GOP stokes ‘vote-a-rama’ drama on minimum wage, immigration

The Senate launched a marathon voting session Thursday afternoon, with Republicans eager to force Democrats into…

Poll: 50 percent support convicting Trump in impeachment trial

Half of Americans polled for a new survey said former President Donald Trump should be convicted…

Manchin, Collins push effort to bar payments to high-income earners

The Senate Democratic majority may be moving forward with a coronavirus approach that sidelines Senate Republicans.…

Cacophony of human noise is hurting all marine life, scientists warn

Major assessment concludes that ocean soundscape is being drowned out by human activity A natural ocean…

Trump won’t testify at his second impeachment trial

Donald Trump will not testify in the Senate’s upcoming impeachment trial, a spokesman for the former…

Plans for a Cumbrian coalmine illustrate the Tory dilemma: green policies or jobs? | Gaby Hinsliff

Something is stirring deep beneath the earth. Or rather, someone. The veteran eco- warrior Daniel “Swampy”…

House readies vote to punish Marjorie Taylor Greene

The House is teeing up a vote Thursday on whether to strip Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene…

Kinzinger slapped with censure by Illinois county GOP

CHICAGO — Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger got hit with his first formal rebuke late Wednesday from…

Global heating to blame for threat of deadly flood in Peru, study finds

Human-caused global heating is directly responsible for the threat of a devastating flood in Peru that…

Denmark strikes deal on GBP25bn artificial wind energy island

Denmark’s government has agreed to take a majority stake in a GBP25bn artificial “energy island”, which…