Senate sets confirmation vote for Mayorkas after Schumer fights filibuster

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer speaks during a news conference on Tuesday in Washington. | Jacquelyn…

McCarthy urges House Republicans to stop attacking each other publicly

Some House Republicans have ignored House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s advice and the intra-party warfare has…

‘We can’t wait any longer’: Biden announces plan to tackle ‘existential’ climate crisis – video

In a sharp 180-degree turn from the Trump administration, Joe Biden signed a series of executive orders…

‘Done in a week’: Democrats look to move past Trump trial

Even before Donald Trump’s impeachment trial begins, some Senate Democrats are getting ready to speed to…

Biden signals radical shift from Trump era with executive orders on climate change

‘We need to be bold,’ Biden says, signing orders to halt fossil fuel activity on public…

Green groups raise concerns over Carney carbon credits plan

Campaigners say system risks becoming greenwashing exercise unless loopholes closed The leaders of two UK environmental…

On Swampy ground: a brief history of protest tunnelling in the UK

As HS2 protesters dig down in London, veteran activists explain why the tactic can be so…

Second police officer died by suicide following Capitol attack

A second police officer who responded to the violent insurrection that rocked the Capitol Building on…

New mass badger culls to be banned after 2022, says minister

Leahy’s hospitalization shows Dems’ majority hangs by thread

Here’s how fragile Democrats’ Senate majority is: The brief Tuesday hospitalization of Senate pro tem Patrick…