Security detail protecting Education Secretary cost nearly $8M over 8 months
Narrowly confirmed after Vice President Mike Pence broke a 50-50 tie in the Senate, DeVos is the first cabinet-level official to receive protection from the marshals service since 2009.
Medicaid purge has now impacted at least 2.1 million people—including many children
"States like Florida and Arkansas are weaponizing the bureaucracy against the poor and revoking healthcare for millions, the vast majority for incomplete paperwork."
The American oil industry’s playbook, illustrated: How drillers offload costly cleanup onto the public
The tactics are ubiquitous in the industry.
Pipeline Owned By the Company Behind Dakota Access Leaks 55,000 Gallons of Gasoline
Sunoco spills crude more often than any of its competitors and has had more than 200 leaks since 2010.
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.
Trump’s pick for FDA lead is neck deep in opioid industry cash
“Dr. Gottlieb has also said he wants the FDA approval process to move faster, and that FDA has too high of a standard for safety.”
Hijacking the impeachment debate—for climate’s sake
Donald Trump has done many wrong things, both illegal and legal but grievously harmful, that could have been used long ago to impeach him—and by far the most dangerous of these is his aggressive worsening of the climate emergency.