Trucking giant Yellow Corp. declares bankruptcy after years of financial struggles

Trucking company Yellow Corp. has declared bankruptcy after years of financial struggles and growing debt, marking a significant shift for the U.S. transportation industry and shippers nationwide. The Chapter 11 bankruptcy, which was filed Sunday, comes just three years after Yellow received $700 million in pandemic-era loans from the federal government. But the company was...

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Biden’s climate science test: proving green ag program actually works

President Joe Biden’s Agriculture Department is pulling off a feat unimaginable a mere decade ago: gaining wide support within the conservative farming industry for a program to fight climate change. The winning formula involves paying farmers to test out green practices, rather than forcing them to pay for excessive carbon emissions. Biden officials are hoping their $3 billion...

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Cape Cod or Cancun? Vacation Spots to Suit Every Political Type

It’s the first week of August, Congress is in recess and Washington has emptied out. Almost. You’re still here. You’ve been too busy working to make vacation plans. You’ve opened up Google Flights on your browser but don’t know where to start. POLITICO Magazine has got you covered with a vacation guide specifically tailored to meet your political tastes. We know that — in...

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Don’t Blame the Dog. Blame Joe Biden.

Last winter, over the New Year’s holiday, a Secret Service agent patrolling Joe Biden’s Delaware home went to check out a report of a sound going off on an alarm keypad. The agent didn’t find an intruder, but did find one of the first family’s guests, who cracked open a glass door to discuss the situation. That’s when Commander, the Biden family German Shepherd, entered the...

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Charles Ogletree, longtime legal and civil rights scholar at Harvard Law School, dies at 70

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Charles J. Ogletree Jr., a law professor and civil rights scholar with a distinguished career at Harvard Law School and whose list of clients ranged from Anita Hill to Tupac Shakur, died Friday after a lengthy battle with Alzheimer’s disease. He was 70. A California native who often spoke of his humble roots, Ogletree worked in the farm fields of the Central...

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Kentucky candidates trade barbs at Fancy Farm picnic

FANCY FARM, Ky. — In front of a raucous crowd at Kentucky's premier political event on Saturday, the Democratic incumbent governor talked about the state's high-flying economy while his Republican challenger hammered away on social issues. Both sides stuck largely to scripts written in the early months of their general election showdown as they campaigned at the Fancy Farm...

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Trump: Pence has ‘gone to the Dark Side’

Donald Trump hit back at Mike Pence on Saturday, saying his former running mate and GOP presidential race rival has “gone to the Dark Side.” Trump's renewed criticism of the former vice president came as Pence has sharpened his attacks on his former boss over the events surrounding the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol and charges Trump faces over the mishandling of classified documents. “WOW,...

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