Nearly 50 years ago, the U.S. electric utility industry was warned about potential risks posed by climate change if it continued to rely on fossil fuels. Rather than heed those warnings, the industry spent the following decades instilling public doubt and making substantial investments in fossil fuels—according to a report released Tuesday by the Energy…

“Trump must immediately cease talk of pre-emptive war—which must be authorized by Congress—and commit to the diplomatic path advocated by both American experts and the South Korean government.” —Rep. John Conyers In a letter delivered to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Thursday, 62 House Democrats denounced President Donald Trump’s “belligerent” and “reckless” threats against…

In what Planned Parenthood is calling a “political stunt,” the Republican governor of South Carolina issued an unanticipated executive order on Friday that cuts off public funding for his state’s abortion clinics, threatening a variety of healthcare services for Medicaid recipients and others. Gov. Henry McMaster’s order (pdf) bans South Carolina agencies from distributing “state…

With much of the Caribbean devastated by Hurricane Irma’s 185 mile-per-hour winds and 20-foot storm surges, South Florida anticipating similar destruction as the Category 4 storm approaches for a direct hit, and the Houston area beginning a recovery from Hurricane Harvey which is expected to last years, President Donald Trump’s budget proposal displays open hostility…

The Trump administration has issued a number of statements regarding the mounting allegations against Hollywood executive Harvey Weinstein, who has been accused of sexual assault and harrassment by dozens of women. But new revelations about a court case involving one of President Donald Trump’s own accusers has put the predatory behavior Trump freely admitted to,…

A top GOP donor in Florida is threatening to withhold contributions to candidates and political groups that do not get behind a ban on assault weapons, The New York Times reported.  In an email to half a dozen Republican leaders on Saturday, Florida-based real estate developer Al Hoffman Jr. decried the rash of mass shootings that…

A surprise attack by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) on a Democratic candidate ahead of Texas’s congressional primaries has drawn national attention to the primary fight in Texas’s 7th District.  Texans head to the polls on Tuesday for the first primaries of the 2018 elections. But while there are more than a dozen contested…

The massive spending bill approved by Congress this week comes as a relief to Democratic senators facing difficult reelection prospects this year. Democrats running for reelection in pro-Trump states are touting bipartisan accomplishments in the $1.3 trillion package after having few legislative victories to claim under President TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren,…

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President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un traded insults early on Friday, continuing a war of words that’s gone on for months, causing widespread anxiety over the possibility of a nuclear attack as North Korea conducts missile tests and Trump administration officials attempt to do damage control regarding the president’s threats of retaliation….