[ad_1] ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Citing ProPublica’s reporting on barriers to mental health care access for veterans, the chairman of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, Jon Tester, called on VA Secretary Denis McDonough to increase the number […]

[ad_1] Environment / StudentNation / April 22, 2024 The costs of climate change are falling on those least responsible. This year, we must ask our elected officials for more than just flimsy commitments to sustainability. Ad Policy Protesters during the March to End Fossil Fuels in New York. (John B Senter III / Getty) This […]

[ad_1] ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. For the first time in more than 60 years, the Bureau of Land Management will force oil and gas companies to set aside […]

[ad_1] Four “American Indicators,” people who represent different parts of the economy in different parts of the country, talk about their politics as the presidential election looms. Courtesy of Arch City Defenders, Winton Machine Company, Bhavesh Patel and the Just One Project hide caption toggle caption Courtesy of Arch City Defenders, Winton Machine Company, Bhavesh […]

[ad_1] President Biden walks outside the White House on April 5. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption toggle caption Alex Brandon/AP President Biden walks outside the White House on April 5. Alex Brandon/AP President Biden is marking Earth Day on Monday by launching a website for applications for his Climate Corps jobs and training program, a plan […]

[ad_1] While Biden faced organized opposition in the Democratic primary, Trump did not. Yet Biden got more votes and a higher percentage of the total. Ad Policy Former president Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event in Green Bay, Wisconsin, on April 2, 2024. (Photographer: Daniel Steinle / Bloomberg) Donald Trump flew into Green Bay […]

[ad_1] A House bill proposes renaming Washington Dulles “Donald J. Trump International Airport.” It perfectly sums up the GOP’s approach to governing. Ad Policy (Gabby Barucci) Congress has been in recess these past two weeks, though you’d be hard-pressed to notice the difference. That’s because the feckless, spectacle-driven GOP House majority has stripped down the […]

[ad_1] A personal history of the 1960s. Ad Policy Richard Goodwin, former aide to President Kennedy, and historian Doris Kearns talk to Senator Edward M. Kennedy at Goodwin and Kearns’ wedding on December 14, 1975. (John Sheahan / The Boston Globe via Getty Images) An Unfinished Love Story. It sounds like the latest “shades of […]

[ad_1] Politics / Left Coast / April 5, 2024 In key swing states, ballot measures protecting reproductive rights may drive turnout in favor of Democrats. Ad Policy Demonstrators during a Women’s March rally at the Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix, AZ, in January 2024. (Caitlin O’Hara / Bloomberg) Tuesday’s twin rulings on abortion from the […]

[ad_1] ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Israel’s leaders are fiercely pushing back against U.S. plans to withhold American assistance from an Israeli unit accused of human rights abuses. Axios and Israeli news outlets reported over the weekend that […]