“The roadless rule is the most effective conservation rule on the books at protecting mature and old-growth forests,” said one environmental campaigner. A top Trump official on Monday announced a plan to end a rule that protects tens of millions of acres in the National Forest System and which would clear the way for road […]
“Since Election Day, Musk’s staggering net worth has increased by over $100 billion,” the report states. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the Democrat from Massachusetts, on Tuesday released a report chronicling over 100 examples of “unethical or potentially corrupt actions” that either benefit billionaire Elon Musk or one of his companies and which took place while Musk played a key role in […]
“If a retailer as big as Walmart can’t escape the pain of tariffs, what chance does a small business have?” wrote the Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. Democratic lawmakers and other voices are highlighting a Thursday announcement from Walmart that the world’s largest retailer will have to raise prices on some items in response to […]
A working paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research found that Medicaid expansion saved over 27,000 lives since 2010. Critics who say extensive cuts to Medicaid being pushed by the Trump administration and House Republicans will result in the deaths of people were bolstered Friday by new reporting on a recent study detailing how […]