A new poll finds former Vice President Joe Biden ahead of the field in the 2020 Democratic presidential race — even though he hasn’t actually entered it. “Poll: Biden leads 2020 Dem race, followed by Sanders and Harris”
Month: September 2020
Trump, Biden in dead heat in hypothetical 2020 matchup among Texas voters
President TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases “Trump, Biden in dead heat in hypothetical 2020 matchup among Texas voters”
Ex-GOP congressional candidate charged with wire fraud, violating election law
A former Republican congressional candidate in Rhode Island has been charged with wire fraud and violating federal election law. H. Russell Taub, who ran unsuccessfully “Ex-GOP congressional candidate charged with wire fraud, violating election law”
Buttigieg pens letter to Muslims in city: 'The diversity of our community is its strength'
Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg shared an open letter on Friday expressing support for Muslims in his hometown after deadly mass shootings at two mosques in “Buttigieg pens letter to Muslims in city: 'The diversity of our community is its strength'”
Because 'A World Without Insects Is Not Worth Living In,' Germany Announces Plan to Ban Glyphosate
The German government announced Wednesday it had agreed on a plan to phase out the use of glyphosate—the key chemical in the weedkiller Roundup—with a “Because 'A World Without Insects Is Not Worth Living In,' Germany Announces Plan to Ban Glyphosate”
'This Is Eco-Apartheid': Post-Dorian Refugees Fleeing Bahamas Ordered Off Ferry Bound for US
Hundreds of Bahamian refugees were ordered off a ferry headed for Ft. Lauderdale, Florida from Freeport in the Bahamas days after Hurricane Dorian pummeled the “'This Is Eco-Apartheid': Post-Dorian Refugees Fleeing Bahamas Ordered Off Ferry Bound for US”
From Nepal to New Zealand to Nigeria, Fridays for Future Youth Activists Take to Streets Worldwide One Week Before #ClimateStrike
Activists with the youth-led Fridays for Future movement took to the streets worldwide Friday, calling for bolder efforts to battle the climate emergency and encouraging “From Nepal to New Zealand to Nigeria, Fridays for Future Youth Activists Take to Streets Worldwide One Week Before #ClimateStrike”
As Climate Crisis Threatens to Put More Homes 'Literally Underwater,' Study Warns Big Banks Offloading Risky Mortgages Onto Taxpayers
New research first reported on Friday by The New York Times suggests banks are shifting mortgages made riskier by the climate emergency over to financial “As Climate Crisis Threatens to Put More Homes 'Literally Underwater,' Study Warns Big Banks Offloading Risky Mortgages Onto Taxpayers”
'Just Because He Does It in the Open Does Not Make Abuse of Power OK': Outrage After Trump Asks China to Investigate Bidens
Immediate backlash erupted on Thursday after President Donald Trump called for the governments of China and Ukraine to investigate current 2020 Democratic frontrunner Joe Biden, and “'Just Because He Does It in the Open Does Not Make Abuse of Power OK': Outrage After Trump Asks China to Investigate Bidens”
Applause as Federal Court Blocks 'Unconstitutional' South Dakota Law That Would Hit Pipeline Protesters With Up to 25 Years in Prison
Environmentalists celebrated Wednesday after a federal court temporarily blocked enforcement of a recently enacted South Dakota law that aims to hit pipeline protesters with fines “Applause as Federal Court Blocks 'Unconstitutional' South Dakota Law That Would Hit Pipeline Protesters With Up to 25 Years in Prison”