A federal appeals court on Wednesday rejected BP and Anadarko Petroleum’s efforts to evade billions of dollars in fines for Clean Water Act violations for the millions of barrels of oil that spewed from their well in the 2010 Gulf Read More …
Dozens of Israeli airstrikes rocked areas of the Gaza Strip overnight and early Tuesday morning following a promise by the Israeli government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Hamas would ‘pay a heavy price’ for the death of three Israeli Read More …
In a victory for campaign finance reform, the Senate Judiciary Committee this morning voted to advance Tom Udall’s (D-New Mexico) proposed constitutional amendment that would restore authority back to Congress, individual states, and the American people to regulate political donations Read More …
Environmental groups say the Obama administration’s new crude-by-rail regulations (pdf), proposed Wednesday, don’t go nearly far enough to reduce the risk posed by hazardous rail cars carrying oil and ethanol across long distances. The proposed rules, which include a Read More …
A U.S. air strike in Afghanistan on Monday killed at least four civilians, Afghan officials say. According to reporting by the New York Times, which cites information from district police chief Abdul Qayum Noorzai, the attack in the Shindand District Read More …
Tens of thousands of Pakistanis opposed to Pakistan’s ruling parties and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif have breached barricades surrounding the so-called ‘red zone’ in the nation’s capital city of Islamabad on Wednesday as they fulfilled their vows to march on Read More …
“You’re having the core conversation of our time.” That was the message delivered on Tuesday by author Naomi Klein to participants of a conference whose focus is on “concrete steps towards a society beyond the imperative of growth.” Klein’s opening Read More …
WASHINGTON – U.S. combat troops may be deployed against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) if the strategy announced by President Barack Obama last week fails to make substantial progress against the radical Sunni group, Washington’s top military Read More …
The U.S. government’s new war in Iraq that now also includes Syria has already cost American taxpayers between $780 and $930 million, and could amount to over $1 billion a month if U.S. efforts intensify on the scale demanded by Read More …
Continued White House foot-dragging on the declassification of a much-anticipated Senate torture report is raising concerns that the administration is holding out until Republicans take over the chamber and kill the report themselves. Senator Dianne Feinstein’s intelligence committee sent a Read More …