Lawsuits Seeking To Hold Oil and Gas Companies Accountable for Climate Change Tossed Out of Court

Maryland cases were part of climate activists’ efforts to bankrupt oil companies Offshore oil and gas platform in the Pacific Ocean (Mario Tama/Getty Images) A Maryland judge dismissed two landmark lawsuits that accused some of the world’s largest oil and gas companies of causing climate change—a massive defeat for climate activists and Democrats who have

Trump Terminates Fauci’s Security Detail

Trump has stripped other former Trump administration officials of their security detail since taking office. President Donald Trump has terminated former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci’s security detail. Trump justified the move on Jan. 24. “When you work for government, at some point, your security detail comes off and you

Trump Gives 2 Conditions to California Before Offering Federal Aid for Wildfires

They involve voter identification rules and water, the president signaled. President Donald Trump said on Friday that he wants Los Angeles and California to fulfill two requirements before he offers federal support to wildfire-devastated areas in the state. “I want to see two things in Los Angeles. Voter ID, so that the people have a

Trump Says He Plans to Overhaul or Eliminate FEMA in Executive Order

‘I think, frankly, FEMA is not good,’ Trump said. ‘You want to use your state to fix [a disaster], and not waste time calling FEMA.’ President Donald Trump said he would be signing an executive order to start the process of fundamentally overhauling or “getting rid of” the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), while touring