A coalition of big corporations are laying the groundwork to protect President Donald Trump’s corporate tax rate in anticipation of a Democratic majority in Congress next year. The RATE Coalition, a group made up of 21 corporations such as Verizon, Target, and Walmart, is preparing a six-figure lobbying and advertising blitz in order to preserve […]

Supreme Court justices will hear arguments next week in a landmark case that could determine whether states can sue oil and gas companies for climate change. Although a decision in the case, Suncor Energy v. County Commissioners of Boulder County, isn’t expected until next year, the Oct. 5 arguments will provide insight into how aggressively […]

Senate Democrats may have denied Republicans a midterm win by blocking a GOP senator’s bipartisan data center bill, but in the process, they revealed an out-of-sync party strategy over how to handle the increasingly contentious campaign issue. The Ratepayer Protection Act, meant to prevent data centers from raising electricity prices, enjoyed sweeping support in the […]

House Judiciary ranking member Jamie Raskin (D-MD) sent a letter Wednesday to U.S. watchdog and investigative agencies requesting two investigations into the Trump administration advertisements paid for by taxpayer dollars. Raskin, along with Rep. George Whitesides (D-CA), asked the Government Accountability Office, the government watchdog, and the Office of Special Counsel to launch investigations into […]