The provision will make it so only the well-to-do would be in a good position to launch legal challenges against Trump.
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Outcry Builds Over GOP Budget Rule Requiring Bond to Challenge Trump in Court Read Post »
Dylan Bringuel remembers the exact moment they got hired by the Holiday Inn Express in Jamestown, New York. It was late August 2022, and Bringuel—who uses they/them pronouns—had recently moved across the country and was struggling to find work. Bringuel is transgender and was upfront about their gender identity during the job interview. “ I was […]
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) just green-lit a new Covid vaccine from Moderna, the company said in a press release Saturday. Now the vaccine will bump up against an administration that is loath to recommend it. The vaccine, called mNEXSPIKE, was approved for adults 65 and older, and people between 12 and 64 years […]
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The FDA Just Approved a New Covid Vaccine Read Post »
On Friday, the Trump administration released a detailed look at its proposed 2026 budget, including major cuts to federal science agencies that oversee research on everything from cancer to the cosmos. While the broad strokes of Trump’s budget had been released in early May, the new proposal reveals more about what specific programs the president […]
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Donald Trump’s Proposed Budget Would Gut American Science Read Post »
This story was originally published by Vox.com and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Nearly two decades ago, scientists made an alarming discovery in upstate New York: Bats, the world’s only flying mammal, were becoming infected with a new, deadly fungal disease that, in some cases, could wipe out an entire colony in a matter of […]
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Team Trump is Poised to Kill a Critical Program It Likely Knows Nothing About Read Post »
Last week, Max, a trans man in North Carolina in his twenties—and my childhood friend—got top surgery. “I didn’t cry when I saw the results because it just looks like how I feel it should,” Max wrote in an email. He cried later, he said—when he realized he’d been able to “build a body I […]
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For Trans People on Medicaid, Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” Is Anything But Read Post »
This story was originally published by Vox.com, and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The Supreme Court handed down an opinion on Thursday that reads like it was written by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson, the authors of an influential book arguing that excessive regulation of land use and development has made it too difficult to build […]
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The Supreme Court’s Latest Decision Will to Make It Easier to Build Stuff, Good and Bad Read Post »
During an official Oval Office event marking the end of his time working at the federal government, Elon Musk on Friday emerged with apparent facial swelling and bruising around his right eye. “I wasn’t anywhere near France,” Musk replied when asked about the black eye, an apparent joke about Emmanuel Macron’s marital shove. “I was […]
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Elon Musk Says Goodbye With a Black Eye Read Post »
Trump has been on a spree this week: He’s pardoned or commuted the sentences of a host of people this week, tax fraudsters and TV personalities among them. So, how do you get one of these pardons? In my new video, I point out that if you’re Black, you should probably know Trump’s “Pardon Czar,” […]
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The Trump Trick: Pardon Black Celebs, Make It Easier to Imprison Black People Read Post »
The former Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Xavier Becerra said the Trump administration’s explanations of how fake studies wound up cited in Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s “Make America Health Again (MAHA)” report is “BS.” “We have an obligation to protect the health of the American people, and to be silent […]
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“BS”: Former HHS Secretary Blasts White House Defense of False Citations in MAHA Report Read Post »
The largest Medicaid cuts in US history, which, if signed into law, would sever healthcare for the poorest Americans in order to offset massive tax cuts for the wealthy, have a curious new defense: “Well, we all are going to die.” The line emerged on Friday as Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) attempted to defend the […]
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“Well, We’re All Going to Die,” Says GOP Senator in Defense of Medicaid Cuts Read Post »
On Thursday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that the Trump administration had taken new steps towards “building an America First State Department” by notifying Congress of a “reorganization plan.” The massive overhaul, first proposed in April, will reportedly downsize or eliminate hundreds of bureaus and offices; cut thousands of domestic civil service and foreign […]
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The Worrying Backstory of Trump’s Proposed “Office of Remigration” Read Post »
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