Helena Horton, Sam Bright and Clare Carlile for The Guardian:The Heartland Institute, which has links to the Trump administration and has drawn on funding from companies including ExxonMobil and wealthy US Republican donors, has seized on a time when rightwing anti-climate action sentiment has been surging, and has set up a new European base in London.
For the past two years, representatives of the thinktank have been working with MEPs and have spoken in the European parliament to campaign against bills, including the nature restoration law. They have sought to cast doubt on established climate science, and connected climate-sceptic MEPs from Poland, Hungary and Austria to help coordinate campaigns against proposed environmental laws.
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Robert Jimison reports:Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday castigated members of Congress in both parties for questioning the war in Iran, during a contentious Capitol Hill hearing dominated by a conflict that the Pentagon said had cost $25 billion and 14 American lives so far.
Appearing at what had been scheduled as a routine hearing to review the Defense Department’s nearly $1.45 trillion budget request for the coming year, Mr. Hegseth spent much of his time lashing out at lawmakers whose approval would be needed to provide that funding.
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Lisa Lerer, Katie Glueck, and Reid J. Epstein report on how Maine Democrats delivered a smackdown to Chuck Schumer:
[78-year-old] Gov. Janet Mills of Maine, the Democratic establishment’s choice to run for the Senate seat long held by [73-year-old] Senator Susan Collins, a Republican, suspended her campaign on Thursday, saying she no longer had the financial resources to compete against [41-year-old] Graham Platner, a progressive political newcomer.
Her exit paves the way for Mr. Platner, an oysterman who has led her in polls, to become the Democratic nominee in one of the most important Senate races in the country.
“While I have the drive and passion, commitment and experience, and above all else — the fight — to continue on, I very simply do not have the one thing that political campaigns unfortunately require today: the financial resources,” Ms. Mills said in a statement.
Her exit is a blow not only to the two-term sitting governor but also to [75-year-old] Senator Chuck Schumer of New York and the Democratic Party establishment that he leads. Mr. Schumer, the minority leader, has for almost two decades chosen his party’s Senate candidates with little internal opposition. [emphasis added]
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