GOP Rep. Diane BlackDiane Lynn BlackBottom line Overnight Health Care: Anti-abortion Democrats take heat from party | More states sue Purdue over opioid epidemic | 1 in 4 in poll say high costs led them to skip medical care Lamar Alexander’s exit marks end of an era in evolving Tennessee MORE has one eye on […]
The Aliso Canyon natural gas well blowout, which lasted for months and sickened scores of nearby residents, has been confirmed as the largest methane leak in history. According to a peer-reviewed study published Thursday in the journal Science, the nearly four-month leak released roughly 100,000 tons of methane—effectively doubling the methane emissions rate of the […]
Outrage over Democratic superdelegates is growing among Bernie Sanders’ supporters, as the presidential candidate and his backers work to combat a system they decry as “undemocratic and fundamentally unfair to primary voters.” Discontent began percolating last week, after Sanders and rival Hillary Clinton walked away with the same number of New Hampshire delegates despite the […]
Climate scientists have long been pressed to answer the question “did climate change cause this?” in the days following the most recent devastating weather event. A watershed report (pdf) released Thursday helps those scientists to more conclusively answer: “yes.” The report, authored by the Washington, D.C.-based National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM), outlines […]
The congressman who represents Flint, Michigan has lambasted what he says is at the heart of his city’s water crisis: austerity. Speaking at the White House Water Summit, which took place Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee (D) said, “I think the story of Flint, in part, is a story about water infrastructure. Because when we […]
Eric Prince, founder of the now-defunct mercenary firm Blackwater and current chairman of Frontier Services Group, is under investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice and other federal agencies for attempting to broker military services to foreign governments and possible money laundering, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the case. What began as an investigation […]
Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) is flipping on a campaign promise to serve only six years in the House by announcing he will run for another term. In a video posted by his campaign, Mullin said he and his family originally only expected a six-year run when he first launched a bid for the House in 2012. […]
Did you know that a high percentage of powerful business executives represented by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce or its more local affiliates actually support an increased minimum wage, paid sick days for employees, extended maternity and paternity leave, and other progressive policies that benefit workers and families? If you didn’t, there’s a reason for […]
A protest calling on David Cameron to resign has brought more than 150,000 people onto the streets of London on Saturday afternoon. The was organized by activist group the People’s Assembly Against Austerity. The demonstrators called for an end to austerity, and demanded that David Cameron quit over the Panama Papers revelation that he profited […]
A federal judge on Thursday sided with U.S. House in its challenge to the funding of an Affordable Care Act program that reduced costs for consumers, proving, according to presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders, that Republicans are seeking “new ways to make health care unaffordable.” “Congress authorized reduced cost-sharing but did not appropriate monies for it,” […]