his southwestern Missouri soybean fields in August, he knew something was amiss in one of them. “I’ve been looking at soybeans for about 60 years, and these didn’t look right,” he says. The plants’ leaves had shriveled upward, taking the…