news2shortsHealth secretary to close regional offices and establish a new division called ‘administration for a healthy America’ US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr said on Thursday he will significantly cut the size of the department he leads, reducing about 10,000 full-time jobs and closing regional offices. The restructuring, along with previous voluntary departures, will … Read more
Gene Likens, who first identified acidic rainwater in 1960s, said the Trump administration’s ‘rollbacks are alarming’ The US could be plunged back into an era of toxic acid rain, an environmental problem thought to have been solved decades ago, due to the Donald Trump administration’s rollback of pollution protections, the scientist who discovered the existence … Read more
Police arrest suspect after sitter shocked to encounter man when trying to show child there was nothing under the bed A babysitter in Kansas who was asked by a child to check for monsters under their bed was stunned to discover a man hiding there, police have said. The shocking incident occurred on 24 March … Read more
President Donald Trump sounded off on Truth Social early Thursday after Judge James Boasberg of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia was assigned to preside over a lawsuit lodged against several Trump administration officials and the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). The Obama-nominated judge has also been presiding over a lawsuit … Read more
New Politics, a group focused on supporting candidates from service backgrounds, is launching a multimillion-dollar effort to recruit thousands of candidates over the next four years.
Democratic Association of Secretaries of State says plans amount to ‘most aggressive’ operation to date The group that represents Democratic state election officials says it plans to spend $40m on competitive races in 2026 with the goal of Democratic control of election oversight before the 2028 presidential election. The Democratic Association of Secretaries of State … Read more
High-ranking officials can spill military secrets with apparent near-total immunity and no accountability US politics live – latest news updates The problem with the now infamous Signal chat read around the world is not just that sensitive military-operations details were broadcast, but that this reveals a pattern of what appears to be institutional dishonesty inside … Read more
Sympathy for yesteryear is gaining traction among Republican elites, and Trump’s relations with white supremacy is too close Gen Robert E Lee is long dead, but the spirit of the Confederacy appears alive and well. Federal contractors will no longer be explicitly barred from racially segregating their restaurants, waiting rooms and water fountains, according to … Read more
Millions paid to give away their most personal data. At least in return they found out more about their earwax Information is the most valuable resource on Earth. We shed data from everything that we do, and megalithic corporations hoover it up. With that, they know us better than we know ourselves, and the information … Read more
Top aides ‘aggressively’ made case to Democratic donors last summer, according to account of 2024 campaign by Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes Top aides to Joe Biden “aggressively” warned Democratic donors last summer that if the then president was forced out of the 2024 election over concerns about his age and fitness, the party would … Read more
