Sociology faculty are refusing to alter syllabi, even as state targets how race, gender and inequality are taught Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox Across Florida universities, some sociology professors are quietly choosing not to alter their courses in response to new state guidelines restricting how … Read more
Tasteless political merch is nothing new to Donald Trump, but it’s a particularly bad look if you’re married to Bill Clinton We live in a golden age of tasteless political merchandise. This is largely thanks to Donald Trump: over the years the president’s official store has flogged everything from hoodies with Joe Biden falling downstairs … Read more
Records shed light on how Scott Brown – then Trump’s New Zealand ambassador, now running for Senate – responded to Kennedy’s 2019 Samoa trip ahead of measles outbreak When Robert F Kennedy Jr ran for president as a Democrat in 2023, he found an unexpected ally in Scott Brown. A former Republican senator, Brown had … Read more
Untold numbers will get sick as a result. Clinics are scrambling, and no one seems to be able to explain why this is happening They’re calling it a funding cliff for sexual health in America. Pap smears and HIV tests will be cancelled. IUD appointments will have to be rebooked; condoms and birth control pills … Read more
Guardian analysis of more than a million emails reveals financier’s deep and longstanding ties with the wealthy and powerful The release of the Epstein files has reverberated around the world, leading to at least nine resignations and investigations into high-profile figures, including the former UK ambassador to Washington, Peter Mandelson, and the ex-prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor. … Read more
President Donald Trump is now saying the United States is prepared to clear the critical Strait of Hormuz without the help from European allies. Meanwhile, the director of National Counterterrorism Center, Joe Kent, became the first senior Trump official to quit in opposition to the conflict with Iran, saying, “Iran posed no imminent threat to … Read more
Cuba is dealing with an ongoing economic and energy crisis after the Trump administration cut off oil deliveries from Venezuela to the island, citing issues with its political and governmental system. Residents are struggling with the chaos of unpredictable power outages, including at hospitals where doctors are struggling to store medications that rely on refrigeration. … Read more
Union and league reach verbal agreement on new deal Salaries expected to match rocketing revenue The WNBA and its players’ union reached an agreement in principle on a transformational new collective bargaining agreement early Wednesday morning. Specifics still need to be finalized over the next few weeks as lawyers on both sides work on the … Read more
The spring break rush is colliding with a mounting TSA staffing shortage as officers work without pay for a 32nd day amid the ongoing partial government shutdown. So far, more than 10% of officers have called out nationwide and the TSA’s acting deputy administrator suggested that entire airports could be shut down if callout rates … Read more
FIRST ON FOX: FBI Director Kash Patel is expected to tout a list of his agency’s top reforms and accomplishments under President Donald Trump’s second term during a Senate hearing Wednesday on worldwide threats impacting the United States. Patel is set to address several reforms during the hearing, which is being held by the U.S. … Read more
