DOJ sues to stop former Trump national security…

The Trump administration filed a lawsuit Tuesday against former national security adviser John Bolton, hoping to delay publication of his tell-all book, due to be released next week. "The United States is not seeking to…

Is this the second wave of COVID-19 in…

For several weeks in May, it seemed as though the coronavirus was finally ebbing: National case counts, which rose astronomically earlier in the spring, had leveled off. States had started the process of reopening. Now,…

In the atmosphere of Mars, a green glow…

Earth is not the only planet with an atmosphere that glows green: Astronomers have observed the same ethereal phenomenon on Mars, according to a study published Monday in the journal Nature Astronomy. The emerald sheen…

Trump says Obama didnt reform policing. But he…

President Donald Trump claimed on Tuesday that his predecessor did not take action on reforming police — despite the fact that it was under Trump that several Obama-era changes were scrapped. "President Obama and Vice…

Supreme Court sent clear message with LGBTQ ruling,…

When the history books are written, Gerald Bostock’s name will grace the landmark case that on June 15, 2020, won LGBTQ people nationwide protection from workplace discrimination. For Bostock, the only surviving plaintiff in the…

Trump signs executive order on policing amid mounting…

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an executive order on policing Tuesday amid increasing pressure and nationwide protests over the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Rayshard Brooks and other African Americans at the hands…

Carbon emissions may have peaked in 2019 —…

The coronavirus pandemic has climate scientists asking a surprising question: Will humans ever emit more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere than they did last year? Emissions of the climate-heating gases have been on the rise…