Play Video 1:31 The US president blamed the climate crisis for a record-breaking heatwave when he…
Month: June 2021
Rep. Adam Smith pushes back against private funding for National Guard deployment
Rep. Adam Smith speaks during a House hearing. | Andrew Harnik/AP Photo Rep. Adam Smith, chair…
A third infrastructure bill cruises into Dems’ ‘two-track’ traffic jam
From left, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chair Peter DeFazio talks to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi…
House Republicans use Trump visit to hammer Dems on the border
McALLEN, Texas — House Republicans have traveled to the U.S.-Mexico border numerous times. Not until Donald…
Fraternal Order of Police lobs Congress a warning on police reform talks
In the law enforcement group’s statement Wednesday, Patrick Yoes warned that if negotiators walk away from…
Joe Biden blames climate crisis for deadly heatwave in western US and Canada
Joe Biden has joined scientists in blaming the climate crisis for a record-shattering heatwave in the…
Canada is a warning: more and more of the world will soon be too hot for humans | Simon Lewis
The climate crisis means that summer is a time of increasingly dangerous heat. This week in…
Alarm over plans to shield post-Brexit environment watchdog from scrutiny
The body created to regulate, monitor and enforce environmental standards in the UK post-Brexit will be…
How did a small town in Canada become one of the hottest places on Earth? | Eric Holthaus
On Sunday, the small mountain town of Lytton, British Columbia, became one of the hottest places…
Dems fret that GOP could tap pro-Trump chaos agents for Jan. 6 probe
Democrats wanted a panel of outside experts to investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection. Instead they might…