Month: March 2025
Trump campaigned as a protector of free speech but critics say his actions threaten it
President Donald Trump campaigned as a champion of free speech, but First Amendment advocates say they’ve never seen freedom of speech under attack the way it has been in his second term.
Read MoreTrump’s Tariffs Target Steel and Aluminum, a Fundamental Part of American Life
Steel and aluminum are ubiquitous in Americans’ lives. A stainless steel refrigerator holds aluminum soda cans. A stainless steel drum tumbles inside an aluminum washing machine. They’re the metals used in cars and airplanes, phones and frying pans, skyscrapers and
Read MoreWhat to Know About Dave Weldon, Trump’s Pick to Lead the CDC
President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), former Republican Congressman Dr. Dave Weldon, is set to face questioning by Senators on March 13. Weldon is due to appear before the U.S. Senate
Read MoreMusk’s latest cuts will hamper life-saving medical research for ‘a generation’: report
The Trump administration’s emphasis on right-wing ideology has had a chilling effect on life-saving medical research — and the researchers themselves — at the National Institutes of Health, according to a new opinion piece in Bloomburg. NIH “is the largest
Read MoreArchaeologists discover oldest known partial face fossil of human ancestor in western Europe
Scientists report that a fossil of a partial face from a early human ancestor in Spain is between 1.1 and 1.4 million years old.
Read MoreTrump fights trade war on multiple fronts as Canada and EU retaliate
Donald Trump has launched a fresh attack on the EU during a meeting with Irish premier Micheal Martin in the Oval Office.
Read MoreHow Both Trump and Xi Can Stop a Trade War
I just returned from Beijing, where government and business leaders warned of rising tensions with the United States but remained hopeful that a deal is still within reach. There’s no doubt that if negotiations fail, we are on the verge
Read MoreMost AAPI adults don’t support cutting federal agencies, new poll shows
A new AP-NORC/AAPI Data poll shows that most Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders do not agree with the strategy of putting entire federal agencies on the chopping block, nor are they broadly on board with mass layoffs of
Read MoreHow UTIs Became One of the Most Common Misdiagnoses in American Medicine
It’s one of the most common misdiagnoses in American medicine, and it usually happens like this: An old and frail person gets confused, tired, or a little dizzy. Maybe she just doesn’t feel like eating. Or she stumbles. These are
Read MoreLong Bright River and the Fantasy of the Lone Female Cop Who Redeems the Police
Mickey Fitzpatrick is not like other cops. In fact, she seems to have little in common with anyone in her world. Played by Amanda Seyfried, with a disconcerting intensity that echoes her Emmy-winning portrayal of fraudster Elizabeth Holmes in The
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