Sen. Ben Sasse was one of the first GOP senators to recognize Biden as the president-elect.…
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Dems eye ways to fight back against GOP procedural ‘game’
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and her deputies are facing pressure to alter or do…
Biden to meet with Pelosi, Schumer on Friday
President-elect Joe Biden has talked to only a handful of Republicans, like Sen. Susan Collins of…
Schumer hints at movement on Covid relief
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s remarks come as Senate and House leadership staff are meeting on…
DeLauro battles Wasserman Schultz over Appropriations chair
Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) looks on as Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) speaks at a 2016…
Danish Covid mink variant ‘very likely extinct’, but controversial cull continues
The Covid-19 mink variant that led to a cull of all mink in Denmark and the…
Blue whale sightings off South Georgia raise hopes of recovery
When the Antarctic blue whale – the largest and loudest animal on the planet – was…
UK to support plans for new global treaty to ‘turn tide’ on plastic pollution
Britain has thrown its weight behind a new global agreement to tackle the plastic pollution crisis,…
Firefighters and others on the climate frontline need Labour to be bolder | Matt Wrack
This week, the government announced a so-called “green industrial revolution“, with the slogan and some watered-down…
The ‘market’ won’t save us from climate disaster. We must rethink our system | Robert S Devine
The massive wildfires that have been rampaging across the American west this year are not purely…