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“We’re Going to Do Whatever It Takes to Keep Her Safe”

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On Susan’s birthday five years ago, her 10-year-old slid a note under her door. Today, she can recite it from memory: “Hey Mom, I wanted to ask, when you talk about me in the future, if you could use he/him or they/them pronouns because she/her pronouns make me really uncomfortable.” Then, “Happy Birthday.” Susan, the mother […]

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If Trump Cares So Much About Fentanyl, Why Is He Cutting Addiction Treatment Funding?

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In the name of reducing fentanyl overdoses, the Trump administration has gone to the extreme—levying tariffs against Canada, Mexico, and China; listing cartels as terrorist organizations; calling for the death penalty against drug dealers; and weighing drone strikes in Mexico. “When voters overwhelmingly elected Donald J. Trump as President, they gave him a mandate to […]

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Donald Trump Wants to Save the Coal Industry. He’s Too Late.

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This story was originally published by WIRED and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Last Tuesday, President Donald Trump held a press conference to announce the signing of executive orders intended to shape American energy policy in favor of one particular source: coal, the most carbon-intense fossil fuel. “I call it beautiful, clean coal,” President Trump said while […]

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ICYMI: Trump Passed His Annual Physical

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Last week, as the world reeled from a potential financial meltdown triggered by his highly unpredictable tariff policies, President Donald Trump went to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in suburban Maryland for his annual physical. The White House released the findings on Sunday and the news for the McDonald’s enthusiast and oldest man ever […]

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When It Comes to Tariffs Trump Officials Can’t Get Their Message Straight

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The Trump administration’s only consistency with its tariff policy has been its inconsistency. On April 2—a day President Donald Trump dubbed “Liberation Day”—the president announced a baseline 10 percent tariff, but rates much higher than that on countries all over the world. The methodology used to calculate the seemingly haphazard rates was generally considered by […]

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Is the Once-Extinct Dire Wolf Really Back, or Did Some of the Reporting Go Too Far?

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This story was originally published by Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Amid a supremely chaotic news environment—dominated by Trump’s deportations, Trump’s funding cuts and layoffs, Trump’s tariffs, and, of course, the tumultuous stock market the tariffs produced—one carefully calibrated science story managed to break through the […]

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Bernie Sanders Spoke at Coachella and the Crowd Went Wild

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On Saturday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) made a surprise pit stop while on the road for his “fighting oligarchy” tour with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) across the West. He appeared at the Coachella annual music festival. Sanders took the stage to introduce the singer Clairo, whom he praised for standing up for reproductive rights and […]

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RFK Jr. Cut 10,000 HHS Workers. Milwaukee Kids Paid the Price.

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently denied a request from health officials in Milwaukee to investigate a lead poisoning crisis in that city’s aging schools. Instead, the city’s 67,500 public school students seem to be caught in the crosshairs of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s mission to massively overhaul the Department of Health and […]

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Trump Mistakenly Deported a Man to El Salvador. There’s Still No Plan to Bring Him Back.

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On Friday, Federal District Court Judge Paula Xinis ruled that the Trump administration had failed to comply with a court order requiring it to provide information about what it is doing to facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who the US government mistakenly sent to one of the world’s worst prisons in El Salvador. […]

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Trump’s Deportation Black Hole

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On March 15, federal agents rounded up more than 230 Venezuelan nationals who were then deported to El Salvador and locked up in the country’s notorious megaprison. The Trump administration said the men belonged to a violent Venezuelan gang, but presented no evidence, and there were no court hearings in which the men could contest […]

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Bad News for Man’s Best Friend: Dogs Are Environmental Villains

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This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Dogs have “extensive and multifarious” environmental impacts, disturbing wildlife, polluting waterways and contributing to carbon emissions, new research has found. An Australian review of existing studies has argued that “the environmental impact of owned dogs is far greater, more […]

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Mahmoud Khalil Can Be Deported, Immigration Judge Rules

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A Louisiana immigration judge ruled Friday that recent Columbia graduate and Palestine activist Mahmoud Khalil can be deported—even though Khalil has a green card, is a lawful permanent resident, and has not been charged with any crimes. The judge gave Khalil’s attorneys until April 23 to ask for a stay of the deportation. There is […]

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