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How GOP Lawmakers’ Districts Benefited from Biden’s Energy Spending

President Trump’s overarching embrace of fossil fuels includes repealing a landmark Biden legislative achievement, the Inflation Reduction Act, which has helped support major investments in clean energy infrastructure.  While this will be the 55th time Republicans will have tried to roll back part or all of the $370 billion IRA, a Mother Jones analysis shows […]


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Bernie Sanders Demands a $17 Minimum Wage as Trump’s Tariffs Embarrass GOP

Hungry for an economic populism that challenges Trump, Democrats line up behind Sanders’s latest minimum wage push.


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Some States Are Banning Forever Chemicals. Now Industry Is Fighting Back.

This story was originally published by WIRED and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In 2021, James Kenney and his husband were at a big box store buying a piece of furniture when the sales associate asked if they’d like to add fabric protectant. Kenney, the cabinet secretary of New Mexico’s Environment Department, asked to see […]


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Trump’s “Pincer Attack” on Journalism Is Working. But There’s Hope.

David Folkenflik occupies a unique role at NPR: He’s a journalist who writes about journalism. And that includes the very organization where he works, which is once again being threatened by conservatives in Washington. The second Trump administration has aggressively gone after the media in its first few months. It’s kicked news organizations out of […]


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Nearly 40% of Those in Mike Johnson’s District Rely on Medicaid as He Eyes Cuts

Without Medicaid, many can’t afford health coverage in a state where the minimum wage is $7.25 an hour.


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