Democrats to plow ahead with proxy voting over GOP resistance

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wants to go ahead with proxy voting in the House during the…

McConnell dangles aid to states — with a catch

Mitch McConnell is open to cutting a deal to provide reeling states and cities with relief…

What happens after coronavirus will determine our climate’s future

Since the Guardian began daily reports of the atmospheric carbon dioxide count from Mauna Loa, in…

House to join Senate in returning to Washington next Monday

The House and Senate will return on Monday, May 4 after an extended recess to prevent…

Meteorologists say 2020 on course to be hottest year since records began

This year is on course to be the world’s hottest since measurements began, according to meteorologists,…

Analysing the role of therapy during lockdown | Letters

As a therapist, I was drawn to the Guardian long read (Therapy Under Lockdown: ‘I’m just…

Halt destruction of nature or suffer even worse pandemics, say world’s top scientists

The coronavirus pandemic is likely to be followed by even more deadly and destructive disease outbreaks…

Numbers of critically endangered orange-bellied parrot soar from low 20s to more than 100

There has been little good to say about the recent history of the critically endangered orange-bellied…

Schumer to introduce legislation preventing Trump from signing stimulus checks

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. | Andrew Harnik, File/AP Photo Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is…

Backlash grows as pandemic relief stumbles

This article was reported in collaboration with Zachary Warmbrodt, Susannah Luthi, John Hendel, Ryan McCrimmon, Michael…