Dorian Flap Spurs Hill Call for Investigations, Dismissals (1)

Congressional Democrats are demanding an investigation and calling for resignations after reports that the Commerce Department intervened in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s response to Hurricane Dorian.

The matter has recharged Democrats’ claims that the White House doesn’t respect science, though Republicans appeared to express little interest in joining the dispute.

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross allegedly threatened to fire high-ranking NOAA officials after the Birmingham, Ala., National Weather Service on Sept. 1 defied President Donald Trump’s claims that Dorian could strike the state, the New York Times reported Sept. 9. NOAA later released a statement backing away ...