The WHO declared Mpox a global health emergency, Canada is bracing for a year of extreme weather events and Ukrainian troops are in Russia. Here are some of the big stories you may have missed this week. What happened in Canadian news? Trudeau says Poilievre urging EV tariff is ‘baloney’ as industry awaits decision Prime … Read more
When hundreds of books got hauled away in a dumpster from the library of the New College of Florida on Thursday, the tiny liberal arts college with a governing board dominated by appointees of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis once again found itself at the center of the state’s culture wars. “We abolished the gender studies … Read more
The Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision denied the Biden administration’s emergency request to partially reinstate its new Title IX rule. The sweeping changes to Title IX, which protects against sex discrimination in schools, cover sexual orientation and gender identity for the first time. Various Republican state attorneys general have persuaded judges to block implementation … Read more
Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance on Thursday said he now agrees to debate Democratic rival Tim Walz on two occasions after previously appearing reluctant to commit to a faceoff. “Not only do I accept the CBS debate on October 1st, I accept the CNN debate on September 18th as well,” the Ohio Republican wrote … Read more
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump is taking his long history of accusing others of doing what he himself is guilty of to new heights, now charging Democrats of perpetrating a “coup” against President Joe Biden by persuading him to end his reelection effort. “It really is a threat to democracy. It was a coup by people … Read more
A tame inflation report this week gave hope to Democrats that their biggest electoral weakness may finally be in the rearview mirror after being stubbornly persistent since 2022. Even as inflation has been slowing since then, it’s still a big worry for voters, and in his bid to get reelected, former President Donald Trump has … Read more
WASHINGTON — If Donald Trump wins in November, hundreds of people in prison for rioting at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, could be set free before their sentences are up. The former president has repeatedly said he would consider pardoning his supporters for their actions that day, and at least some of them … Read more
WASHINGTON — In over three transformative years as the country’s top antitrust regulator, Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan has faced down powerful foes, from private equity titans to tech CEOs and supermarket moguls. But Khan, nominated by President Joe Biden and confirmed by a bipartisan Senate supermajority, now faces adversity from a less familiar … Read more
Nuclear plants are cheap to operate, last decades longer than other power sources, and generate unrivaled volumes of zero-carbon electricity rain or shine on relatively tiny slivers of land. Yet despite growing demand, few investors are willing to take a risk on new atomic energy stations as they’re expensive and difficult to build. The United … Read more
Senate Democrats facing reelection this year are running strong in every single presidential battleground state, but it still might not be enough to maintain the party’s hold on the upper chamber next year. What once looked like a brutal map for Democrats ― with half a dozen vulnerable incumbents in the Senate, hindered by an … Read more
