Environmental advocates are suing the Trump administration over what they described as a secretive plan to undermine climate science. In a new lawsuit filed Tuesday, the Environmental Defense Fund and Union of Concerned Scientists challenge a new federal report that claimed climate models contain “exaggerated projections of future warming” and that “CO2-induced warming might be less...
President Trump's sharp criticism of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday is sending chills across Europe, where leaders are working to guard against the worst-case scenario: Trump aligning with Russian President Vladimir Putin to force a bad deal on Kyiv. Trump blew past a deadline last week to impose punishing sanctions on Russia and its...
Optimism among small businesses rose last month, with respondents reporting better business conditions, despite uncertainty around tariffs and inflation. The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) said on Tuesday that its Small Business Optimism Index went up 1.7 points in July to 100.3, just above the index’s long-term average of 98. The factors that contributed...
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said Tuesday that Russia had been stonewalling negotiations on the return of Ukraine children, thousands of whom have been forcibly transferred to Russia over the course of its invasion. “We cannot reach an agreement with them on the return of the children,” Zelensky told reporters in response to a question from...
A little over a tenth of Americans found Sydney Sweeney’s recent American Eagle ad campaign offensive, according to a new poll. When asked in the Economist/YouGov poll about the ad campaign, 12 percent said they considered it offensive, while 39 percent called it clever. Forty percent said it was neither, and 8 percent were unsure....
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Tuesday the country would not cede portions of the Donbas region to Russia amid ceasefire talks. “We will never leave the Donbas" Zelensky told reporters Tuesday, per NewsNation. "Everyone forgets the first part of the film," he added, referring to Russia's 2014 takeover of Crimea. His comments come days before...
D.C. Police Chief Pamela Smith faces social media mockery after appearing confused by reporter's question about chain of command following Trump's federalization of department.