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The Fox in Charge of the Henhouse: Activists Decry Trump’s EPA P...
Senate confirmation hearings began Wednesday for former coal lobbyist Andrew Wheeler, whom President Trump has nominated to become administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Wheeler has been the acting head of the EPA since Scott Pruitt resigned in July amid an onslaught of financial and ethics scandals. We speak with Heather McTeer Toney, national field […]
Native American Communities Bear Brunt of Shutdown with Medicine Short...
We look at the widespread impact of the government shutdown on Native American communities, as the Indian Health Service goes understaffed and a federally funded food delivery program to Indian reservations has halted. Democratic members of Congress held a hearing Tuesday on the effects of the shutdown on health, education and employment in Native communities. […]
Strike! Barbara Ehrenreich Calls on TSA Workers to Walk Off Job in Pro...
The longest government shutdown in U.S. history is now on Day 27. As 800,000 workers continue to go without pay, federal employees around the country are rising up to demand an end to the shutdown, which has run public institutions ragged and left hundreds of thousands financially strapped. We speak with Barbara Ehrenreich, author of […]
Headlines for January 17, 2019
Speaker Pelosi to Trump: Cancel or Postpone State of the Union Federal Employees and Contractors Demand End to Government Shutdown Trump to Propose Biggest Space-Based Missile Program Since “Star Wars” Andrew Wheeler, at EPA Confirmation Hearing, Downplays Climate Risks Climate Study Finds Ocean Temperatures Hit Record High in 2018 Syria: Four Americans Among 19 Killed […]
Judge Blocks Trump Plan to Add Citizenship Question to Census, Citing ...
A federal judge in New York City has ruled against the Trump administration’s decision to put a citizenship question on the census. In a lengthy opinion, U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman wrote that in deciding to add a citizenship question to the census, U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross violated a “veritable smorgasbord” of federal rules […]
Could Trump’s Attorney General Pick William Barr Be “Worse...
Senate confirmation hearings began Tuesday for William Barr, President Trump’s nominee for attorney general to replace Jeff Sessions. Barr served as attorney general for George H.W. Bush from 1991 to 1993. During that time, he was involved in the pardon of six Reagan officials for the Iran-Contra scandal and oversaw the opening of the Guantánamo […]