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Recent briefings below
Recent Briefings
Two major federal court rulings lead the domestic docket this weekend, as the judiciary wrestles with the administration over civil service purges and mail-in ballot regulations. Meanwhile, an unexpec…
Ongoing climate observations get some deep historical context today, with new data from Greenland and the Black Sea revealing how past freshwater surges rewired the global climate. On the domestic fro…
Fresh oceanographic data points to rapidly shifting currents at both poles today, driven by an accelerating loss of Antarctic bottom water and new models of Arctic runoff. Meanwhile in domestic news, …
We are closely following a legal clash over environmental protections today, as conservation groups file their anticipated lawsuits against the administration's rollback of the Endangered Species Act.…
We start today in federal court, where a judge has struck down an executive branch attempt to settle its own IRS lawsuit, formally dismantling the proposed 'anti-weaponization fund.' Environmental pol…
Ruling parties in both Zimbabwe and Hungary are pushing through sweeping constitutional changes today to reshape their presidencies—eliminating direct elections in Harare, and moving to oust a holdove…
The physical and legal boundaries of the presidency dominate today's briefing, from moves to permanently fence off Lafayette Square to the White House directly ordering an FBI probe into New York Time…
President Trump has effectively paralyzed the U.S. Election Assistance Commission by firing its remaining commissioners just four months ahead of the midterms, a move that anchors our political covera…
Two stark climate projections headline today's coverage: forecasters are increasing the odds of a historically powerful El Niño, while new modeling warns a critical Atlantic ocean current could alread…
Today on The Fair Wind Gazette, our lead climate stories challenge some long-held scientific assumptions, showing how deep-ocean turbulence and the carbon habits of oak trees are forcing researchers t…