“Trump is exploiting a public health crisis to help an industry known for pumping diseases and antibiotics into oceans.” President Donald Trump issued an executive order late Thursday that environmentalists warned will accelerate the corporate exploitation of oceans by relaxing regulations on and streamlining the construction of industrial offshore aquaculture facilities, which critics deride as “floating […]
Having apparently learned nothing about the novel coronavirus since February—when he predicted the contagion would disappear “like a miracle” by April—President Donald Trump insisted during a roundtable with corporate executives Wednesday that Covid-19 will soon “be gone” even in the absence of a vaccine, a view that is not shared by public health professionals. “It’s gonna go, it’s […]
“Cutting payroll taxes does nothing to help seniors or the millions of people who just lost their jobs. It does, however, defund Social Security and Medicare—which is why Trump is obsessed with the idea.” President Donald Trump on Tuesday expressed opposition to providing additional direct relief payments on top of the $1,200 checks that […]
“This is all they care about: stacking courts with ideologically extreme judges to roll back our rights for decades.” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell made clear in an interview Wednesday that the top priority for the Republican-controlled upper chamber upon its expected return early next month will not be approving desperately needed coronavirus aid for the […]
