EPA proposal to limit science studies draws more opposition
The rule would allow an EPA administrator to reject study results in making decisions about chemicals, pollutants and other health risks if underlying data is not public. Opponents said it would throw out the kind of public-health studies that underlie…
Trump now says he misspoke on Russian meddling, believes election interference took place
Back at the White House on Tuesday, the president told reporters that he said he meant he doesn't see why Russia "wouldn't" be responsible.
Lawmakers want Pompeo to testify on Trump’s meeting with Putin
Sen. Bob Corker, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, sees it as a "first step" as lawmakers consider responding to Trump's summit with the Russian leader.
NAACP lifts travel advisory against American Airlines
The NAACP is lifting its travel advisory against American Airlines, saying the company is making improvements that address worries about African-Americans being subject to discrimination or even unsafe conditions while flying.
With little public scrutiny, the health insurance industry has joined forces with data brokers to vacuum up personal details about hundreds of millions of Americans. Then they feed this information into complicated computer algorithms that spit out predictions about how…
Still struggling over how to handle Confederate symbols, the Charlottesville City Council voted 4-1 Monday night to change the names of two parks yet again. The former Lee Park, renamed Emancipation Park, is now Market Street Park. The former Jackson…
The 16th Annual Nelson Mandela Lecture was slated to start at 7:55 a.m. ET.
President Donald Trump said he sees no reason why Russia would have interfered in the 2016 election. On the same platform, Russian President Vladimir Putin offered a reason, even while denying Moscow ever meddled: He wanted Trump to win.
Marq Vincent Perez was found guilty of all counts in the Jan. 28, 2017, blaze at an Islamic center in Victoria, Texas. Perez faces up to 20 years in federal prison for destroying a religious place of worship.
