Election 2020
In Key Election for Climate, Sen. Steve Daines Deceives Montana on His Public Lands Record
As the climate crisis transforms Montana, the incumbent Republican senator is greenwashing his record.
Politics
The Coronavirus Crisis
Trump Is Hospitalized With Covid-19, Days After Mocking Biden for Wearing a Mask
For months, the president recklessly disregarded mask-wearing, and aides and supporters followed his lead.
Election 2020
Michael McCaul Launches $1 Million Ad Campaign, Featuring Anti-Black Lives Matter Cop, in Competitive Texas Race
Civil rights attorney Mike Siegel, locked in a rematch with eight-term congressman McCaul, called for the ad to come down.
Election 2020
Panic Over Mail-in Voting Only Feeds Trump’s Chaos, Says Top Pennsylvania Democrat
Voters in the Keystone State who request an absentee ballot but decide to vote in person are playing into Trump's hands, Lt. Gov. John Fetterman warns.
Trump Campaign Looks to Make Good on Poll-Watching Threat in Philadelphia
Trump has falsely claimed that poll watchers are being thrown out, but they’re not allowed at early-voting sites, where voters can drop off mail-in ballots.
Neo-Fascist Proud Boys Exult Over Trump Telling Them to "Stand By," Not Stand Down
Asked to tell white supremacists and militia groups to stay away from protests, the president told some to be on alert.
The Coronavirus Crisis
Excess Mortality Data Shows Trump Is Lying About Covid-19 Being More Deadly in Europe
The president keeps saying the excess death rate during the pandemic is higher in Europe than in the U.S. That's not true.
Bad Chemistry
Did the White House Stop the EPA From Regulating PFAS?
A proposal to designate PFOA and PFOS as hazardous substances has been sitting at the White House for more than a year.
Rep. Dan Crenshaw’s Coronavirus Rhetoric Has Put His Seat at Risk
Sima Ladjevardian, Crenshaw’s Democratic opponent, is going after the representative’s downplaying of the coronavirus pandemic in Texas.
Voices
Trump’s Taxes: A Thousand Scandals in One
The president’s leaked taxes are an explosion of many different scandals, like a huge fireworks display on the Fourth of July.