Biden’s Infrastructure Czar Comes With Friendly Record on Fossil Fuels
Mitch Landrieu, former mayor of New Orleans, has been put in charge of infrastructure implementation. He and his family have spent years defending oil and gas interests.
Mitch Landrieu, former mayor of New Orleans, has been put in charge of infrastructure implementation. He and his family have spent years defending oil and gas interests.
The New Jersey Democrat claimed that a protester screamed “Jew!” at him and that Jamal Khashoggi’s organization has links to Al Qaeda.
The Coronavirus Crisis
Biotechnology Innovation Organization, the trade group for Pfizer and Moderna, made large dark-money donations during the 2020 election, a new filing reveals.
Government attorneys expressed concerns that the Medicare direct contracting model — begun by Trump and continued under Biden — was geared to benefit specific companies.
Amazon employees have been discouraged from taking time off for natural disasters because it would slow down production.
Designed to punish the Taliban, a U.S. freeze on Afghan assets and aid has inflicted food shortages on the country's people instead.
This week, Democrats eschewed opportunities to stop U.S. maintenance of Saudi warplanes and halt a missile sale to the kingdom.
Local think tanks that previously supported offshore drilling have engaged in a wide-ranging campaign to stop the expansion of offshore wind farms.
The Coronavirus Crisis
When Psaki scoffed at the idea of sending Americans free Covid-19 rapid tests, it was a reminder that a for-profit health care system still limits the U.S. pandemic response.
Murphy argued the $650 million sale of air-to-air missiles to Saudi Arabia is for “defensive weapons” against Yemen's Houthis.
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