777 former EPA officials signed a letter urging Congress to reject the Trump administration’s ‘climate denial policies’

AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais In honor of Earth Day, the March for Science, and the upcoming Climate Marches due for Saturday, 777 former EPA officials signed a letter Thursday to Congress urging lawmakers to reject the “Trump Administration’s climate denial policies” and to take “action needed to help arrest human-caused climate change.” The letter detailed the science confirming […]

Rick Perry signals the Trump administration’s continued issues with the Paris climate deal

Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images DALLAS – Energy Secretary Rick Perry said at an Earth Day Texas event on Friday that the Paris agreement was “just a document that a bunch of folks got together and signed,” signaling the Trump administration’s continued qualms with the landmark climate deal. President Donald Trump – who has called climate change […]

Trump warns Putin and clears up his administration’s message on Syria

Screenshot via YouTube/Fox News President Donald Trump attempted to clear up his administration’s message on next-steps for Syria after launching a missile strike against an airbase in the country last week. “We’re not going into Syria,” Trump said in an interview with Fox Business airing Wednesday. Trump leaned in on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, calling […]

Obama aides are pushing back against criticism of the administration’s policy on Syria

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Obama administration officials are pushing back against criticism of the former president, saying they proposed similar airstrikes in Syria to the ones President Donald Trump ordered this week, but were stymied by a Republican-controlled Congress reluctant to go along with the Democratic president’s plan. This comes after Trump ordered […]

The Trump administration’s ‘extreme vetting’ will likely rile US allies abroad and the travel industry at home

Evan Vucci/AP In a move sure to rile US allies abroad and the travel industry at home, the Trump administration is considering a plan to set up a much more adversarial system for deciding which non-citizens should be allowed into the United States. Even if they are only coming into the country for a short […]

The Trump administration’s trade strategy is dangerously outdated

The trade guns of Navarro ON THE campaign trail, Donald Trump’s trade policy was an alarming mixture of coruscating complaints and fierce threats of protectionist retaliation. But the world has been in the dark about how much of this rhetoric his administration might turn into reality. A flicker of light came on March 1st as […]

Beyoncé Adds Her Voice to Chorus of Those Condemning Trump Administration’s Stance on Trans Rights

Yesterday, we wrote about the effects of the Trump administration’s decision to rescind the guidance issued last year on the use of gender-segregated bathroom and facilities in schools, and what it will mean for trans students. (Tl;dr = it is not good, at all.) Plenty of celebrities have spoken out against the decision — Against Me!’s Laura […]

A senior Trump appointee was fired after criticizing the administration’s relations with Mexico

REUTERS/Henry Romero WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior Trump administration official was fired following criticism in a private speech of President Donald Trump’s policies and his inner circle of advisers. Craig Deare, whom Trump appointed a month ago to head the National Security Council’s Western Hemisphere division, was on Friday escorted out of the Executive Office […]

The Trump Administration’s Not-So-Internal Monologue on a Tax to Pay for the Border Wall

At around 3:30 PM on Thursday afternoon, one day after President Trump signed an executive order to build a border wall with Mexico, White House spokesman Sean Spicer told reporters on Air Force One that the administration had figured out a way to pay for it: A 20 percent tax on all Mexican imports—or so […]