China says the US has "severely violated" their trade truce and will take strong measures to defend its interests. read more
Alex Shephard: The real reason that he's "leaving" (or "quiet quitting") is that he has spent the last four months as a "special government employee," a distinction with a 130-day time limit. Were he to continue working in the same capacity, he would be required by federal law to fill out certain financial and ethical disclosures that he is currently exempted from as an SGE. read more
In a chilling sign of how far law enforcement surveillance has encroached on personal liberties, 404 Media recently revealed that a sheriff's office in Texas searched data from more than 83,000 automated license plate reader (ALPR) cameras to track down a woman suspected of self-managing an abortion. The officer searched 6,809 different camera networks maintained by surveillance tech company Flock Safety, including states where abortion access is protected by law, such as Washington and Illinois. The search record listed the reason plainly: "had an abortion, search for female." read more
Americans are losing a vast array of people and programs dedicated to keeping them healthy. read more
The Connecticut Senate on Friday overwhelmingly passed the most significant reform to the state's towing policies in decades, a measure lawmakers said would help protect drivers from predatory towing.
"Now the current occupant of the Oval Office appears to be spiraling further into incoherency," he said. "Consider Trump's latest excursion into the cringey realm of make believe - his Truth Social "retruth" amplifying the astonishingly nutty conspiracy theory that Biden was executed in 2020 and replaced with a clone. 'Oh stop Jim,' you say? Read for yourself," he wrote. read more
The 2026 midterm cycle is already bustling with activity as Senate Republicans gear up to defend their majority and Democrats try to reverse course from a difficult few years and chart a path forward. Here's an early look at the five Senate seats most likely to flip next year.
From the FDA: "Bedner Growers, Inc. of Boynton Beach, FL is voluntarily recalling cucumbers sold at Bedner's Farm Fresh Market between 29 Apr and 14 May 2025 because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy persons infected with Salmonella often experience fever, diarrhea (which may be bloody), nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. In rare circumstances, infection with Salmonella can result in the organism getting into the bloodstream and producing more severe illnesses such as arterial infections (i.e., infected aneurysms), endocarditis and arthritis."
According to a recent study in Global Change Biology, a journal focused on environmental change, the use and prevalence of hummingbird feeders like those red and clear plastic ones filled with homemade sugar water - changed the size and shape of the birds' beaks in just a few generations. "Very simplified, the bills get longer and they become more slender, and that helps to have a larger tongue inside that can get more nectar from the feeder at a time," one of the biggest takeaways was just how quickly evolution -- something generally assumed to happen over millions of years can take place. "It's a demonstration of how evolution happens, like, literally in front of our eyes. And we just need to pay attention to it," he says. read more
According to Bannon, Bessent confronted Musk over his sweeping but unfulfilled promises to deliver $1 trillion in budget cuts. read more
Director of National Security Tulsi Gabbard wants to turn President Donald Trump's daily intel briefings into Fox News-type broadcasts because he "doesn't read." Gabbard is hoping to add animations and more dynamic multimedia elements to Trump's President's Daily Briefs, or PDBs, to fit his viewing habits and hold his attention, five people with knowledge of the discussions told NBC News. Gabbard ralso eportedly consulted with current and former intelligence officials on bringing in a Fox News producer and host to reshape the PDBs"which are usually text and image-based for national security reasons"to deliver the intel in broadcast form. NBC News reported that the process could involve granting the Fox News team security clearance to access classified information.
Valerie Mahaffey, the Emmy-award winning actor known for her roles on Northern Exposure, Desperate Housewives and Young Sheldon, died on Friday. She was 71. ... Mahaffey's versatility kept her constantly in demand for guest roles and she amassed dozens of series credits including Seinfeld, Wings, ER, Glee, Grey's Anatomy and The Mindy Project. read more
US President Donald Trump has accused China of violating a two-week-old truce on tariffs, a claim China has responded to with its own accusations of US wrongdoing. read more
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is still recommending COVID vaccines for healthy children, according to the CDC's latest published immunization schedule. read more
Kim Jong-un seized on Russia's need for support in its war against Ukraine. His reward is a rapidly modernizing military that threatens the delicate balance of power on the Korean Peninsula. read more
An otherwise-healthy 52-year-old office worker showed up to a hospital emergency department in Buenos Aires with an unshakable fever he developed the week before. Besides the high temperature, he seemed fine. So, after testing negative for COVID-19, doctors sent him home with supportive care. But the fever didn't go away. In the week that followed, things got worse. He developed nausea, stomach pain, and diarrhea. He also started having trouble breathing. He then went back to the hospital. read more
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