Cruz bill aims to block Pentagon help to studios that censor films for China
Sen. Ted Cruz. | Drew Angerer/Getty Images As appetite mounts on Capitol Hill to go after…
Democrats press Trump administration on federal worker safety
Sen. Gary Peters of Michigan. | Samuel Corum/Getty Images Congressional Democrats are pressing the Trump administration…
UN chief: don’t use taxpayer cash to rescue carbon-intensive industries
Governments should not use taxpayer cash to rescue fossil fuel companies and carbon-intensive industries, but should…
Senate Republicans eye confirmation hearing for McConnell protege next week
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House drops plan to return after lawmaker backlash
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer. | Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer on Tuesday…
Democrats dismiss McConnell’s ‘sad’ new coronavirus offer
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. | Susan Walsh/AP Photo Democratic leaders are panning Senate Majority Leader…
‘This is no damn hobby’: the ‘gangsta gardener’ transforming Los Angeles
“The garden seduces me,” says Ron Finley, who is known around the world as the “gangsta…
Spanish official apologises for spraying beach with bleach
An official in southern Spain has apologised for spraying the local beach with diluted bleach in…
Calls for more space for walking and cycling in UK during lockdown
Politicians and experts have called for urgent action to create more space for walking and cycling…
‘Nature survives in the tiniest corners’: the City of London’s wild heart
“There was literally a frog orgy in that one. There is no other way to describe…