More common, however, are examples of web pages mentioning LGBTQ people that have been completely removed. The removed content includes a web page about tobacco use among LGBTQ people on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website, information about an LGBTQ+ working group at the Justice Department, a page dedicated to the Commerce Department’s...
A South Carolina man who police say was seen in a “disturbing” video confronting a Latino man in a pickup truck and telling him he was going to be sent back to Mexico has been arrested on charges that include impersonating an ICE officer. The arrest was followed by a similar case the next day...
The Summary Around 1,100 EPA employees received an email saying that they could lose their jobs immediately. The email identified the recipients as likely “probationary,” meaning they’ve worked at the EPA for under a year and have less job protection. Union representatives said the message was scary for many recipients. The Trump administration has notified...
Some forms of federal aid spending still appear to be frozen, a federal judge in Washington said Monday, despite a court order blocking the Trump administration’s funding pause and the Office of Management and Budget’s move last week to rescind its own memo announcing the policy. President Donald Trump ordered a freeze on domestic and...
Apple’s relatively new AirPods 4 are at their lowest price ever: $99.99 at the time of writing. If you’ve been meaning to get a new pair of wireless earbuds, this might be a good time to shop, especially if you use an iPhone. Apple AirPods 4 deal Apple AirPods 4 What we like Comfortable open-ear...
A 73-year-old volunteer at Great Smoky Mountains National Park was found dead over the weekend after being reported missing while out on a hike in the park she dedicated decades of her life to, officials said Monday. Ann Houghton, of Jackson County, North Carolina, was found was found at approximately 1:53 p.m. ET on Sunday,...
How large is USAID’s budget and who has benefited from it? In fiscal year 2023, USAID managed more than $40 billion in combined appropriations, according to the CRS, which notes that calculations of USAID’s budget can be imprecise. Forty billion dollars is less than 1 percent of the federal budget, according to The Washington Post....
President Donald Trump’s executive order imposing a 10% tariff on Chinese imports is likely to drive up the cost of generic drugs in the United States and exacerbate drug shortages, experts say. About half of generic drugs people take in the U.S. — including cancer drugs, antibiotics and blood thinners — are made entirely overseas, where...
WASHINGTON — Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, said Monday he’s placing a “blanket hold” on President Donald Trump’s nominees for the State Department, slowing down his hopes of quickly installing personnel in key positions. Schatz, who sits on the Foreign Relations Committee, said his move is in protest of Trump’s billionaire adviser, Elon Musk, declaring that...
In the final months before Democratic-turned-independent former Sen. Kyrsten Sinema retired from her post, her campaign organization spent big in the desert — not just the desert of Arizona, the state she represented in Congress for more than a decade, but in Saudi Arabia. Of the almost $700,000 Sinema’s campaign reported spending in the final...