Tag: Trump administration
Progressive news investigation: Legal challenges emerge as Trump’s DOGE faces transparency...
Legal challenges erupt over Trump’s advisory panel as transparency and fairness come under scrutiny.
Trump’s pick to lead federal housing agency has opposed efforts to...
Such views would seemingly place Turner at odds with the core work of HUD, a sprawling federal agency that serves as a backstop against homelessness for millions of the nation’s poor, elderly and disabled.
Trump’s Cabinet picks aren’t just unqualified and inexperienced—they’re morally bankrupt
While every president has a right to select their own Cabinet appointees, the Senate also has the Constitutional authority to decide whether each nominee is fit to serve.
Trump’s Project 2025 architect pick sparks fears for Social Security and...
President-elect Trump’s nomination of Russell Vought, a lead figure in Project 2025, signals the potential for deep cuts to critical safety net programs, despite campaign promises to protect them.
Sierra Club sounds alarm, nominee Lee Zeldin ‘unqualified’ to head EPA
“The best-case scenario is that the EPA will lose four years in the fight for the planet. The worst-case scenario should send a shudder down your spine.”
NPR’s ‘balance’ serves to normalize Trump’s highly abnormal cabinet picks
They must be confirmed by the Senate, which means the media play an important role in helping bring to light their records and qualifications.
Trump’s Energy Department pick: A Fracking CEO who claims ‘there is...
Wright’s history of denying the severity of climate change raise critical questions about his ability to lead an agency central to energy innovation and climate policy.
Eight reasons why Marco Rubio would be a disastrous Secretary of...
The many reasons why Trump's nomination of Senator Marco Rubio to be Secretary of State is a disastrous choice for America and the world.
GOP’s federal trifecta and the looming threat to U.S. healthcare
What’s next for healthcare? GOP’s agenda signals cuts and higher costs.
Trump’s appointment of fracking CEO Chris Wright to lead Department of...
Environmental advocates sound the alarm as President-elect Trump nominates Liberty Energy CEO Chris Wright, a staunch fossil fuel supporter, to lead the Department of Energy.
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Balanced budget amendment would put Social Security, Medicare, and core public services on the...
The proposal would make revenue increases extraordinarily difficult while allowing tax cuts to pass more easily, shifting pressure onto widely used federal programs.
DNC approach to Israel is political malpractice and moral failure
On no issue is that more apparent than the DNC’s insistence on treating Israel as above serious reproach.
Speeding up the ‘kill chain’: Pentagon bombs thousands of targets in Iran using Palantir...
The system, known as Project Maven, relies on technology by Palantir and also incorporates the AI model Claude built by Anthropic. Israel has used similar AI targeting programs in Iran, as well as in Gaza and Lebanon.
Searching for solace in a nuclearized world
The nightmare of Fukushima 15 years later.
Big Oil profits surge as Democrats push windfall tax tied to Iran war
Lawmakers and advocacy groups propose taxing fossil fuel windfalls as war-driven price spikes hit American households and deepen inequality.