DOJ investigating meatpacking companies after Trump price manipulation allegations

{beacon} View Online Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Court curtails Trump anti-renewable moves A federal judge on Tuesday curtailed enforcement of several Trump administration policies that would have otherwise been expected to hamper renewable energy. © AP Judge Denise Casper, an Obama appointee in Massachusetts, granted a preliminary injunction preventing the federal government from...

A federal grand jury has indicted the Southern Poverty Law Center on 11 counts, including wire and bank fraud, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche announced on Tuesday evening. “In the Middle District of Alabama, a grand jury returned an 11-count indictment charging the Southern Poverty Law Center with six counts of wire fraud, four counts […]

Senate Republicans took another step Tuesday toward reopening the Department of Homeland Security, voting to debate a blueprint that would fund three years of immigration enforcement and help put to rest a monthslong dispute with the Democrats. In a matter of hours, Republicans released and then brought to the floor a plan that would provide […]

Donald Trump is an unlikely but powerful champion of drug reform.