Friday, November 13, 2026

Trump’s $625 million coal bailout draws fire from climate and health advocates

Administration announces $625 million for coal plant life-extensions while Interior opens 13.1 million acres for leasing and EPA scraps pollution limits; advocates warn the public will “pay the price” through higher bills, dirtier air and stalled clean energy.

Justice department under fire as Epstein file redactions trigger congressional backlash

Lawmakers accuse DOJ and FBI of violating transparency law while exposing survivors and shielding powerful figures.

Half a dozen ‘ceasefires’ later, the attack on Iran has exposed the limits of...

In Iran, Trump and Netanyahu thought they could impose imperialism on the cheap — but it turns out not everyone is playing that game.

How a company with ties to a Dakota Access Pipeline owner flew over protests...

Why was a private company allowed into this airspace when no one else was? What is the background on this company?

Tlaib and Sanders push bill to tax excessive CEO pay

Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Rashida Tlaib unveiled legislation that would impose higher taxes on corporations paying executives more than 50 times their workers, citing billion-dollar gaps at firms like Walmart, Starbucks, and Tesla.

Wall Street, banks, and angry citizens

The inequality gap on a planet growing more extreme.
Donald Trump Jr. speaking at a conference. Photo: Gage Skidmore / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Donald Trump Jr.’s Bahamas Wedding Was Secretly Bankrolled by Russian Oligarch Close to Putin

The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large group of other Russian guests.

Bees are sentient and may be self-aware

Bees are remarkable creatures, even for the mundane tasks we see them engaged in daily.

BNL lawsuit and the impacts of national nuclear laboratory

Brookhaven National Laboratory “continues to show almost no regard for its neighbors…Is this any way for a government-funded agency to treat its neighbors?”

EWG sues EPA for inaction on glyphosate petition; violates federal law, puts children at...

In the suit, EWG requests a reduction in the glyphosate tolerance level for oats from 30 ppm to 0.1 ppm and a ban on its use as a pre-harvest desiccant.