Two days after a Republican chairman misgendered Rep. Sarah McBride, the Delaware Democrat said today it seems she lives “rent free” in the minds of Republicans.Her remarks came at the end of a lengthy news conference at House Democrats’ annual policy retreat featuring a dozen freshman House Democratic women. McBride, the first openly transgender member […]
Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) said Thursday on CNN’s “The Arena” that his fellow Democrats need to “take on” President Donald Trump. He claimed the “best time” was “to take on a tyrant is as early as possible.” Merkley said, “You don’t stop a bully by giving over your lunch money and you don’t stop tyrant […]
Johns Hopkins University, one of the country’s leading centers of scientific research, said on Thursday that it would eliminate more than 2,000 workers in the United States and abroad because of the Trump administration’s steep cuts, primarily to international aid programs.The layoffs, the most in the university’s history, will involve 247 domestic workers for the […]
WASHINGTON — Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., indicated Thursday he would vote to advance Republicans’ six-month funding bill that passed the House to avert a government shutdown Friday night. The move represents a major concession from Schumer, yielding to the GOP measure just one day after he vowed that Democrats wouldn’t allow it to […]
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The creation of a Space National Guard is getting a groundswell of support from Congress as bipartisan groups of lawmakers are submitting bills in both chambers to build it and eliminate an old proposal to move certain Air National Guard units from the states into the Space Force.Sens. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, and John Hickenlooper, D-Colo., […]
European Union leaders have been clear that they want to negotiate with the United States on trade to avoid a full-blown conflict. But with no deal in sight, officials announced a plan on Wednesday that is meant to hit back hard as steel and aluminum tariffs come into effect.President Trump has imposed 25 percent tariffs […]
Canada to impose 25% tariffs on nearly $30bn in US imports as trade war flaresIn response to 25% tariffs imposed by Donald Trump on steel and aluminum imports, Canada’s finance minister, Dominic LeBlanc, says his country will tomorrow retaliate with levies of the same amount on almost $30bn in imports from the United States.“I am […]
NASA on Tuesday said it has dismissed its chief scientist Katherine Calvin and 22 others in her office to comply with President Donald Trump’s orders. The move is the latest in a series of administration actions that have reduced the priority of research in the US.An AFP report, citing a spokesperson, said that while the […]
NASA will close several offices and reduce its workforce to comply with an executive order from President Donald Trump.NASA’s Office of Technology, Policy and Strategy will be shuttered, as will the Office of the Chief Scientist, and the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI) and Accessibility Branch of the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, the agency […]
