"If the C.E.O. lacked deep expertise in the company's business and the leaders of its most important divisions were missing, investors would revolt. Here, the stakes are much higher. The mission is protecting the health and safety of the American people, and we're confronting serious disease threats without permanent leadership in some of our most important public health agencies." -- Michael T. Osterholm, an infectious disease expert who has advised health secretaries of both parties read more
Scientists have successfully tested an AI-designed universal coronavirus vaccine in humans for the first time, finding it to be safe and well tolerated. read more
A clip from President Donald Trump's Friday agriculture roundtable in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, spread quickly online, with critics saying it showed the president struggling to recall the name of the Washington Monument. ... Hemant Mehta, a former Jeopardy! champion and YouTuber, wrote on X, "He's on the verge of not being able to name the son who's named after him." read more
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani and Governor Kathy Hochul today announced that applications are now open for the City's first 2-K seats. ... "This fall, 2,000 NYC families will have access to free 2-K seats, and next year that number will grow to 12,000 families in every borough. read more
A second case of the flesh-eating screwworm fly has been confirmed in Texas by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), days after an initial case in a one-year-old calf set off an aggressive response to stop the spread of the parasite ... read more
The president blasted California's election system while GOP lawmakers demanded investigations. read more
The DOD has dropped 180 religions from official recognition, now excluding Atheists, Asatru, Deists, Druids, Eckankar, Heathens, Humanists, Magick, New Age churches, Pagan, Rosicrucianism, Shaman, Spiritualists, Troth, Unitarian Universalists, and various Wiccans. read more
The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) is increasingly concerned about Israel ramping up its spying on the US, recently raising the counterintelligence threat level from America's so-called ally in the Middle East to the highest level. read more
Iran and Russia have signed a sweeping $25 billion nuclear cooperation agreement to expand Tehran's civilian nuclear infrastructure, deepening strategic ties between the two countries even as negotiations with the United States continue over efforts to curb the Islamist regime's nuclear activities. read more
AT&T and Verizon lost an attempt to overturn fines for selling users' real-time location data without consent ... read more
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station were told to prepare for potential evacuation because of a worsening air leak. read more
President Donald Trump has outlined his mandate for incoming acting Director of National Intelligence Bill Pulte: He wants to gut the office. read more
Measles cases in the United States have surpassed 2,000 for the second year in a row, according to data updated Friday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). read more
President Donald Trump faced online backlash from conservatives after announcing the changes to a historical landmark. read more
A US trade judge took the unusual step of personally responding to the Trump administration's appeal of his order to refund $166 billion in tariffs the Supreme Court declared unlawful, calling the government's filings "colorful" and questioning its legal stance. read more
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is ending a policy that required the agency to report the deaths of former detainees that occurred within 30 days of their release from federal custody. read more
