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Republicans have stacked the federal courts with ideologues willing to entrain any bad faith argument designed to overturn Roe—even the COVID-19 pandemic.

As habitat and biodiversity loss increase globally, the novel coronavirus outbreak may be just the beginning of mass pandemics.

While his administration has faced criticism for being slow to ramp up testing for coronavirus infections, President Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed that the problem was with his predecessors, saying the administration “inherited a broken system” that it “rebuilt.” That’s misleading.

The president has a point that the testing system of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention alon

The more stringent standard for passenger vehicles passed under the Obama administration would have saved 6 billion tons of greenhouse gases.

Accusing president of "dereliction of responsibility," the Democratic senator said, "Health workers' lives are at risk and people are dying."

As coronavirus sweeps the globe, there is not a single Trilogy Evo Universal ventilator — developed with government funds — in the U.S. stockpile. Meanwhile, Royal Philips N.V. has sold higher-priced versions to clients around the world.

There is no evidence that medical personnel are stealing personal protective gear from hospitals, as Trump suggested.

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On Feb. 13, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sent out an email with what the author described as an “URGENT” call for help.

The agency was s

"The EPA uses this global pandemic to create loopholes for destroying the environment. This is a schoolbook example for what we need to start looking out for."

Utah has shown both how to get more people to vote and how to overcome the political resistance that electoral reforms inevitably run into.

Top Texas officials, including Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, seem to think banning legal abortion and sacrificing the elderly are the best ways to combat the outbreak.

Virtually every ocean cruise line serving the United States sails under a foreign flag — but Trump wants to bail them out anyway.

President Donald Trump has been holding daily press conferences to provide the latest information about the coronavirus from the federal government, but his rhetoric has sometimes been imprecise, misleading or outright incorrect.

Families recount painful conversations with loved ones inside detention centers and join advocates demanding action that detainees be protected against spread of the coronavirus.

Researchers and environmental groups have called the proposal “reckless” and “unconscionable” in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Both Rand and Ron Paul hold medical degrees.

"No more slush funds or no-strings-attached handouts. Real relief for the American people."

The time for a World War II-like mobilization to defeat this enemy we all share is this very minute.

The president and governors across the country are declaring states of emergency as the coronavirus spreads. And still, state-level Republicans are jamming through anti-abortion bills.

Answers to some key questions about what is known so far about the outbreak and the virus.