Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer listens during a news briefing. | Alex Wong/Getty Images The…
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Susan Collins says Senate should not vote on SCOTUS nomination before election
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, listens during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing to…
The 6 Republican senators who will decide the Supreme Court fight
Sen. Susan Collins. | Greg Nash/Pool via AP By ANDREW DESIDERIO 09/19/2020 01:33 PM EDT Updated:…
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Greener BP must do more than talk tough on the climate crisis
‘This is serious stuff,” said BP’s Bernard Looney. The chief executive, speaking last week at the…
America is at war with wildfires. Yet Trump is on the side of the inferno | David Sirota
The fires that continue to incinerate the west coast, pump carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and…
Climate change, Covid – our hearts ache. But a new era is possible. We can do it | Rebecca Solnit
If you’re heartsore at the quadruple crisis of the mismanaged pandemic, the resultant financial catastrophe grinding…
Country diary: an ancient forest offers protection from the elements
Light brightens the tent and nudges me out of sleep. Dawn must have arrived. I open…
McConnell vows Senate will hold vote on Ginsburg’s replacement
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell vowed Friday…