“We’re at the point where a U.S. senator is saying healthcare and hunger don’t matter because we all die eventually.” Republican U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst on Friday brushed off her constituents’ concerns about the life-threatening consequences of her party’s proposed cuts to Medicaid and federal nutrition assistance, telling a town hall audience, “Well, we all are going […]
“What happened to Birch Glacier is what we would expect from rising temperatures in the Alps and elsewhere,” one scientist said. Thawing permafrost exacerbated by human-caused global heating is the likely culprit behind a massive glacier collapse that buried nearly the entire Swiss town of Blatten, one scientist said Thursday while warning of the likelihood […]
“The Trump tax scam is a grift for the ultrarich, including those who are in charge of passing this legislation themselves, and a betrayal to hardworking Americans everywhere,” said the head of Accountable.US. As U.S. President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans’ so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” heads to the Senate, a watchdog group on Tuesday released a report […]
“They call places safe, then attack them,” said one Palestinian aid worker. “I’d rather stay home with my family and face whatever comes, at least we all die together, rather than be separated.” A United Nations group said Tuesday that Israel’s renewed ground offensive and continued airstrikes in the Gaza Strip displaced roughly 180,000 Palestinians in just […]