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A new Accountable.US investigation, first reported by Huff Post, has revealed new concerns about Emil Bove, President Donald Trump’s former defense attorney and his “enforcer” within the Department of Justice, who is nominated for a lifetime judgeship on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. In a Senate questionnaire, Bove revealed that he’s conferred with a top Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) official to discuss his qualifications, judicial philosophy, and confirmation preparation. Читать дальше...

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill today unveiled legislation that, if enacted, would slash $190 billion in tax loopholes and federal subsidies for the fossil fuel industry over a decade, an increase of roughly $20 billion from the new Republican budget and tax law. The End Polluter Welfare Act, led by U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn), would roll back new and existing loopholes and subsidies over the next 10 years.

Open Markets Institute Executive Director Barry Lynn released the following statement on the Federal Communications Commission’s 2-1 vote to approve Skydance’s acquisition of Paramount:

The 30th session of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) concluded today, with governments continuing to fall short in protecting the deep sea. While politicians from Palau, France and Panama attended to rally the international community, greater efforts are needed from more governments to put a legal barrier between mining machines and the deep ocean.

In a rare demonstration of global alignment, the European Union and China today issued a joint statement reaffirming their commitment to climate cooperation, green trade, and the Paris Agreement. Amid rising geopolitical tensions, the statement positions climate action as a crucial area of continued collaboration between two of the world’s largest economies.

Among the big U.S. property & casualty insurers that publicly report executive compensation, C-suite pay is rising fast, a new analysis from the Revolving Door Project and Public Citizen has found. At nine of the top 25 homeowners insurance writers—comprising 24% of the market—42 executives took home a collective $310 million last year, up 21% from 2022. That’s more than $7 million per executive, on average.

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court moved to protect fair representation for Native American voters in North Dakota, a major victory for the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, Spirit Lake Nation, and the individual Native American voters who brought this lawsuit and won a trial victory only for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit to rule that they had no right to sue in the first place.

In response to the Senate Judiciary Committee vote advancing the nomination of Jeanine Pirro for US Attorney for the District of Columbia, People For the American Way President Svante Myrick released the following statement:

Jewish Voice for Peace condemns in the strongest terms Columbia University’s complete capitulation to the Trump administration. On July 23rd, Columbia agreed to pay $220 million to settle a series of investigations by the Trump administration. While the deal restores Columbia’s eligibility for federal funding, it does so at the expense of students, faculty and staff who will face new draconian restrictions on their academic freedoms and Constitutional rights.

Today, Free Speech For People and Women’s March, following a press conference with Rep. Al Green (TX-09), delivered nearly one million petition signatures to the leadership of the House Judiciary Committee, urging Congress to begin impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump.