Tuesday, April 21, 2026

The hot tub of death?

Bill Gates, Hurricane Melissa, and a Civilization Under Threat

Graham blocks repeal of law giving senators $500,000 payouts over seized phone records

House votes 426–0 to undo provision that could grant multi-million-dollar awards to Republicans under 2020 election investigation.

Judge rules Trump’s National Guard deployment in Washington, DC, illegal

Federal court finds the president “acted contrary to law” after sending thousands of troops to patrol the capital amid falling crime rates.

‘We’re broken’: As federal prisons run low on food and toilet paper, corrections officers...

Many of the problems the agency is facing now are not new, but staff and prisoners fear an exodus of officers could make life behind bars even worse.

Global battle royale at COP30 between fossil fuel producers and green energy advocates

The battle royale between the two may prevent COP30, hosted by Brazil, from issuing any joint communiqué or “cover letter.”

Trump designates Saudi Arabia a major non-NATO ally amid plans for expanded weapons sales

Trump’s formal designation of Saudi Arabia as a major non-NATO ally coincides with proposed F-35 and tank sales, a pledged increase in Saudi investments and renewed scrutiny of the Kingdom’s human rights record and the 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Warren and Jayapal introduce legislation to limit corporate influence over federal rulemaking

The EXPERTS Act and the Stop Corporate Capture Act aim to restore agency expertise, increase transparency in regulatory decisions, and reduce the influence of corporate funded studies and litigation in the rulemaking process.

Trump’s ‘quiet, piggy’ remark and White House defense intensify concerns about targeting of female...

Trump’s comments to Bloomberg reporter Catherine Lucey and ABC News correspondent Mary Bruce during recent press exchanges raised questions about the administration’s response to journalists’ inquiries regarding the Epstein files and the 2018 killing of Jamal Khashoggi.

An unexpected con to end free speech

There is an international movement to boycott, sanction, and divest from Israel, but in the United States, President Donald Trump is imperiling the freedom even to publicly discuss such ideas.

‘Ticking time bomb’: A pregnant mother kept getting sicker. She died after she couldn’t...

ProPublica has found multiple cases of women with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.