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WASHINGTON — In a new interview with ABC News, President Biden endorsed the idea of making modest reforms to the filibuster as the bulk of his administration’s domestic-policy agenda heads to the U.S. Senate in the coming months. Biden, in his first extended sit-down interview since taking office, told ABC’s …

This article was originally published by Grist, and is republished here as part of an ongoing collaboration. Xavier Becerra, the first Latino attorney general of California, has been a thorn in the Trump administration’s side since President Donald Trump moved into the White House nearly four years ago. Becerra and …

When people you love are sick and dying, it’s hard to think about anything else. In the course of just a few short weeks, the coronavirus has upended our daily lives, causing immense suffering and economic chaos around the world. It’s hard to recall (or care, even) that it was …

Al Gore has been the Cassandra of the climate crisis seemingly since the times of Cassandra. Starting in Congress more than 40 years ago, he has been ringing the alarm for more than half his life. Gore was back at Davos this week, and his message remained as stark as …

Samantha Bee gave a shoutout to 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg onFull Frontal Wednesday night, telling her audience that she was grateful that the teenager gave her “nightmares” about the planet dying. “The only thing scarier than a 16-year-old girl is a 16-year-old girl with an agenda who knows how …

This story is part of Covering Climate Now, a global collaboration of more than 250 news outlets to strengthen coverage of the climate story. Farmers in Iowa have relied on the same weather pattern for generations. Rain in the spring, heat with a little rain mixed in to sustain the …

Paul Nicklen is different from the rest of us. He likes to swim in 29-degree water beneath the Arctic ice, alone, in search of potentially predatory animals. Which can sometimes get him into trouble, like when he was nearly body-slammed by a 7,000-pound elephant seal. “The only thing, almost ever, …

While extreme winter weather froze the Midwest this week, with many parts of the country setting record lows, President Trump again used the deadly cold to question the existence of climate change. “What the hell is going on with Global Waming? Please come back fast, we need you!” the president …