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…

State Dept. provides House Dems docs previously given to Ron Johnson’s Biden probe

It also comes as Sen. Ron Johnson who is leading the GOP probe targeting the Bidens,…

Just like Australia, disinformation is thriving during the US fire crisis | Jason Wilson

Disinformation successfully obscured the real causes of Australia’s catastrophic bushfire season. Now the same thing is…

Koalagate was all about the Nationals trying to regain their faded political support | Quentin Dempster

Koalagate was a stunt. John Barilaro’s NSW Nationals attempted to breach the party’s 2019 Coalition agreement…

Engel subpoenas head of government’s foreign broadcast media agencies

House Foreign Affairs Chairman Eliot Engel is also probing President Donald Trump’s decision earlier this year…

The week in Wildlife – in pictures

A Bryde’s whale and seagulls feast on anchovies in the Gulf of Thailand. The species has…

House Dems call for an ’emergency’ DOJ watchdog review of Durham probe

U.S. Attorney John Durham. | AP Photo/Bob Child Four House committee chairs are asking the Justice…

Congressional leaders clash on measure to sidestep election-year shutdown

Senate Appropriations Chair Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) said Thursday that the December date is “non-negotiable.” | (Saul…

DHS whistleblower looks to delay testimony amid effort to access classified intel

Brian Murphy described over a dozen meetings in which he raised concerns with senior officials across…