As the Trump administration seeks to limit access to gender-affirming care for minors and public insurance enrollees, New York City officials now plan to launch and run a transgender health clinic themselves.
On Friday, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene announced plans to open a gender-affirming care clinic in the Corona neighborhood of Queens,__Crain’s New York…
How can I embrace cuts to ed spending when the savings are washed away by a torrent of intergenerational plunder?
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A federal lawsuit filed over the weekend asks a court to block the UFC fight card scheduled for the White House South Lawn on June 14, arguing the event violates federal law and amounts to a corrupt transfer of public property to a private company with direct financial ties to President Donald Trump. The Public […]
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U.S. colleges and universities are reeling from one of the most challenging years in recent memory. In 2025, institutions laid off more than 9,000 faculty and staff amid enrollment volatility, shrinking budgets and growing skepticism about the value of a college degree. As a result, institutions are under increasing pressure to find efficiencies through new […]
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A controversial oil and gas lease sale in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge drew one big bid Friday from an independent Anchorage-based natural gas producer, along with a smattering of other bids from a state economic development agency. HEX Energy LLC, which produces natural gas in Cook Inlet but has never operated on the North […]
While the panel quotes have not yet been removed, a spokesperson for the Interior Department characterized the removal order to the Post as a "routine exhibit refresh."
The House Foreign Affairs Committee is one of the most important committees in Congress, but on Wednesday, Democrats turned it into a circus. Democrat Representatives Sarah Jacobs and Sarah McBride attempted to ask Secretary of State Marco Rubio “gotcha” questions instead of conducting the serious work of the committee, but they failed miserably. Rep. Sarah […]
(RNS) — Pastors and other faith leaders have led protests against ICE in places such as Minneapolis. But this group of evangelical pastors believes churches should support the Trump administration's immigration agenda.
Senior Trump administration officials have held preliminary discussions with major AI companies about the federal government acquiring equity stakes in their firms, with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman driving the conversations, according to three people familiar with the matter cited by NOTUS. Altman first pitched the concept to President Donald Trump in early 2025 and revisited […]
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## Trump plans to fund Oakland coal terminal
The president will use the Defense Production Act to provide $75 million for a controversial West Oakland coal export hub, according to reports.
The Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine published new clinical guidance this week affirming that acetaminophen, better known by its brand Tylenol, should be the “first-line” defense against pain and fever during pregnancy. The directive contradicts the Trump administration’s notice to physicians last year cautioning against the use of the primary pain reliever recommended for pregnant women, […]
The Trump administration has denied Alaska’s request for a larger federal cost share for disaster recovery efforts following devastation wrought by the remnants of Typhoon Halong in Western Alaska last fall. In a May 31 denial letter, a senior official with the Federal Emergency Management Agency denied the state’s appeal for a 90% federal cost […]
As the Trump administration seeks exhaustive and unprecedented access to transgender youth medical records, families are taking to court to fight back.
Families in New York and California recently sued to block major hospital systems from complying with federal criminal subpoenas ordering the release of medical information around gender-affirming care for trans minors. Two separate lawsuits…
The congresswoman lost her husband, journalist Kevin Weston, to a rare blood cancer 12 years ago. Now she's won federal dollars for research in Oakland.
A number of factors may “lead even long-standing allies and partners to question whether or not it’s wise to continue to depend on the United States for essential defense articles and services,” one analyst said.
WINOOSKI, Vt. — The day’s class started with a writing prompt: Do you feel safe in school? Why or why not? The students — whose families hail from across the globe and speak languages including Arabic, Nepali, Spanish and Somali — wrote their responses before reading them aloud. “I feel safe in school because I […]
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US district judge Christopher Cooper has ruled that Donald Trump's name must come down from the Kennedy Center. He has also ruled that Trump's 2-year shutdown to remake the building into a gold plated grotesque will not go forward.
A judge on Friday ordered the removal of Donald Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, ruling that the prestigious Washington DC venue cannot…
By Guillaume Long and Lola Allen – May 28, 2026 The Trump admin gives him
“George Washington made America great once. I’ve already done it two times. That’s why people say Trump is the best president.”
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Since the start of President Donald Trump’s second term, the White House and Congress have worked aggressively to overhaul federal student financial aid. On July 1, many of those efforts will come to fruition. Student borrowers will begin to see different options for loan repayments and forgiveness, while current students will face new limits on […]
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — On a late February afternoon, a dozen or so Sacramento State students, all current or former foster youth, filed into the office of the university’s Guardian Scholars Program for a financial aid workshop that promised to teach them how to “get that bread and get ahead.” When program coordinator Gina Bryan projected […]
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The Securities and Exchange Commission wants to rescind rules that required companies to tell investors about their role in climate change. Weekend Editor Eric O. Scott argues it's all part of the Trump administration's policy of ignorance around climate.
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Under the proposed legislation, construction of a triumphal arch would be prohibited within Lady Bird Johnson Park, the narrow stretch of National Park Service land between Arlington National Cemetery and the Potomac River.
By Waqas Ahmed, Murtaza Hussain, and Ryan Grim – May 17, 2026 Yesterday, Pakistan’s Prime
The top federal prosecutor in Chicago flatly denied Thursday that his office had ever opened a criminal investigation into E. Jean Carroll — roughly 24 hours after multiple news organizations reported the Justice Department had launched one — while subsequent reporting clarified that the probe’s primary target is not Carroll but a nonprofit backed by […]
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“He likes to call me his favorite British artist,” painter Iain Alexander said of Trump.
To further muddy the waters, internal Park Service records cited by the Times indicate that Atlantic Industrial Coatings initially failed multiple attempts to seal the gaps between the Reflecting Pool’s concrete slabs, the very leaks the renovation was supposed to address.
The monument of Caesar Rodney, who owned 200 slaves and signed the Declaration of Independence, now stands in Washington, D.C.
There’s a tectonic shift underway that most Americans may not think about, but see every day when they take their pets to the vet or their kids to the dentist, need a lawyer or an eye exam, see a therapist or pick up a prescription: More and more of the highly educated specialists who provide […]
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Imaginez transformer un héritage de la Guerre froide, des tonnes de plutonium destinées à des bombes atomiques, en une source d’énergie propre pour alimenter l’avenir des startups technologiques. C’est exactement la direction audacieuse que prend l’administration Trump en 2026 en invitant des jeunes entreprises innovantes à recycler ce matériau hautement radioactif. Dans un contexte où […]
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