Monsanto Created a Huge Problem. Now That Problem Might Be Driving Sales.
A farmer shows his dicamba-damaged soybean plant in Arkansas.Andrew DeMillo/AP About 4 percent of all soybean crops planted in the United States have been damaged by a weed killer this year, the New York Times has reported. On Wednesday, the Environmental Protection Agency announced that more than 3.6 million acres of soybean crops had been…
Dems Sue Trump Over Hotel Secrecy
(AP Photo/John Minchillo) The Trump administration is violating federal law by refusing provide Congress with key information about the president’s Washington, DC, hotel, a group of Democratic lawmakers alleged in a lawsuit filed Thursday. Since Inauguration Day, the administration has been stonewalling congressional watchdogs, refusing to turn over details about the operations of the Trump…
Controversial Agriculture Nominee Withdraws Amid Russia Scandal
Sam Clovis in Sioux City, Iowa, March 24, 2014.Jerry Mennenga/via ZUMA Wire President Donald Trump’s controversial pick for a key Department of Agriculture post withdrew from consideration Thursday, just days after the emergence of explosive details about his involvement in the Trump campaign’s contacts with Russia. Sam Clovis, a former Trump campaign aide who the…
Scott Pruitt Is Making the EPA Safe for Fossil Fuels Again
Tom Fox/TNS via ZUMA This is yesterday’s news, but I never got around to highlighting it. However, it’s worth noting, if only for the historical record: Effective immediately, scientists who receive EPA funding cannot serve on the agency’s three major advisory groups…. “We want to ensure that there’s integrity in the process and that the…
Republicans Unveil Huge Corporate Tax Cuts Paid For by Deficit-Spending
House Speaker Paul Ryan speaks during a weekly press conference in October.Andrew Harnik/AP Republicans in Congress finally released their tax cut plan on Thursday. The details of the 429-page bill will take days to decipher. But the overall aim remains clear: President Donald Trump and Republicans are prioritizing a massive corporate tax cut that will disproportionately benefit…
Here Are the Social Media Ads That Russia Used to Influence the Election
The House intelligence committee on Wednesday released a trove of social media ads from 2016 that were created by firms connected to the Russian government with the purpose of influencing the election. The sample ads spanned a wide variety of divisive topics—religion, race gun control, and more—and appear to confirm lawmakers’ concerns that Russia sought…