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House Democrats are ready to challenge Trump on environmental policy

Nov 16, 2018

Three Democrats set to chair committees in the House of Representatives have promised to investigate the Trump administration’s rollback of climate measures, and investigate officials they say have been given a...

Congress questions Facebook and Twitter officials, with Google conspicuously absent

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Sep 6, 2018

Business, Policy, Science

Representatives from Facebook and Twitter took questions from the Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday, at a hearing focused on the social media company’s political influence and management of user data, ...

Macron gives thinly veiled critique of Trump policies in speech to Congress

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Apr 27, 2018

Environment, Policy, Science

French President Emmanuel Macron, in his address to the US Congress Wednesday, offered an indirect yet robust criticism of a number of Trump Administration policies, particularly the withdrawal from the Paris c...

Science advocates avert many of the worst GOP proposals in final tax bill

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Dec 19, 2017

Policy, Science

The final version of the Republican tax bill was released Friday, offering compromises across a range of issues important to scientists and researchers in the US, according to David Malakoff, writing for Scien...

US House of Representatives unanimously approves landmark self-driving car legislation

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Sep 10, 2017

Innovation, Policy, Science

In a step forward for autonomous driving technology on Wednesday, the United States House of Representatives unanimously approved a measure to help move forward the technology on a federal level. The measure pr...

Republican healthcare plan, while disastrous, could also spell political trouble in 2018

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May 30, 2017

Health, Opinion, Policy, Science

Since the House of Representatives passed the American Health Care Act (AHCA), it has become increasingly clear how much damage it would inflict on average Americans. A recent report from the Congressional Budg...

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