Joe Biden’s entreaties to Republicans on his infrastructure bill are picking up steam. But progressives are…
Day: April 19, 2021
Jan. 6 defendants win unlikely Dem champions as they face harsh detainment
Sen. Elizabeth Warren fled the Capitol on Jan. 6 from a mob she later called domestic…
UK to toughen targets on greenhouse gas emissions for next 15 years
Carbon dioxide to be cut by 78% by 2035 compared with 1990 levels, the prime minister…
Officer Brian Sicknick died of strokes after the insurrection, D.C. medical examiner rules
U.S. Capitol Police officers on motorcycles ride ahead of a hearse carrying the remains of U.S.…
McCarthy to introduce censure resolution over Maxine Waters’ ‘get more confrontational’ remark
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said on Monday that he would introduce a resolution to censure…
Australia has coped fairly well with the pandemic. With climate change? It’s a different story | Greg Jericho
The release last week of the OECD’s Going for Growth 2021 report on Australia provided a…
Senate nears breakthrough on hate crimes bill
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Monday that the chamber would take up the bill this…
‘Relentless’ climate crisis intensified in 2020, says UN report
There was a “relentless” intensification of the climate crisis in 2020, according to the UN’s World…
15 Republican senators vow to oppose earmarks amid intraparty squabble
Sen. Mike Lee walks on Capitol Hill. | J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo Fifteen Senate Republicans on…
‘I’ll continue to fight’: the prosecuted Extinction Rebellion protesters
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