President Donald Trump is considering siphoning billions of dollars from disaster relief programs in order to help fund his wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, following a discussion between the president and top defense officials during Trump’s trip to the southern border Thursday. Bypassing Congress, Trump could declare a national emergency and use $13.9 billion of […]
An ongoing partial government shutdown poised to enter its fourth week has seemingly stalled President Donald Trump’s controversial efforts to open virtually all U.S. waters to oil and gas drilling. Putting the brakes on a much-maligned offshore drilling plan has emerged as a self-defeating byproduct of the president’s shutdown over funding for a wall along the […]
Federal employees are missing out on more than $2 billion worth of paychecks Friday, as the partial government shutdown drags into its third week. According to data from the Center for American Progress (CAP), nearly 800,000 federal workers have been furloughed and are going without pay or have been required to work without pay since […]
As the government shutdown continues into its 21st day, thousands of federal workers are struggling to make ends meet after missing their first paycheck Friday. But the shutdown highlights an economic reality for many Americans, federal workers or not, who live paycheck to paycheck. Many federal employees are currently trying to figure out how they’ll […]
The partial government shutdown forced employees with Native American Lifelines (NAL), a nonprofit contracted by the Indian Health Service (IHS), to make an impossible decision: work without pay or be laid off. The majority of staff chose the former. NAL employees, who provide a host of health services to Native Americans, are likely to miss […]
House Republicans are offering a series of strange justifications for refusing to join their Democratic colleagues in supporting legislation that would end President Trump’s government shutdown, which is about to set a record as the longest ever. Democrats passed a series of bills this week to reopen parts of the federal government that are currently […]
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) announced a slew of major water policy reforms in Florida on Thursday, making good on campaign promises to address mounting water crises in the coastal state, including a deeply controversial algae problem. But the governor declined to acknowledge climate change in the new policies while doing so and environmental advocates in […]
We live in a highly partisan hellscape, but over the past week, one story has engendered an unparalleled level of unity: The abrupt decision of the Alabama High School Athletic Association (AHSAA) to revoke 6’4″ basketball sensation Maori Davenport’s eligibility for her senior year. You see, Davenport is a high school senior at Charles Henderson High […]
Of all the personalities in a star-struck nation’s public life — more than any movie actor, athlete, corporate CEO, or fellow politician — President Donald Trump squeezes the largest and most self-serving measure of juice from the U.S. news media. Though the president and his acolytes are quick to deride unfavorable news stories as “fake news,” […]
California’s biggest utility, PG&E, is considering filing for bankruptcy following two years of record-breaking wildfires. But some experts are voicing frustration, saying the utility is trying to skirt its financial responsibility and that the focus should be on building resilience as climate change continues to make wildfires more intense and destructive. It’s widely believed that […]
President Donald Trump made a trip to Texas on Thursday to advocate for the construction of a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, the source of an ongoing stalemate between the president and congressional Democrats. The purpose of the president’s visit was to highlight the supposed “immigration crisis at our Southern Border,” a common refrain from […]
President Donald Trump’s shutdown is days from breaking the record for the longest in U.S. history, and its harmful impacts are already being felt by millions of Americans. One of the consequences of the partial shutdown is that the Food and Drug Administration has stopped doing most of its food safety inspections — just weeks after […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), National Park Service, and U.S. Forest Service employees joined other furloughed federal workers at a rally in Washington, D.C. on Thursday where they demanded an end to the partial government shutdown. Along with causing personal financial problems and emotional distress, federal workers emphasized that the shutdown is harming […]