Meeting the Paris Climate Goals Was Always Hard. Without the U.S., It Is Far Harder.

By BRAD PLUMER June 2, 2017 WASHINGTON — In December 2015, delegates from 195 nations announced to a roar of applause in Paris that they had finally sealed a pact aimed at keeping global temperatures from rising more than 2 degrees Celsius to avoid the...

Trump to nominate finance executive Richard Spencer for Navy secretary, White House says

President Donald Trump plans to nominate Richard Spencer, who has worked as a financialindustry executive, to be Secretary of the Navy, the White House said on Friday.Spencer also served as a captain in the U.S. Marine Corps and spent five years on the Defense...