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California AG Pledges More Lawsuits Against Trump’s Green Rollbacks

California Attorney General Rob Bonta said on Wednesday his state would continue to sue the Trump administration's aggressive deregulatory actions on environmental rules, and was also looking at more lawsuits connected to deception around plastic recycling. Speaking on the "Climate Frontlines" show live from Times Square during New York Climate...

French Government Collapses in 14 Hours, Deepening Political Crisis

PARIS — France's new Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu and his government resigned on Monday, hours after Lecornu announced his cabinet line-up, making it the shortest-lived administration in modern French history and deepening the country's political crisis. The unexpected resignation came after allies and foes alike threatened to topple the new...

Layoffs Will Start if Shutdown Talks Go Nowhere, Says White House

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration will start mass layoffs of federal workers if President Donald Trump decides negotiations with congressional Democrats to end a partial government shutdown are "absolutely going nowhere," White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett said. As the shutdown entered its fifth day, Hassett told CNN's...

Gazans Long for End to War, Rubio Says Not Yet

WASHINGTON/CAIRO/JERUSALEM — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Sunday that war in Gaza has not yet ended despite Israel and Hamas both agreeing to parts of President Donald Trump's plan for the strip, as Gazans called for its quick implementation to end their suffering. "We will know very...

If Hate-Fueled Algorithms Cause Real-World Harm, CA Tech Companies Should Pay

This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Whether by design or by quiet submission to a rapidly-evolving digital landscape, the world’s largest social media companies have allowed their platforms to become factories of division, dehumanization and, increasingly, real-world violence. What began as tools for connection...

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