President Donald Trump shared an update on the future of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) after its chief architect, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, revealed last week that he plans to step down from his role as a special government employee by the end of May.
Wall Street Journal Editorial Board: Financial markets have the shakes as President Trump prepares to launch his next big tariff salvo on Wednesday. read more
What could possibly go wrong? The so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is starting to put together a team to migrate the Social Security Administration's (SSA) computer systems entirely off one of its oldest programming languages in a matter of months, potentially putting the integrity of the system -- and the benefits on which tens of millions of Americans rely -- at risk. read more
Kathryn Anne Edwards: The looming economic contraction will be unique in past-war America in that it will be the first directly caused by White House policy. read more
To everyone's surprise, however, the new Trump Administration has made the filibuster almost beside the point. Instead of trying to bulldoze the Senate, Trump has simply driven around it. read more
Already, more than 11,000 additional TB patients are estimated to have died in the two months since almost all USAID funding froze on January 24, according to a model built by UN-affiliated organization Stop TB Partnership. read more
Christopher Mathias: Demonizing rhetoric from the White House, arrests without due process, deporting immigrants to a brutal prison in a foreign country. This is America today. read more
Rising anti-American sentiment in Europe as President Donald Trump's policies ruffle feathers is ushering in a shift in consumer behavior, not least in attitudes toward American goods. read more
After a French court found far-right leader Marine Le Pen guilty of embezzling, a judge barred her from seeking public office. read more
The New York Yankees opened the 2025 season by hitting a record 15 home runs in their first three games. Nine were hit by players using a new bat design dubbed the bowling pin or torpedo bat. "This bat is just trying to say: What if we put the mass where the ball is going to hit so that we have an optimized equation of mass and velocity?" said bat whisperer Scott Drake.
President Donald Trump did not rule out the possibility of seeking a third term in the White House, which is prohibited by the Constitution under the 22nd Amendment, saying in an exclusive interview with NBC News that there were methods for doing so and clarifying that he was "not joking." read more
Musk's $1 million Wisconsin giveaway won by chair of state's College Republicans read more
Customers of 23andMe are rightly concerned about what could happen to their DNA profiles now that the ancestry-research company has filed for bankruptcy. "It looks like it's up for grabs," he said of the genetic information. "And there doesn't really seem to be any parameters regarding its use." After a customer provides a saliva sample, DNA-testing companies like 23andMe provide a profile of a person's genetic heritage. Police used forensic genetic genealogy to solve crimes. 23andMe had a data breach in 2023 and paid out $30 million to settle a class-action lawsuit. Under bankruptcy, the company's DNA database of more than 15 million customers could potentially be sold as an asset. Note that oligarch Larry Ellison wants to put all America's data, including DNA, in one big Oracle system for AI to study. Link: www.theregister.com read more
A jury in Georgia has ordered Bayer, the parent company of Monsanto, to pay nearly $2.1 billion to a man who says the weed killer Roundup gave him cancer. This is one of the largest verdicts yet in lawsuits against the product. The jury's decision includes $65 million for damages and $2 billion as a punishment. John Barnes filed the lawsuit in 2021 after being diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. The verdict will help him get the treatment he needs and expose the truth about Roundup's risks. Bayer, which bought Monsanto in 2018, denies that Roundup causes cancer and plans to appeal. The company argues that scientific evidence and global regulators support the product's safety. However, Bayer has faced over 177,000 lawsuits and set aside $16 billion for settlements. Documentary about Monsanto: documentary.net read more
