Progressives see signs of hope fade after disappointing night
Primary results in California are adding to woes for progressives, who are seeing limits on the political support for their reformist vision of the country. In San Francisco, voters recalled District Attorney Chesa Boudin (D), whose criminal justice and police reforms spooked residents who saw policies like cash bail stripped away under his tenure. At the same time, Rick Caruso, a Republican-turned-Democrat, had a surprisingly strong showing in the Los Angeles mayoral race while funneling tens of millions into a centrist, tough-on-crime platform and will face Rep. Kare
Read MoreClimate-risk disclosure, let me count the ways
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s proposal for climate-risk disclosure should not bring to mind love poems, but yet, Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s “How Do I Love Thee” seems strangely apt, if in reverse. While some environmental advocates, consultants, and asset managers selling “sustainable” investment products have found a myriad of things to love about the proposal, there are far more reasons to criticize the SEC’s bold move: it’s a menace that threatens harm upon financial markets, the SEC itself, and even the cause
Read MoreUvalde fourth grader details harrowing account of shooting to House committee
Fifteen days after a gunman killed 19 of her classmates and two teachers at Robb Elementary School, 11-year-old Miah Cerrillo told lawmakers Wednesday she thinks the shooting will happen again. In a harrowing account of last month’s massacre in Uvalde, Texas, Miah said she called 911 to ask for the police, smearing her dead classmate’s blood on her face so she could play dead as the gunman remained in the classroom for more than an hour. “He shot my friend that was next to me, and I thought he was going to come back to the room,” she told the House Oversight and Reform C
Read MoreHere are some of the states with the strictest and weakest gun laws
Gun laws have taken center stage amid a series of mass shootings across the country and a revived interest in reform efforts. While some states have stronger policies like strict background check requirements, others have weaker regulations like younger age restrictions on who can possess a firearm. Here’s a closer look at some of the states with the strongest and weakest gun laws in the U.S. STRONGEST LAWS California California leads the country with stronger gun laws than any other state with an “A”
Read MoreBiden trip to Middle East expected in July
President Biden is looking to visit the Middle East in July, a spokesperson for the National Security Council told The Hill on Wednesday. The White House has yet to publicly announce the trip. The spokesperson said that the administration had considered adding the Middle East visit onto the president’s trip to Europe in June, but “ultimately, we concluded it’s best to do a standalone trip” to the region. “It wasn’t moved or postponed,” the spokesperson said. “We concluded it’s best to do a standalone trip to the Middle East. We’re looking at dates in Jul
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