Jun 19 Montana officials minimize first-of-its-kind climate lawsuit ahead of final arguments By Matthew Brown, Amy Beth Hanson, Associated Press Montana officials sought to downplay a first-of-its-kind trial taking place over the state's obligations to protect residents from climate change, saying Monday that a victory by the young plaintiffs would not change approvals for fossil fuel projects. Continue reading
Jun 19 Watch 7:10 Report says DOJ resisted investigating Trump’s role in Jan. 6 for over a year By Geoff Bennett, Cybele Mayes-Osterman New reporting from The Washington Post reveals that in the days and weeks following the Jan. 6 attack, senior officials at the Justice Department and the FBI made critical decisions that might have compromised its investigation of former President Trump… Continue watching
Jun 19 Watch 3:11 Greek coast guard questioned over response to deadly sinking of migrant vessel By John Irvine Recriminations, mourning, and anger persist as the search for hundreds of migrants missing in the waters off Greece continued Monday. Last week's sinking of an over-filled vessel is perhaps the greatest Greek sea disaster since antiquity. John Irvine of Independent… Continue watching
Jun 19 Watch 7:00 Group of young people sue Montana over inaction on climate change By William Brangham, Sam Lane A first-of-its-kind trial is underway in Montana, where a group of young people argue the state's lawmakers aren't doing nearly enough to address climate change. Montana is one of the nation’s biggest coal producers and the industry there has strong… Continue watching
Jun 19 Watch 4:26 The grandmother of Juneteenth on what the holiday means for Americans By Geoff Bennett, Courtney Norris, Dorothy Hastings In 1865, Union Army Gen. Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, to inform the country's last enslaved people that they had been freed under the Emancipation Proclamation. The day now known as Juneteenth was formally recognized as a national holiday… Continue watching
Jun 19 Post-pandemic purge of rolls sees 1 million people dropped from Medicaid By David A. Lieb, Andrew DeMillo, Associated Press About 1.5 million people have lost Medicaid coverage in more than two dozen states as a post-coronavirus pandemic purge of the rolls gets underway. Continue reading
Jun 19 Retread scare: Trump and other Republicans evoke another era by calling Democrats ‘communists’ By Ali Swenson, Associated Press Former President Donald Trump's arraignment in federal court has highlighted a popular strategy among Republicans: likening their opponents to "Marxists" and "communists."… Continue reading
Jun 19 Multiple Mississippi tornadoes touchdown overnight, killing 1 and injuring nearly 2 dozen others By Michael Goldberg, Associated Press/Report for America Officials say multiple tornadoes swept through Mississippi overnight, killing one and injuring nearly two dozen. Continue reading
Jun 19 Mass shootings and violence around the country leave several dead and injured this weekend By Matthew Brown, Claire Savage, Associated Press Mass shootings and violence killed and wounded people across the U.S. over the weekend, including 60 in the Chicago area alone. The shootings happened in cities and rural areas alike. Bullets flew in Idaho and Washington state as well as… Continue reading
Jun 19 Americans reflect on end of slavery for Juneteenth By Bianca Vázquez Toness, Ed White, Adrian Sainz, Associated Press Monday’s federal holiday commemorates the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed — two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued during the bloody Civil War. Continue reading