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Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt is facing investigations into his use of taxpayer funds for security and travel along with scrutiny of his ties to industry lobbyists.

EPA Chief Pruitt Faces Mounting Scrutiny For Ethics Violations

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt is fending off accusations that he misused taxpayer funds and maintained improper ties to companies regulated by the EPA.

John Gore, the acting head of the Justice Department's civil rights division, speaks during a June news conference in Charlottesville, Va. Gore leads the division that says it needs the 2020 census citizenship question to better enforce the Voting Rights Act's protections against racial discrimination.

Appeals Court Rules DOJ Official Must Testify For Census Lawsuits

A three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court order to depose Justice Department official John Gore about the 2020 census citizenship question DOJ requested.

Mitski Creates A Heightened Remembrance Of Adolescence On 'Puberty 2'

The young singer-songwriter has described herself as "half-Japanese, half-American, but not fully either." Critic Ken Tucker says her fourth album, Puberty 2, has an impressively wide range of sounds.

Chinese workers wait to receive a COVID-19 vaccine jab at a mass vaccination center in Beijing on Jan. 5. Even with at least 5 homegrown vaccines nearing approval, China is setting a modest initial goal: 50 million people vaccinated by mid-February — about 3.5% of the total population.

China's Vaccine Campaign Hits A Few Bumps

Their vaccine rollout in this nation of 1.4 billion citizens is happening more slowly than anticipated. Why the delays?

Powerful Farm Advocate Pushes For More In Brazil

Brazil now rivals the United States in food production. Environmentalists in Brazil complain that this surge in production has come at the expense of forests, including the Amazon. But they're facing one tough farming advocate: a senator, landowner and head of the country's most powerful Big Agro association. (This piece initially aired Jan. 7, 2013 on Morning Edition.)

A kidney dish with syringes containing the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine sits in a refrigerator ready for use in February at a vaccination center in Prisdorf, Germany.

The CDC endorses Novavax, a more traditional COVID vaccine, for adults

Adults who haven't gotten any COVID-19 shots should consider the new option, the agency said Tuesday. The spike protein vaccine is more typical than the mRNA types being broadly used against COVID.

Will Surveillance Disclosure Lead To More Oversight Of NSA?

When surveillance laws were revised in 2012, Congress expressed great concerns that without proper oversight intelligence agencies would engage in the sort of monitoring that has been uncovered in recent days. Congress put a number of safeguards in place, but rejected others that would have guarantee more public discussion about what the NSA does.

Chavez Opposition Swells Ahead of Referendum

Venezuelans go to the polls Sunday to vote on a hefty set of constitutional reforms that would give President Hugo Chavez greater power and also lift presidential term limits. But in the run-up to the vote, several key Chavez supporters have turned against him. Plus, a number of polls suggest that Chavez's proposed reforms may be defeated at the ballot box.

Appeals court clears the way to shield Sackler family from opioid crisis lawsuits

A landmark appeals court ruling would shelter members of the Sackler family from lawsuits linked to opioids and their company Purdue Pharma.

Vice President Harris speaks to leaders at the United Nations climate summit in Dubai on Dec. 2, 2023.

In Dubai, Harris deals with 2 issues important to young voters: climate and Gaza

Vice President Harris gave her most extensive comments to date on the fighting in Gaza, emphatically calling on Israel to do more to protect civilians.

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