Month: September 2020

As Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator Scott Pruitt formally announced this week that he plans to pull the plug on the Clean Power Plan, Frontline released a documentary titled War on the EPA, which details the Trump administration’s concerted effort to cater to the fossil fuel industry’s demands and roll back environmental regulations. Among thoseRead moreRead more

The U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on Wednesday advanced the nominations of four potential assistant administrators for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), raising concerns among conservationists and Democratic lawmakers who worry the candidates’ connections to various industries will further endanger regulations that have been in under attack since Trump appointee Scott PruittRead moreRead more

In a brief question-and-answer session just before departing to his Mar-a-Lago resort for the Thanksgiving holiday, President Donald Trump on Tuesday offered what many took to be an endorsement of the GOP’s Alabama Senate nominee Roy Moore, saying “we don’t need a liberal person in there” and boosting Moore’s denials of the numerous sexual assaultRead moreRead more

A top U.S. diplomat wrote in a letter made public on Wednesday that the State Department is struggling to recruit new leaders amid the poor morale brought on by the Trump administration—leading to new concerns about the country’s role on the world stage. In an essay entitled “Time to Ask Why” in the monthly newsletterRead moreRead more

Congress is poised to ask the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to issue a report about illegal foreign political contributions in elections, its enforcement measures, and how it works to combat them. The provision is in a report accompanying the 2,000-plus page omnibus bill that was released Wednesday evening, and is one of several campaign finance-relatedRead moreRead more

Billionaire Democratic donor Tom Steyer sparred with David Axelrod during a CNN discussion Monday over whether Democrats should run on a platform of impeaching the president. Steyer warned that America’s democracy is at stake and that Democrats must unify around a message of taking back Congress with the intent of starting impeachment proceedings. ADVERTISEMENT “TheRead moreRead more

While denying the veracity of some of the accusations of sexual misconduct levied against him by various women, Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn) took to the floor of the U.S. Senate later Thursday morning to announce he would, “in the coming weeks,” resign his seat in the wake of the numerous allegations and under pressure fromRead moreRead more

Following months of relentless lobbying, backroom scheming, self-dealing, and brazen lying, Senate Republicans finally rammed through their $1.5 trillion tax bill by a party-line vote of 51-48 in the dead of night Wednesday, all but clearing the legislation’s path to President Donald Trump’s desk. “The bill that the Republicans jammed through the Senate tonight isn’tRead moreRead more

Details are still sketchy, but several reports emerged Monday evening that a number of NXT wrestlers and/or personnel tested positive for COVID-19. Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez discussed the situation briefly on the post-Raw Wrestling Observer Radio with Meltzer saying there was talk about it backstage at Raw and that others on the main rosterRead moreRead more

Environmental groups are responding with fury and condemnation to the Trump administration’s new plans, announced Thursday by the Interior Department, to “recklessly” expand offshore drilling for gas and oil in the Gulf of Mexico, around Alaska, and all along the East and West coasts of the United States. “Instead of threatening our waterways and marineRead moreRead more