HOUSTON, TX - AUGUST 30: Flooded homes are shown near Lake Houston following Hurricane Harvey August 30, 2017 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Rich, white towns are getting more hurricane recovery help than others

One town got $60,000 per person. A neighboring area got just $84.

Danielle McLean

Russian spies accused of targeting chemical weapons watchdog

Alabama Sen. Doug Jones says Kavanaugh backers have threatened women on his staff

WATCH: Orrin Hatch shoos away sexual assault survivors in the Senate

After years of white, male dominance, the Grammys invite 900 new, diverse voters

Jessica M. Goldstein

More than 1,000 people march to Supreme Court as Senate prepares to confirm Kavanaugh

John Cornyn compares Republicans to Atticus Finch in race to confirm Kavanaugh

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Kavanaugh’s Yale roommate says Kavanaugh committed perjury, but Republicans don’t care

Aaron Rupar Oct 4, 2018

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Sen. orrin Hatch (R-UT) on their way to review the FBI report about alleged sexual assaults by Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh October 04, 2018 in Washington, DC. (CREDIT: Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Here are all the ways the effort to clear Kavanaugh was a farce

Ryan Koronowski Oct 4, 2018

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos speaks at the National Parent-Teacher Association's 2018 Legislative Conference March 13, 2018 in Arlington, Virginia. (Photo Credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images)

DeVos says she’s ‘mother of daughters and sons’ in response to Ford allegations

Casey Quinlan Oct 4, 2018

Politics

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5 Republican men held a press conference to justify their Kavanaugh support. It was a mess.

Gaslight theater.

Workers across the Midwest arrested at rallies for higher wages, right to unionize

Rebekah Entralgo

VP Pence accuses China of trying to push Trump out of the White House

Federal judge blocks Trump from ending protected status for some immigrants

Rebekah Entralgo

America has been a massive tax and secrecy haven for years. Are things getting better?

Republicans were reacting to Kavanaugh FBI report before it was even released

Protests against Brett Kavanaugh reach boiling point, as Senate prepares for confirmation vote

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Kavanaugh coverage illustrates absurdity of conservatives’ ‘online censorship’ claims

Aaron Rupar Oct 4, 2018

Senate nominee Rep. Martha McSally (R-AZ)

Republican Senate hopeful Martha McSally lies about her pre-existing condition record

Josh Israel Oct 4, 2018

President Donald Trump on October 3, 2018 nominated Bernard McNamee to serve as a commissioner on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Source: Screenshot/Sen. Martin Heinrich

Trump’s pro-coal agenda could get boost if this ‘diehard’ ally of fossil fuel industry is confirmed

Mark Hand Oct 4, 2018

White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Raj Shah on CNN

White House confirms FBI’s Kavanaugh investigation only looked at what Republican senators wanted

Josh Israel Oct 4, 2018

The FBI is reportedly wrapping up its investigation into sexual misconduct allegations against Kavanaugh but hasn't interviewed his first accuser. (CREDIT: Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Republican congressman says FBI doesn’t need to interview Dr. Ford about Kavanaugh allegations

Luke Barnes Oct 3, 2018

Gab has become a haven for sections of the far-right internet.

Payment processor Stripe freezes account of far-right friendly Gab

Luke Barnes Oct 3, 2018

Climate

At October 3, 2018 hearing, Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) questioned Republicans' attempts to limit the use of scientific research at the EPA. CREDIT: Win McNamee/Getty Images

Senate Democrats highlight use of tobacco playbook to implement Trump’s anti-EPA agenda

Anti-environmental protection strategy similar to tobacco companies' fight against secondhand smoke regulations.

Donald Trump accused of ‘waging a war on children’ through EPA regulatory rollbacks

Court deals major blow to controversial Appalachian pipeline, construction momentarily halted

Communities join green groups in fighting EPA exemption for factory farm polluters after Florence

House Republicans’ attacks spread to one of the nation’s preeminent environmental law firms

Former Koch staffer appointed to key EPA position

Trump’s proposed repeal of Clean Power Plan denounced

The Longview Power Plant, a coal-fired plant, stands on August 21, 2018 in Maidsville, West Virginia. CREDIT: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

EPA to roll back mercury rule in a boon to coal industry and blow to human health

E.A. Crunden Oct 1, 2018

Landscapes, waterfalls, mountains, wildlife and natural scenery in Yosemite National Park, California, USA. (Credit: Diego Cupolo/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Congress allows parks program to expire over the weekend

Jenny Rowland Oct 1, 2018

The EPA flag flies at the agency's headquarters in Washington, D.C. CREDIT: Robert Alexander/Getty Images

Planned shake-up at EPA would make scientists more vulnerable to political interference, critics say

Mark Hand Sep 28, 2018

Aerial view of the Centenario exploration oil rig, operated by Mexican company "Grupo R" and working for Mexico's state-owned oil company PEMEX, in the Gulf of Mexico on August 30, 2013. (Credit: OMAR TORRES/AFP/Getty Images)

