VA Secretary Collins: Indifferent to Public’s and Congressional Opposition to His Gutting Veterans’ Care

In congressional testimony, he refused to take responsibility for his drastic downsizing. BY SUZANNE GORDON, RUSSELL LEMLE  MAY 23, 2025 (Prospect.org) ROD LAMKEY/AP PHOTO Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins testifies during a Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs hearing on Capitol Hill, May 6, 2025, in Washington. When Doug Collins first appeared before the… Continue reading

Dems Demand Probe of Companies Using Trump Tariffs as ‘Excuse to Price Gouge’

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson testifies before the House Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government in the Rayburn House Office Building on May 15, 2025 in Washington, D.C.  (Photo: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) “The new tariffs have created a cloud of uncertainty that gives companies cover to… Continue reading

Exclusive: San Francisco Zoo board member resigns over lack of action on CEO

Exclusive: San Francisco Zoo board member resigns over lack of action on CEO

By Tara Duggan, Michael Barba Updated May 23, 2025 (SFChronicle.com) San Francisco Zoo CEO Tanya Peterson visits the giraffes in the African Savanna habitat in 2011.Paul Chinn/S.F. Chronicle A San Francisco Zoo board member resigned Friday over concerns about the body’s indecision on whether to stand behind — or remove — its controversial CEO.  Matthew Miller stepped down… Continue reading