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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell returns to the U.S. Capitol just before midnight on February 8th, 2018, in Washington, D.C.

Economics

Three Key Numbers in Congress’ Budget Compromise

Here's what you need to know about the big bipartisan spending package Congress just passed.

Dwyer Gunn

The seal of the U.S. Department of the Interior is seen on a podium in Washington, D.C.

Environment

The Department of the Interior to Pilot Restructuring Efforts With Alaska Office

The department is planning to re-adjust its regional boundaries and revamp its organization system in 2018, starting with a pilot management office in Alaska.

Candace Butera

First responders tend to exercise victims, playing the role of earthquake casualties, during the 2017 Great California Shakeout earthquake drill at the Natural History Museum in Los Angeles, California, on October 19th, 2017.

Environment

California’s Ominous Earthquake Drought

A major seismic event in the state is an inevitability, but is the government doing enough to prepare for the disaster?

Richard Aster

U.S. President Donald Trump answers questions from the press during a meeting with former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in the Oval Office on October 10th, 2017, in Washington, D.C.

News in Brief

Trump’s Last Speech to Congress Was Remarkably Unremarkable

Donald Trump will deliver his first State of the Union address tomorrow. Last year's (well-received) speech before Congress can serve as a blueprint for what we can expect to hear.

Seth Masket

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell walks from a vote on Capitol Hill after the senate voted to advance a bill financing the government on January 22nd, 2018, in Washington, D.C.

News in Brief

Senate Votes to Open the Government—for Three More Weeks

The Senate voted on Monday to advance a continuing resolution funding the government through February 8th. The House is expected to pass the resolution.

Dwyer Gunn

Clouds fill the sky in front of the U.S. Capitol on October 7th, 2013, in Washington, D.C.

Economics

Government Headed for Shutdown

Barring any new deal in the next hour, the federal government will officially shut down and cease non-essential functions at 12:01 a.m.

Dwyer Gunn

A Nepali woman with her child in Janakpur.

Social Justice

Nepal’s Comprehensive Approach to Preventing Stunting in Children

Due to malnutrition, the country once had one of the highest rates of stunted children in the world, but those numbers are falling.

Deepak Adhikari

Environment

Meet the Former Koch Adviser Slashing Conservation Safeguards at the Department of the Interior

Daniel Jorjani, the Department of the Interior's principal deputy solicitor, once advised Charles Koch. Now, he takes meetings with industry representatives and rolls back conservation protections.

Jimmy Tobias