Betting it will be unpopular in 2020, Sen. McConnell and the GOP want a vote on the Green New Deal, which is backed by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Author: Ledyard King, USA TODAY
‘Restores the people’s faith’: House passes a broad anti-corruption and voting rights bill
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Green New Deal: Republicans talk up climate change plan – but not because they like it
Republicans trumpet the Green New Deal because they say the climate change plan is a losing proposition for Democrats.
Green New Deal: Ocasio-Cortez plan has yet to have Pelosi backing as both emphasize climate change
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Stacey Abrams blames Trump for shutdown in State of the Union response: ‘Political games’
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Democrats plan to use their new power in the House to set up an argument in the 2020 election for urgent action on climate change.
‘No lifeboat’: Before Houston had ‘a problem,’ these Apollo 8 astronauts were first to see far side of the moon
Fifty years after they launched from Kennedy Space Center, Apollo 8 astronauts Frank Borman and Jim Lovell recall 1968 flight that lifted a nation.
Trump EPA takes aim at Obama-era clean water rules, prompting outcry from environmentalists
President Trump has called the Obama-era Waters of the U.S. rule a “massive power grab” due to environmental limits. The EPA is preparing a new rule.
George H.W. Bush: My father’s lasting friendship with a man he served, advised and admired
I met George H.W. Bush years after my father’s death. I forever treasure those moments chatting with a dear family friend who just happened to be my country’s41st president.
Florida’s 2020 election: Deflated Democrats have hope. So does the GOP
After the GOP wins in the gubernatorial and Senate races in Florida, Democrats are left wonderinghow they lost races that polls had them favored to win.