“This action is not only morally indefensible, but also wasteful, strategically shortsighted, and completely counter to the entirety of your work while in the Senate.” More than 50 congressional Democrats on Friday condemned U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s decision to withhold and destroy nearly 500 metric tons of emergency food aid for Afghanistan and […]
“Experts warned for months that drastic and sudden cuts at the National Weather Service by Trump could impair their forecasting ability and endanger lives during the storm season,” said one critic. As catastrophic flooding left scores of people dead and missing in Texas Hill Country and President Donald Trump celebrated signing legislation that will eviscerate every aspect […]
“The Trump administration is once again putting its thumb on the scale to help old, dirty power sources at the expense of air quality, public health, and higher energy bills,” said one opponent. Green groups warned Tuesday that the Trump administration’s plan to invoke a bogus “energy emergency” in order to keep old, polluting coal-fired […]
The progressive senator underscored that the Israeli leader has been indicted by the International Criminal Court “for overseeing the systematic killing and starvation of civilians in Gaza.” U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders sharply criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday as the fugitive from the International Criminal Court met with lawmakers ahead of a second White House […]