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Secretary of Defense James Mattis is saluted by a member of his U.S. Army helicopter crew as he arrives at Resolute Support headquarters on April 24th, 2017, in Kabul, Afghanistan.

News in Brief

Mattis, Not Trump, Is Now in Charge of America’s Military Might

The Department of Defense may send thousands more U.S. troops to Afghanistan. But the real news is who's ordering their deployment.

Jared Keller

Germany's Environment Minister Barbara Hendricks and head of the Environmental Protection Agency Scott Pruitt talk during the G7 Environment summit in Italy on June 11th, 2017.

Environment

Will There Be a Trump Effect at the G20 Summit?

The G19 is set to rebuke the U.S. over its Paris withdrawal.

Bob Berwyn

President Donald Trump hands over the pen he used to sign an executive order on the Apprenticeship and Workforce of Tomorrow initiatives on June 15th, 2017.

News in Brief

Will Trump’s New Executive Order on Apprenticeship Programs Do Anything for the Middle Class?

At least one economist is skeptical.

Dwyer Gunn

News in Brief

Trump Administration Works to Weaken Federal Civil Rights Enforcement

Previously unannounced directives will limit the Department of Justice's use of a storied civil rights enforcement tool, and loosen the Department of Education's requirements on investigations.

Jessica Huseman & Annie Waldman

A sign for then-candidate Donald Trump is displayed on a front porch on August 14th, 2016, in Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania.

News in Brief

Can Apprenticeships Save the Middle Class?

The Trump administration is doubling down on the workforce development model that made the president a (reality television) star: apprenticeships.

Dwyer Gunn

A farmworker labors in a field on August 11th, 2004, near the town of Arvin, California.

Economics

Trump’s Lack of Regulation May Make Some Farmers Very Rich

If the farm bill isn't renewed, the U.S. government will wind up paying farmers a pretty penny. But renewing the bill conflicts with President Trump's executive order for agency deregulation. What's Congress to do?

Rita Florez

President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping pose together at the Mar-a-Lago estate in West Palm Beach, Florida, April 7th, 2017.

News in Brief

The Rising Concern Over Security at Trump Properties

Two dozen House members have asked White House counsel to intervene, saying "these networks may already be stolen and the systems may already be compromised."

Jeff Larson

Activists display banners calling for action on climate change and against world poverty as they arrive on St. Peter's Square prior to Pope Francis' Sunday Angelus prayer at the Vatican.

Social Justice

Growing Concern Over Climate Change Is Creating Interfaith Dialogue

Two years after Pope Francis launched Laudato Si, the Vatican's plea to save the Earth, Trump rejected its tenets and the Paris Agreement. But people of all faiths are unified globally to beat climate change.

Justin Catanoso

Attorney General Jeff Sessions testifies before the Senate Intelligence Committee on June 13th, 2017.

News in Brief

Jeff Sessions, the Great Evader

Attorney General Jeff Sessions testified in an open hearing held by the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday, but those hoping for deeper insight into the FBI's ongoing Russia investigation were left disappointed.

Morgan Baskin