Indigenous rights groups and climate action campaigners credited their years-long effort to block the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline with securing the latest legal victory against TC Energy on Wednesday after a federal judge in Montana invalidated a water-crossing permit needed to build the pipeline. Judge Brian Morris ruled that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers […]
WASHINGTON – Former U.S. President Barack Obama endorsed his former second in command, Joe Biden, for president Tuesday, calling Biden a clear choice to replace President Donald Trump in November’s national election. “Our country’s future hangs on this election,” Obama said. He added that it would not be easy to defeat Trump, […]
WHITE HOUSE – The assertion from U.S. President Donald Trump that he has “the ultimate authority” on lifting stay-at-home directives and reopening the country’s economy is facing backlash. “His proclamation is that he would be king,” said New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. “That statement cannot stand.” The governor, speaking to reporters Tuesday, explained […]
WASHINGTON – The top U.S. infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, warned Sunday there is an “extraordinary risk” of the further spread of the ravaging coronavirus if the United States is reopened to business and returned to a sense of normalcy too quickly on May 1, as President Donald Trump is considering. Fauci […]