“Republicans are considering putting hot-button initiatives on the ballot to excite the base when little else currently is.” More …
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Lifting the Veil on Another Batch of Shadowy Trump Appointees
“The administration continues to quietly hire political staffers — more than 1,000 so far, many of them regulating industries they previously worked for — but we’ve uncovered more identities. ‘The swamp continues,’ says a Trump campaign official who is now a lobbyist.” More …
Trump Administration’s Effect on National Parks
“It’s been a hard summer for our public lands.” More …
Trump Administration Halts Pollution Controls at Utah Coal Plants: Send in the Haze
“An appeals court granted a request Monday from President Donald Trump’s administration to halt a plan for new pollution controls at Utah’s oldest coal-fired power plants aimed at reducing haze near national parks. The development marks a reversal for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which last year under Barack Obama unveiled the rules and defended itself in a lawsuit brought by Utah and Rocky Mountain Power.” More …
How Donald Trump Lied to Conceal His Moscow Business Partner
“Donald Trump has told many lies and falsehoods. He’s lied about the Russia scandal. He’s lied about his ties to organized crime. Perhaps he’s lied so much that freshly excavated prevarications don’t register greatly. Yet recent news reports revealing that Trump was pursuing a huge development deal in Moscow in late 2015 and early 2016 show that during the campaign Trump committed a tremendous act of deception. ” More …
Interactive Timeline: Everything We Know About Russia and President Trump
Explore this updated, comprehensive Trump-Russia Timeline — or select one of the central players in the Trump-Russia saga to see what’s known about them. More …
Mike Flynn’s Son Is Subject of Federal Russia Probe
“Michael G. Flynn, the son of President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, is a subject of the federal investigation into Russian meddling in the presidential election and possible collusion between Moscow and the Trump campaign, according to four current and former government officials.” More …
Russia Has Launched a Fake News War on Europe. Now Germany Is Fighting Back
“Merkel’s coalition in parliament passed a law at the end of June that will impose fines worth upwards of $50 million on Facebook and other social media companies that do not promptly remove “illegal content,” a term that Merkel’s government has used to target everything from hate speech and pornography to malicious propaganda.” More …
Take the Generic Drug, Patients Are Told — Unless Insurers Say No
“Faced with competition, some pharmaceutical companies are cutting deals with insurance companies to favor their brand-name products over cheaper generics. Insurers pay less, but sometimes consumers pay more. Adderall XR, a drug to treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, is a case in point.” More …
Wisconsin won’t break even on Foxconn plant incentives for 25 years: analysis
“Wisconsin is not projected to break even on a $3 billion incentive package for a proposed LCD screen plant by Taiwan’s Foxconn for at least 25 years, a legislative analysis showed on Tuesday.” More …