President Donald Trump threatened to put San Francisco on notice that the city’s struggle with homelessness is violating environmental rules.
Daily Archives: September 18, 2019
U.S. military has spent more than $184,000 at Trump’s Turnberry resort in Scotland since 2017
“… it appears that U.S. taxpayer funds were used to purchase the equivalent of more than 650 rooms at the Trump Turnberry just since August 2017 — or the equivalent of one room every night for more than one-and-a-half years,” two House Democrats wrote in a letter released Wednesday.
House Democrat rejects GOP call for Jack Evans to testify at D.C. statehood hearing
Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah E. Cummings says voting rights shouldn’t be denied because of officials’ misdeeds.
Trump says he will ‘substantially increase’ Iran sanctions over attack on Saudi Arabia oil facilities
Trump’s administration already slapped Iran with crippling sanctions aimed at driving the country’s oil exports to zero and choking Tehran’s economy.
Rep. Joe Kennedy to challenge fellow Democrat Ed Markey for Senate seat in Massachusetts
Following weeks of speculation, Rep. Kennedy is expected to announce his primary challenge to Sen. Markey on Saturday.
Trump slaps down California on auto emissions standard in latest salvo against Golden State
Donald Trump’s move to revoke California’s auto emissions standards will almost certainly lead to another legal battle with a state he loves to bash.
‘Fry an egg on that wall’: Trump touts design, signs wall during visit to U.S.-Mexico border
President Donald Trump boasted about the design of new barrier fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border during a two-day visit to California.
6 things to know about teenage climate change activist Greta Thunberg
Climate change activist Greta Thunberg has addressed a UN summit, sailed across the Atlantic rather than fly, and been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize — and she is only 16 years old.