Justice Department drops criminal case against Olympian over damaged Reflecting Pool | PBS News

"Its dismissal today does not erase the abuse of government power in arresting and charging a patriotic American who did nothing wrong. The government's approach was ready, fire, aim. The administration owes Mr. Hearn an apology," the lawyers said...

 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/justice-department-drops-criminal-case-against-olympian-over-damaged-reflecting-pool

US has caused $10tn worth of climate damage since 1990, research finds

US, top carbon emitter in history, has 'a lot of responsibility' for causing 'substantial' harm globally, scientist says…

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/25/us-climate-damage-research

 

Disaster-battered nations seek $120 billion in adaptation cash - POLITICO

The move at COP30 comes as global climate pollution continues to rise, increasing damage in poorer countries…

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/19/disasters-nations-seek-adaptation-cash-00659410 

 

Intercepted call of Iranian officials downplays damage of U.S. attack - The Washington Post

The officials were heard saying Trump's strike on Iran proved less devastating than expected. The administration calls the intelligence insignificant…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/06/29/trump-iran-nuclear-damage-intercepted-call/ 

Gabbard says 'new' intel shows Iran nuclear sites destroyed

"Interesting how the narrative changes," Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, wrote on X, referencing reports about Trump calling the initial assessment "inconclusive."

 "One way or the other, the extent of the damage to Iran's nuclear program will come out," he added later. 

"I trust the analyses of the men and women of our brilliant intelligence community over Donald Trump spiking the football."…

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5369572-gabbard-iran-nuclear-capabilities-strikes/

 

U.S. damage report: Iran nuclear program set back by months, not obliterated - The Washington Post

Core components of Tehran's nuclear effort were damaged but not destroyed by U.S. airstrikes on three key facilities, according to three people familiar with a Defense Intelligence Agency initial assessment...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/06/24/us-iran-bomb-assessment-nuclear-sites-not-destroyed/

Exclusive: Early US intel assessment suggests strikes on Iran did not destroy nuclear sites, sources say | CNN Politics

The US military strikes on three of Iran's nuclear facilities last weekend did not destroy the core components of the country's nuclear program and likely only set it back by months, according to an early US intelligence assessment that was described by four people briefed on it...

https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/24/politics/intel-assessment-us-strikes-iran-nuclear-sites

Current Supreme Court is damaging to the country, law scholar warns - The Washington Post

"The idea that judges could be apolitical doesn't make sense. But they can at least be fair. They can listen. They can give reasons for what they do and not have points of view that are so closed and preset that you might as well have an algorithm as a group of human beings. And what the current court is doing more than any court in our history that I can think of is simply saying, "It's so because we say it's so." And then pull out things that are so transparently not arguments."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/2022/08/16/supreme-court-roe-vs-wade-clarence-thomas/

US demand for clean energy destroying Canada's environment, indigenous peoples say

Push is inadvertently causing long-term environmental damage to the traditional hunting grounds on Inuit public lands
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jun/22/us-clean-energy-demand-destroying-canadian-environment-indigenous-peoples-say

Court overturns EPA approval of popular herbicide made by Monsanto

Ruling says EPA ignored clear evidence that the new herbicide would cause widespread damage to crops
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/04/monsanto-herbicide-court-overrules-epa

Yes, Trump released the aid to Ukraine. But the damage was already done - The Washington Post

Without the unquestionable support of its strongest ally, Ukraine is entering into future negotiations with Russia from a significantly weakened position.....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/11/15/yes-trump-released-aid-ukraine-damage-was-already-done/

Kirsten Gillibrand wants the fossil fuel industry to pay for climate damages - Vox

Gillibrand's new climate change proposal holds greenhouse gas emitters financially accountable.
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/7/25/20726384/kirsten-gillibrand-2020-climate-change-plan

Moody’s Analytics says climate change could cost $69 trillion by 2100 - The Washington Post

The consulting firm Moody’s Analytics says climate change could inflict $69 trillion in damage on the global economy by the year 2100, assuming that warming hits the two-degree Celsius threshold widely seen as the limit to stem its most dire effects.....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/moodys-analytics-says-climate-change-could-cost-69-trillion-by-2100/2019/07/02/f9fb94ac-99cb-11e9-916d-9c61607d8190_story.html

George Will: Trump's 'public and constant' damage to country worse than Nixon's - CNN Politics:

Conservative columnist and Republican Party ex-pat George Will slammed President Donald Trump on Thursday for causing more damage to the United States than former President Richard Nixon.....+
https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/13/politics/george-will-trump-worse-nixon-new-day-cnntv/index.html

Judges Say Trump's Shutdown Broke Immigration System for Years - The Daily Beast

Hundreds of thousands of cases, mostly to remove people, have piled up. The solution may be to trade his steel wall for a massive increase in immigration judges.
https://apple.news/A8VLzlyN7QImERHmUEChNnA

White Florida man opened fire on his Hispanic neighbors for checking if their home was damaged by hurricane: police - Raw Story

A Florida man who was previously praised for protecting homes from looters after Hurricane Michael hit is now facing charges that he was drunk and shooting at a Hispanic neighbor who only wanted to see how badly his home was damaged. ....
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/10/white-florida-man-opened-fire-hispanic-neighbors-checking-home-damaged-hurricane-police/

Watch what happens when a small drone hits a plane at 238 miles per hour - CNBC

The University of Dayton Research Institute has put out a new video that shows the serious danger drone strikes can pose to aircraft. ....
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/17/drone-hits-plane-wing-shears-off-video.html

Trump’s claim about climate scientists is ‘misleading and very damaging,’ weather group says - The Washington Post

The American Meteorological Society took issue both with Trump's statement about the motivations of climate scientists, and his reluctance to accept their conclusions. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2018/10/17/trumps-claim-about-climate-scientists-is-misleading-very-dangerous-leading-weather-group-says/

CRISPR causes significantly greater DNA damage than previously thought, study finds - PBS NewsHour

The DNA damage found in the new study included deletions of thousands of DNA bases, including at spots far from the edit. Some of the deletions can silence genes that should be active and activate genes that should be silent, including cancer-causing genes. ....
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/crispr-causes-significantly-greater-dna-damage-than-previously-thought-study-finds

Social media "ripping apart" society, former Facebook exec Chamath Palihapitiya says - CBS News

A former Facebook executive criticized the company he once worked for and social media as a whole, saying it is "ripping apart the social fabric" in societies around the world, CBS San Francisco reports. Chamath Palihapitiya, who previously served as Facebook's vice president for user growth, expressed "tremendous guilt" and urged people to take a "hard break" from social media during a talk at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.....
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/chamath-palihapitiya-former-facebook-executive-social-media-ripping-apart-society/