• Skilled scientists at these government agencies are quietly being let go, union reps say

    Skilled scientists at these government agencies are quietly being let go, union reps say

    Jul 03, 2025 11:00 AM EDT

    ... myositis. And so, although many of these people have been able to hold onto their positions for now, it has caused severe disruption to the work that they do,” said Matthew Brown, recording secretary for NIH Fellows United, which represents more than 5,000 early-career researchers, including at least ...

  • How Trump's big bill could affect women, children and LGBTQ+ Americans

    How Trump's big bill could affect women, children and LGBTQ+ Americans

    Jul 02, 2025 08:05 PM EDT

    ... state funding formula. SNAP Like the package passed by House Republicans, the Senate version would require more SNAP recipients in their 50s and 60s to work and provide fewer exemptions for parents. The proposal would lower the age at which work requirements end by a decade, to 54. Right now ...

  • What Americans think about Trump’s deportations right now

    What Americans think about Trump’s deportations right now

    Jul 01, 2025 09:00 AM EDT

    ... status who have been convicted of a violent crime. That includes more than 90% of Republicans, 81% of independents and 75% of Democrats. The numbers shift when Americans are asked about deporting immigrants under different circumstances: Immigrants without permanent legal status in the U.S. who have been convicted of ...

  • Fragile Israel-Iran ceasefire holds as Trump lashes out at both sides

    Fragile Israel-Iran ceasefire holds as Trump lashes out at both sides

    Jun 24, 2025 10:55 PM EDT

    All that said, Geoff, the assumptions that would support an assessment that the program is set back by only a few months don't take into account, I'm told, multiple variables, including, does Iran have enough scientists after Israel killed many of them? Does Iran choose to work at ...

  • News Wrap: Court considers Trump’s California National Guard deployment

    News Wrap: Court considers Trump’s California National Guard deployment

    Jun 17, 2025 10:50 PM EDT

    ... Food giant Kraft Heinz announced today that it will remove all chemical dyes from its products by the end of 2027. The company says the shift will affect about 10 percent of its brands. That includes Kool-Aid and Crystal Light, plus Jell-O and other desserts and beverages that ...

  • Wisconsin dairy farmer sues Trump administration alleging racial discrimination against white farmers

    Wisconsin dairy farmer sues Trump administration alleging racial discrimination against white farmers

    Jun 16, 2025 06:21 PM EDT

    ... of loans to white farmers, but 95% to women and racial minorities. That puts Faust at a disadvantage, the lawsuit alleges. Faust has also begun work on a new manure storage system that could qualify for reimbursement under a USDA environmental conservation program, but 75% of his costs are eligible ...

  • Accidental discovery at New York planetarium unlocks secret into universe's inner workings

    Accidental discovery at New York planetarium unlocks secret into universe's inner workings

    Jun 03, 2025 06:07 PM EDT

    NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have unlocked one of the solar system's many secrets from an unexpected source: a planetarium show opening to the public on Monday. At the American Museum of Natural History last fall, experts were hard at work preparing “Encounters in the Milky Way," a deep dive ...

  • Trump administration's deep cuts to public health leave system reeling

    Trump administration's deep cuts to public health leave system reeling

    May 31, 2025 10:15 PM EDT

    ... outbreak since at least the 1990s, rising whooping cough cases and the risk that bird flu could spread widely among people. The moves reflect a shift that Americans may not fully realize, away from the very idea of public health: doing the work that no individual can do alone to ...

  • Google and Justice Department face off in climactic showdown in antitrust case

    Google and Justice Department face off in climactic showdown in antitrust case

    May 30, 2025 06:28 PM EDT

    ... While both sides of this showdown agree that AI is an inflection point for the industry's future, they have disparate views on how the shift will affect Google. The Justice Department contends that AI technology by itself won't rein in Google's power, arguing additional legal restraints must ...

  • News Wrap: Trump administration revokes Harvard's ability to enroll international students

    News Wrap: Trump administration revokes Harvard's ability to enroll international students

    May 22, 2025 10:50 PM EDT

    Amna Nawaz: Today's vote is a blow to California's effort to lead the country's shift toward electric vehicles. The Senate also blocked two other rules that would curb emissions from trucks and heavy-duty vehicles in the state. All three resolutions now go to the White House ...