House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy. | Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images The top House Republican endorsed key…
Month: June 2020
‘Surprisingly rapid’ rebound in carbon emissions post-lockdown
Carbon dioxide emissions have rebounded around the world as lockdown conditions have eased, raising fears that…
Dems urge Senate Foreign Relations chair to seek Pompeo’s testimony
Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Sen. Jim Risch. | Al-Drago-Pool/Getty Images) Senate Democrats on Thursday urged the…
Senate Republicans authorize subpoenas in probe targeting Trump enemies
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham. | Carolyn Kaster, Pool/AP Photo By ANDREW DESIDERIO 06/11/2020 12:17…
Former CBC chair: ‘I really don’t want to talk to’ GOP lawmakers who won’t ban chokeholds
Rep. Cedric Richmond. | Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-La.) on Thursday described as…
The UK’s barn owls are growing in number – and for once it’s thanks to humans
My mum fist-pumped when I told her I had seen a barn owl using a nest…
Democrats stiff-arm GOP’s ‘cosmetic’ police reforms
Senate Democrats are voicing deep skepticism toward the GOP’s newfound embrace of police reform. And they…
‘I raised hell’: how people worldwide answered the call of World Oceans Day
World Oceans Day, which took place on Monday, is marked by hundreds of beach cleans and…
Supertrawlers ‘making a mockery’ of UK’s protected seas
Supertrawlers spent almost 3,000 hours fishing in UK marine protected areas in 2019, making “a mockery…
Pelosi requests removal of Confederate statues in Capitol
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. | Graeme Jennings-Pool/Getty Images By CAITLIN OPRYSKO 06/10/2020 06:41 PM EDT Updated:…