Nation Jun 09 NIH scientists publish letter criticizing Trump’s deep cuts in public health research The letter addresses the termination of 2,100 research grants valued at more than $12 billion and some of the human costs that have resulted, such as cutting off medication regimens to participants in clinical trials or leaving them with unmonitored…
Politics Apr 28 Examining Trump’s progress on his promises, 100 days in As President Donald Trump hits his 100th day in office Tuesday, his imprint is everywhere. But the long-term impact is often unclear.
Politics Jan 06 Jimmy Carter was an outlier with other former presidents but formed a friendship for the ages with Gerald Ford As a member of the elite, informal club of U.S. presidents past and present, Jimmy Carter was uniquely positioned to do important work for his successors, whether Democrat or Republican.
Politics Sep 16 How a day of golf for Trump changed when Secret Service saw a rifle Before the day was out, the nation was sizing up an apparent assassination attempt on the president for the second time in as many months.
Politics Jul 23 Despite steady calls on Biden to drop out, he refused to leave the race until the wheels fell off Publicly, Biden never wavered from his vow to continue his candidacy — up until the day he ended it.
Politics Jun 28 Debate-watchers in the Biden and Trump camps seem to agree on something: Biden had a bad night By the end of the 90-plus minutes, some Democrats were saying what partisans say to put the best face on things: It’s still early.
Nation May 19 Cities want the millions who biked during the pandemic to keep pedaling During the worst of the pandemic, outdoor recreation surged as people took up pursuits to escape isolation. For many, that meant getting on a bicycle.
Politics Apr 29 Bipartisan senators urge Biden to step up seizures of Iranian oil amid sanctions A dozen senators are making a bipartisan appeal to President Joe Biden to reinvigorate the power of U.S. authorities to seize Iranian oil assets under an enforcement program they say has been allowed to languish.
Politics Jan 06 On 2nd anniversary of Capitol attack, speaker gridlock paralyzes House again Washington has one specialty that has long endured — memorializing and coming together over a national trauma.
Nation Dec 20 Donald Trump and Elon Musk: 2 disrupters facing a reckoning Both the Tesla CEO and the former president have used Twitter as a sword and a shield — a soapbox to rouse the passions (and tap the pocketbooks) of tens of millions of followers and repulse the other side.