Brian Kemp, Who Threatened to Abduct Undocumented Immigrants, Wins GOP Race in Georgia
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. After a bonkers runoff election, Brian Kemp defeated Casey Cagle in Georgia’s Republican race for governor, setting the stage for a general election that will likely be one of the most politically polarizing state races in years. November’s race will pit Kemp against Stacey Abrams,…
Jeff Sessions Just Accused Colleges of Creating “Sanctimonious, Sensitive, Supercilious Snowflakes”
United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions looks on during a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House. Olivier Douliery/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Tuesday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions warned that colleges and universities are “coddling” young people instead of encouraging them to engage with different viewpoints. At a high school leadership…
Lawmakers Just Stripped Anti-Environment Riders from the Defense Bill
the greater sage grouseJeannie Stafford/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In a rare victory for environmentalists in the Trump era, the latest draft of a major defense spending bill has been stripped of provisions that targeted environmental protections, according to documents from the House-Senate Conference Committee released early this week. The policy riders…
Trump Comes to Bury Tariffs, Not Praise Them
Andrew Cullen Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. L-a-a-a-a-dies and gentlemen, your attention please. I am about to attempt a death-defying stunt THE LIKES OF WHICH FEW THROUGHOUT HISTORY HAVE EVER ATTEMPTED BEFORE. I am going to defend Donald Trump’s tariff policy. Are you ready? (Cracks knuckles.) As you know, tariffs…
Georgia’s GOP Primary Is Taking Crazy to a New Level
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. If you want to see just how politically polarized America is right now, take a look at Georgia. Stacey Abrams, a black woman who has earned endorsements from Sens. Bernie Sanders and Kamala Harris, won the Democratic primary for governor—and in November she’ll face whichever Republican wins a runoff…
Pruitt Is Gone. His Replacement Continues His Destructive Work.
A hand covered in wet coal ash from the Dan River, which was contaminated after a spill in North CarolinaGerry Broome/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency rolled back Obama-era regulations that had protected drinking water from being contaminated with coal ash, the toxic byproduct of…