Jovita Carranza, administrator of the Small Business Administration. | Al-Drago/Getty Images The Small Business Administration is…
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Dick Durbin apologizes to Tim Scott after ‘token’ remark
Sen. Dick Durbin. | Tom Williams/Getty Images Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin apologized to Sen. Tim…
Senate Democrats weigh shutting down GOP police reform plan
Senate Democrats are agonizing over what to do about Senate Republicans’ police reform proposal. They can…
Susan Collins opposes Trump’s pick to the D.C. Circuit
Sen. Susan Collins. | Al-Drago-Pool/Getty Images Sen. Susan Collins is opposing President Donald Trump’s nominee to…
Climate crisis: alarm at record-breaking heatwave in Siberia
A prolonged heatwave in Siberia is “undoubtedly alarming”, climate scientists have said. The freak temperatures have…
Judiciary panel lawmakers collide over policing
The congressional rush to reform national policing practices meets its first test Wednesday: the sharply polarized…
Pandemics result from destruction of nature, say UN and WHO
Pandemics such as coronavirus are the result of humanity’s destruction of nature, according to leaders at…
Coronavirus is a warning to us to mend our broken relationship with nature | Marco Lambertini, Elizabeth Maruma Mrema and Maria Neira
In 1997, a large area of rainforest in south-east Asia was burned to the ground to…
Divers in Thailand attempt to free whale shark entangled in rope – video
Play Video 1:25 A group of divers in Thailand tried to save a whale shark whose…
GOP reform bill to require disclosure on use of force, encourage chokehold bans
Sen. Tim Scott. | Toni L. Sandys-Pool/Getty Images The Senate GOP police reform bill will require…