Even as Floods Worsen With Climate Change, Fewer People Insure Against Disaster
The Midwest floods have highlighted a gap in disaster readiness: Fewer Americans are buying flood insurance, even as climate change increases their risk.
3 New Policies From the 2020 Democrats: Policing, L.G.B.T. Rights and Voting Rights
There’s a lot going on in the presidential race, so you might have missed these new plans from Julián Castro, Kirsten Gillibrand and Beto O’Rourke.
Texas Is Latest State to Pump the Brakes on Red-Light Cameras
Gov. Greg Abbott signed a law this month that bans the cameras. It takes effect in September, but police departments have already started dismantling the devices.
Mnuchin Lays Blame for Failed Trade Talks on China
The Treasury secretary also said that President Trump will meet with China’s leader, Xi Jinping, at the G-20 leaders’ summit in Osaka, Japan, later this month.
Death on the Rio Grande: A Look at a Perilous Migrant Route
President Trump’s immigration clampdown has pushed an increasing surge of migrants into the harsh river current as the fastest route to American soil.
U.S. and Mexico Issue Joint Declaration on Migration and Tariffs
Mexico agreed to take “unprecedented steps” to stop migrants from crossing its border into the United States, the State Department said. Read the statement here.
California Reckons With the Cost of Wildfires to Come
With blazes growing more frequent and deadly, and a new threat looming over the weekend, a panel urged steps to spread the future financial burden.
Trump Calls Off Plan to Impose Tariffs on Mexico
President Trump said Friday evening on Twitter that the “Tariffs scheduled to be implemented by the U.S. on Monday, against Mexico, are hereby indefinitely suspended.”
Behind Biden’s Reversal on Hyde Amendment: Lobbying, Backlash and an Ally’s Call
Mr. Biden suddenly renounced his support for a measure to restrict federal abortion funding after blacks, women’s groups and a longtime friend urged him to do so.
FedEx Says It’s Ending Express Shipping Service for Amazon
The decision, while not financially significant for either company, shows how the online retailer has gone from a sought-after customer to a direct competitor of FedEx.
New Election Security Bills Face a One-Man Roadblock: Mitch McConnell
A raft of election-security legislation faces opposition from the Senate majority leader, but House Democrats are readying hearings and votes to raise the pressure.
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