Zinke is officially rolling back offshore oil and gas production safety rules

Kyla Mandel Sep 27, 2018

Nearly two weeks after making landfall in North Carolina, river flooding continues in northeastern South Carolina. (Credit: Sean Rayford/Getty Images)

Families urged to leave homes after industrial toxins spread from Florence flooding

Kyla Mandel Sep 27, 2018

Former Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke watching as Judge Vincent Gaughan issues formal jury instructions to the men and women who will decide if he should go to prison for the 2014 killing of Laquan McDonald. CREDIT: ABC7/Screenshot

Chicago braces for bad news as jury mulls fate of cop who killed Laquan McDonald

Alan Pyke Oct 4, 2018

CBS’ failings show how deep misogynist rot runs in entertainment

Jessica M. Goldstein Oct 4, 2018

Amandla Stenberg stars in The Hate U Give. (Photo credit: Twentieth Century Fox)

The Hate U Give wants to give black youths a reason to believe

Kay Wicker Oct 4, 2018

Pascha Thomas claims that a policy of transgender inclusion is responsible for her 5-year-old daughter being sexually assaulted at school. CREDIT: Alliance Defending Freedom/YouTube

Education Dept. to investigate hate group’s claim that transgender inclusion caused alleged assault

Zack Ford Oct 4, 2018

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 24: Subcommittee chairman U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS) speaks during a hearing before the Consumer Protection, Product Safety, Insurance, and Data Security Subcommittee of Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee July 24, 2018 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The hearing was to focus on changes made by the United States Olympic Committee (USOC), USA Gymnastics (USAG), and Michigan State University (MSU) to protect Olympic and amateur athletes from abuse. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

GOP senator says survivors deserve respect, yet won’t condemn Trump’s attack on Dr. Ford

Lindsay Gibbs Oct 4, 2018

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Lies don’t get more brazen than the one Rohrabacher is telling his constituents about health care

Aaron Rupar Oct 3, 2018

In 1989, Trump called for five innocent men to be put to death. Now, he's crowing about how Kavanaugh is innocent until proven guilty. CREDIT: Mark Wilson/Getty Images

White House can’t explain disconnect between Trump’s views of Kavanaugh and Central Park Five

Addy Baird Oct 3, 2018

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) at a March hearing.

These representatives voted to keep Trump’s sketchy tax practices hidden from the public

Josh Israel Oct 3, 2018

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Sanders tried to spin bombshell NYT story about Trump’s potential tax fraud. It was a disaster.

Aaron Rupar Oct 3, 2018

Azusa Pacific University students pray in support of LGBTQ students after a policy prohibiting same-sex romantic relationships was reinstated. (PHOTO CREDIT: Screenshot via ZU Media)

This Christian university lifted its ban on romantic same-sex relationships, then quickly reversed

Zack Ford Oct 3, 2018

A police car stands outside a refugee shelter on February 4, 2016 in Attendorn, Germany. (Photo credit should read BERND THISSEN/AFP/Getty Images)

Journalist stabbed by German teens who performed Hitler salute

Luke Barnes Oct 3, 2018

An Iranian man shops at a drugstore at the Nikan hospital in Tehran on September 11, 2018. Iran produces 96 percent of the drugs it uses, according to the Syndicate of Iranian Pharmaceutical Industries, but imports more than half the raw materials to make them. CREDIT: Stringer/AFP/Getty Images.

Trump just ended a decades-old treaty so he can continue sanctioning Iran

D. Parvaz Oct 3, 2018

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 28: Jessica Howard, three-time Rhythmic Gymnastics National Champion, testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee about her sexual abuse at the hands of a team doctor during a hearing on Capitol Hill March 28, 2017 in Washington, DC. Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Nassar victims on Kavanaugh confirmation: It ‘would invalidate my identity as a survivor’

Lindsay Gibbs Oct 3, 2018

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 02: Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) (L) and Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) share an elevator as they head for the weekly Senate Republican policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol October 02, 2018 in Washington, DC. Senate GOP leaders agreed last week with the Judiciary Committee to allow the FBI to conduct a one-week investigation into sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh before the Senate votes on his confirmation. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Senate Republicans react to Trump’s ridiculing Dr. Ford over her Kavanaugh testimony

Ryan Koronowski Oct 3, 2018

Conway claims Trump wasn’t mocking Ford, says White House has treated her like a ‘Fabergé egg’

Melanie Schmitz Oct 3, 2018

Kavanaugh’s ‘Beach Week’ letter provides new evidence he misled Congress

Aaron Rupar Oct 3, 2018

Striking Chicago hotel workers are getting new contracts and year-round health insurance

Casey Quinlan Oct 3, 2018

Trump pick to run Social Security allegedly impersonated police officer to avoid trespassing charge

Rebekah Entralgo Oct 3, 2018

Murkowski claims more voters have called her office about Kavanaugh than Obamacare repeal

Addy Baird Oct 3, 2018

Georgia to be sued for purging minority voters ahead of the midterm elections

Kira Lerner Oct 3, 2018