Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel walks with White House senior adviser Jared Kushner on the South Lawn of the White House in May. She is describing the August convention as a "convention celebration." Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Alex Wong/Getty Images Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel walks with White House senior…
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption President Trump said the changes to the environmental were a "historic breakthrough" US President Donald Trump has announced alterations to a landmark environmental law, in a controversial move to allow projects to go ahead with less oversight.Mr Trump touted changes to the National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) as a…
President Trump finalized a major overhaul Wednesday of one of the country’s most consequential environmental laws on the grounds that it has slowed the construction of highways, pipelines and other major projects across the country.The sweeping changes to the 50-year-old National Environmental Policy Act, which opponents have vowed to fight in court and reverse if…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…