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Read: transcript of Trump’s call with Ukraine’s president

Trump is embroiled in a crisis about whether he improperly used his position to try to coerce Zelensky into investigating Trump’s 2020 political opponent, former Vice President Joe Biden — perhaps by withholding military aid to the Eastern European country.

To prove his innocence, Trump …

Ohio just passed the worst energy bill of the 21st century

Amid a flurry of ambitious state action on climate change policy, the Republican-controlled Ohio legislature has just passed an energy bill that represents an enormous step backward. It is the most counterproductive and corrupt piece of state energy legislation I can recall in all my time coveri…

Contempt of Congress: what it means for AG William Barr

Frustrated by weeks of missed subpoena deadlines and pushback from the Trump administration, the House Judiciary Committee will vote on a contempt resolution this Wednesday after Barr failed to deliver Mueller’s complete, unredacted report by a Monday deadline. The contempt resolution would also…

Measles outbreak 2019: States make it too easy to avoid vaccines

In New York City, the virus has been spreading since September among Orthodox Jews, some of whom reject vaccines on behalf of their children because of unfounded safety concerns. In Washington, mistrust of health officials and pharmaceutical companies appears to be driving parents to opt out, le…

Mueller news: Michael Flynn sentencing memo expected Tuesday

It’s been a long year since Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn agreed to cooperate with special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation — and in that time, we’ve gotten no confirmation of what that cooperation entailed.

But on Tuesday, Mueller’s office is due to file a…