Sen. Rick Scott Says He’s a China Hawk. But He’s Made Lots of Money With China-Related Investments

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In November, ahead of President Joe Biden’s meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) issued a press release casting himself as a fierce opponent of China. It declared, “Since being elected to the U.S. Senate, Senator Scott has introduced dozens of bills to punish Communist China for its increased military aggression, continued […]
David Corn

Trump Could Use the 1873 Comstock Act to Ban Abortion Nationwide. Here’s How.

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Last week, in a bid to clarify his historically nebulous stance on abortion, Donald Trump said that if reelected, he intends to leave abortion rights “to the states,” seemingly contradicting his prior stance in favor of a 16-week national ban.  But Mary Ziegler, a law professor at UC Davis and leading abortion historian, thinks that […]
Julianne McShane

A Firm Bought Up Land in a Tiny Arizona Town—Then Sold Its Water to a Faraway Suburb

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This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. One of the biggest battles over Colorado River water is being staged in one of the west’s smallest rural enclaves. Tucked into the bends of the lower Colorado River, Cibola, Arizona, is a community of about 200 people. Maybe 300, […]
Maanvi Singh

Are ‘Forever Chemicals’ a Forever Problem?

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The Environmental Protection Agency says “forever chemicals” must be removed from tap water. But they lurk in much more of what we eat, drink and use.
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