MPs plan to scrutinise the government’s green economic plans and industrial strategy to test whether they…
Day: July 23, 2020
Republican infighting leads to embarrassing setback on aid
Senate Republicans and the White House wasted a week at the worst possible time. Amid a…
Democrats: Packets sent to Trump allies are part of foreign plot to damage Biden
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. | Alex Brandon/AP Photo Top congressional…
Cost of preventing next pandemic ‘equal to just 2% of Covid-19 economic damage’
The cost of preventing further pandemics over the next decade by protecting wildlife and forests would…
Plastic waste entering oceans expected to triple in 20 years
Plastic waste flowing into the oceans is expected to nearly triple in volume in the next…
Dems rebuke culture of sexism in defense of Ocasio-Cortez
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) speaks on the House floor on July 23, 2020. | House Television…
Former congressman indicted on voter fraud, bribery charges
The U.S. Capitol. | Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images The Justice Department announced Thursday that federal prosecutors had…
Dems blast USAID administrator over appointees who made ‘homophobic, misogynistic, and xenophobic’ comments
Rep. Joaquin Castro called for the firing of Mark Kevin Lloyd in June. | Andrew Harnik/AP…
As unemployment grows, White House and Senate GOP stumble on virus talks
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Thursday. | AP Photo/Evan Vucci Senate Republicans were forced to delay…
Tlaib getting help from Working Families Party super PAC
Rep. Rashida Tlaib | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images By HOLLY OTTERBEIN 07/23/2020 09:00…