On the morning of December 10, a rare thick white fog enveloped Washington, D.C., creating an ominous tenor for the day. As I disembarked from the metro at Union Station, I followed a group of young Capitol Hill staffers up the hill and into the gloom. Some broke off to …
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This story was published in partnership with Drilled, a global multimedia reporting project focused on climate accountability, and was supported by the Pulitzer Center. It’s become increasingly common in coverage of the annual United Nations climate negotiations — the Conference of the Parties, or COP — to see stories about …
Read More »Peanut the Squirrel Is Hot Topic as Conservative Judges and Lawyers Celebrate After Trump Win
WASHINGTON — Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch was on a roll, seeming to thoroughly enjoy himself as he commanded the stage at the annual black-tie dinner gala hosted by the Federalist Society in Washington, D.C. The Nov. 14 dinner came midway through the organization’s three-day National Lawyers Convention, a gathering …
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