The Trump administration has ratcheted up its efforts amid the coronavirus pandemic to overhaul and overturn…
Year: 2020
Mitch McConnell’s coronavirus gamble
Coronavirus cases are still rising in the District of Columbia, where more than 200 people have…
‘Unicorn of the sea’: rare sighting of ornate eagle ray off Great Barrier Reef – video
Play Video 0:52 Australian researcher and reef guide Jacinta Shackleton is now one of the few…
Revealed: 100,000 crew never made it off cruise ships amid coronavirus crisis
While most cruise ship passengers have now made it back to land, another crisis has been…
Clean air in Europe during lockdown ‘leads to 11,000 fewer deaths’
The improvement in air quality over the past month of the coronavirus lockdown has led to…
Trees are bringing me joy in lockdown – and here’s how I’m learning to identify them | Adrian Chiles
I left London this week for the first time in more than a month to make…
Lawmakers made hundreds of stock transactions during pandemic, watchdog finds
Sen. Richard Burr came under fire after selling off holdings shortly before the market tanked because…
Hispanic Caucus calls on Trump admin to investigate working conditions for meatpackers
Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas), the Congressional Hispanic Caucus chair, led an effort to investigate working conditions…
Senate readies confirmation hearing for John Ratcliffe as intel chief
Rep. John Ratcliffe. | Susan Walsh/AP Photo The Senate Intelligence Committee is preparing to hold a…
Pelosi taps 7 lawmakers to select coronavirus committee
Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday appointed seven Democratic members to a newly created House panel meant…