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Palantir workers are split over the company's work with ICE, but CEO Alex Karp won't budge despite concerned employees' petitions

Palantir employees circulated two letters on their concerns about ICE, but Alex Karp says the company is committed to working with the U.S. government

Bernie Sanders just declared war on the fossil fuel industry with a $16 trillion climate change plan

Sanders' plan calls for the US to eliminate fossil fuel use by 2050 and would invest billions in addressing climate change in developing countries.

Aside from the Trump campaign itself, the biggest spender on pro-Trump Facebook ads is reportedly a secretive New York-based newspaper

The Epoch Times is a non-profit media company that's tied to a religious sect. It's also the second highest spender on pro-Trump Facebook ads.

The 21 best countries in the world to live in if you're a woman

These 21 countries score highest for human rights, gender quality, income equality, safety, and progression.

Fires in the Amazon could be part of a doomsday scenario that sees the rainforest spewing carbon into the atmosphere and speeding up climate change even more

Fears for the Amazon's future have been heightened under Brazil's new far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, who encourages industry in the region.

Jay Inslee, whose fight to tackle climate change was the crux of his campaign, bows out of the 2020 Democratic primary

"I need to go back to the state of Washington and talk about what I'm going to do in my future political career."

How the billionaire Koch brothers became 2 of the most influential political donors in America

Charles and David Koch have been titans in industry and politics for decades. David Koch died at age 79.

Billionaire industrialist and conservative mega-donor David Koch has died at age 79

Jane Mayer, a reporter for the New Yorker who profiled Koch, said Friday morning that Koch had died. A later statement confirmed it.

Brazil's climate change skeptic government says warnings about the fires consuming the Amazon are 'sensationalist,' 'hysterical,' and 'misleading'

President Jair Bolsonaro dismissed the idea that the Amazon fires should be discussed at the G7 summit, an idea proposed by France's Emmanuel Macron.

China hits back at the Trump administration with tariffs on $75 billion worth of US products

The move came after President Donald Trump said this month he would slap tariffs on all remaining imports from China on those dates.

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