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Friday, August 01, 2025

The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in July removed references to President Donald Trump's two impeachments from an exhibit display. read more


Hundreds of pages of records reviewed by WIRED show just how quickly DOGE gained access to systems at the Small Business Administration -- and through it, a USDA system that handles payroll for federal law enforcement. read more


Thursday, July 31, 2025

According to the White House press release: "The White House Ballroom will be substantially separated from the main building of the White House, but at the same time, it's theme and architectural heritage will be almost identical. The site of the new ballroom will be where the small, heavily changed, and reconstructed East Wing currently sits." read more


U.S. inflation increased in June as tariffs boosted prices for imported goods ... read more


A former US Army Special Forces officer, who resigned from his role at the controversial Israeli and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) last month, has said that an emaciated child was shot dead by Israeli forces ... read more


In an effort to attract more recruits, United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is touting its student loan forgiveness program, along with up to $50,000 in signing bonuses. read more


President Donald Trump said he plans to impose a 25% tariff on imports from India and levy "a penalty" on the country for buying military equipment and energy from Russia. read more


Faced with threats of 50 percent tariffs and demands to end a criminal case, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said he wouldn't take orders from President Trump. read more


A new Economist/YouGov poll finds nearly half of all Americans believe President Trump was an Jeffrey Epstein accomplice in his sex trafficking crimes, 46% to 32%. Another 23% weren't sure. read more


Rates of alcohol use disorder decreased, while rates of opioid use disorder and stimulant use disorder held largely steady at 1.7% and 3.1% of the population, respectively, according to the report. read more


Reality may be hitting President Donald Trump like a ton of bricks after Trump admitted Tuesday his threats against Russia "may not work." read more


A new memo from the National Republican Congressional Committee, obtained by POLITICO, sheds light on how the party is messaging ahead of next year's midterms. read more


A CBS News analysis of the video the FBI made public earlier this month reveals that the recording doesn't provide a clear view of the entrance to Epstein's cell block -- one of several contradictions between officials' descriptions of the video and the video itself. read more


Historian Heather Cox Richardson writes about the impact of Project 2025: " ... six months into the second Trump administration, on the sixtieth anniversary of the law that symbolized the modern American state by establishing Medicare and Medicaid, it's clear we are indeed in a revolution designed to destroy the government we have known in favor of the radical right-wing government envisioned by those who wrote Project 2025." read more


Roald sagdeev has already watched one scientific empire rot from the inside. When Sagdeev began his career, in 1955, science in the Soviet Union was nearing its apex. At the Kurchatov Institute in Moscow ... read more


Alan J. Kuperman: The White House has now fully embraced bomb-prone nuclear fuel technology. This should stop before an arms race, atomic terrorism or even nuclear war results read more


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