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Tropical storm Dorian's winds surpassed 75 miles per hour Wednesday afternoon, officially designating it a hurricane as it moved through the Caribbean and toward the southeastern United States.

Reporting outlets on all sides of the political spectrum have focused significant amounts of coverage on the storm in recent days. Some media voices have historically contextualized coverage by

President Joe Biden pledged to take executive action on climate change during a Wednesday visit to a former coal-fired power plant in Somerset, MA.

Biden did not officially declare a climate emergency, as some had pressured him to do, but he did call climate change an “emergency,” “a clear and present danger” and “an existential threat.” He announced $2.3 billion from FEMA to mitigate 

Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser requested federal assistance in managing asylum-seeking migrants bussed to the nation’s capital by Texas and Arizona.

In a July 19 letter, Bowser requested 150 D.C. National Guard personnel to assist non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in staffing processing and housing centers, as well as a “suitable federal location” for additional processing. D.

Nearly one year into widespread COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns, vaccine rollouts and a decline in new cases have health experts speculating about when the country will reach herd immunity. In a Wall Street Journal op-ed, surgeon and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine professor Marty Makary said he believes herd immunity to the virus would be when 60% to 80% have been infected or vaccinated, and