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Despite worldwide oil glut, Trump releases plan to open Arctic to drilling

Trump is in the final push to open up Alaska's Arctic refuge to oil and gas drilling.

On the eve of Trump-Kim Summit 2, what next for US and North Korea?

Experts on nuclear policy and the Korean peninsula give their thoughts about what both countries can and can't achieve in this round of negotiations and what should be at the top of the agenda in Hanoi.

On the eve of Trump-Kim summit 2, what next for US and North Korea?

By , “] This week, President Trump will meet Kim Jong-un for the second time, in Vietnam. During the eight months since the two leaders first met in Singapore, little progress has been made toward achieving the goals outlined in the vague agreement the two leaders signed. North Korea has not pursued nuclear or missile … Continued
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How to bridge the Trump gap in climate finance

The US withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement leaves the world billions short on funds to help countries curb carbon emissions. Cities and states can help make up the difference.

Some cartoonists’ takes on Trump and Kim in Singapore

Visual satirists take sharp aim at the so-called special bond shared by Trump and Kim at their summit.

An Iran memo to Trump

Simply refraining from tearing up the nuclear agreement isn’t enough. The new US president should work to strengthen it.

The experts, and the Trump administration

Top experts on nuclear weapons, climate change, and other existential threats to humanity to comment on how they think the expert community can best respond to Donald Trump's election.

North Koreans try to trump China—and the United States

Why is North Korea simultaneously testing new missiles and sending envoys to China—and just before the annual dialogues between China and the US? And how would a President Trump handle North Korea's actions?
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Climate Change: A Biden vs Trump scorecard

Exactly how is Biden trying to undo four years’ worth of Trumpian assaults—comprising about 100 different policies on seven different fronts—on climate and the environment, via executive orders? The two presidents’s executive orders are summed up here.

An existential timeline of the Trump/Pence and Biden/Harris presidencies

As Kamala Harris and Donald Trump reach their presidential campaign endgames, the Bulletin's editors look back at how the last two US administrations handled the world's most dangerous threats.
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Amid a transfer of power, Trump supporters break into Capitol

“Stay away from exterior windows,” read an alarming alert from the US Capitol Police. After months of President Donald Trump falsely claiming that victory in last fall’s presidential election had been stolen from him, his supporters rode into Washington, DC, Wednesday to attempt a rescue. After rushing a police line outside the Capitol Building, a … Continued
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The human cost of the Trump pandemic response? More than 100,000 unnecessary deaths.

There seems to be a widespread aversion to estimating how many Americans have died unnecessarily because of President Trump. Relevant national statistics shows that the Trump pandemic response has led to the unnecessary deaths of more than 100,000 Americans.  
National Security Adviser John Bolton standing behind President Trump in April. Photo credit: Getty Images

War and Peace: Bolton and Trump tell a confused story about possible military action against Iran

While reporting the chaotic and shifting signals about the possibility of war with Iran, the major news media have not done a particularly good job of explaining why major US military action in Iran would be, in practical terms, so likely to end in disaster.
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Regulate us, please: Shell to Trump.

Trump is scrapping methane rules. The folks opposed to this may surprise you.