A meeting on immigration, convened by Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin, was the first time this…
Month: March 2021
Biden’s closest Senate ally emerges as a shadow secretary of state
Sen. Chris Coons’ situation as a stand-in for the Biden administration is unique, and it’s one…
The beluga whale who became famous: Aleksander Nordahl’s best photograph
In April 2019, a beluga whale appeared alongside fishing boats off the coast of Norway. He…
One of Earth’s giant carbon sinks may have been overestimated – study
The storage potential of one of the Earth’s biggest carbon sinks – soils – may have…
UK firm to stop using British pork after post-Brexit border problems
A UK food company whose products appear on the shelves of the country’s largest supermarkets has…
UK Mercedes-Benz car owners seek damages over alleged emissions cheating
A law firm representing the UK owners of Mercedes-Benz cars has started formal legal action seeking…
Sen. Murphy: Inaction makes Congress ‘complicit’ in mass shootings
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) emerged as one of the Senate’s leading gun reform advocates after the…
North-south divide on air pollution ‘a threat to economies and health’
The delayed introduction of measures to tackle the UK’s air pollution crisis will exacerbate the glaring…