The Trump administration has canceled funding for dozens of studies seeking new vaccines and treatments for COVID-19 and other pathogens that may cause future pandemics. The government’s rationale is that the COVID pandemic has ended, which “provides cause to terminate COVID-related grant funds,” according to an internal National Institutes of...
Turkish Student at Tufts University Is Latest Palestinian Supporter Taken in Crackdown
BOSTON — A Turkish student ambushed by federal police as she walked on the streets of a Boston suburb is the latest supporter of Palestinian causes to be swept up in the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigrants who have expressed their political views. Rumeysa Ozturk, 30, a doctoral student at...
10,000 Federal Health Workers Will Be Laid Off Under Trump Plan
The Trump administration on Thursday announced a massive layoff of 10,000 employees at the Health and Human Services Department, as part of a dramatic reorganization designed to bring communications and other functions directly under the purview of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The layoffs, reported earlier by The Wall...
Department of Education Unlocks Student Loan Repayment Plans
The U.S. Department of Education has reopened several income-driven student loan repayment plans after a month-long freeze that left millions in limbo. The February shutdown came after President Joe Biden’s Saving on Valuable Education program, known as SAVE, was legally challenged by a group of Republican-led states and barred by...
Trump and Musk Are Suffering From Soros Derangement Syndrome
For anyone trying to win or hold onto power, the only thing more debilitating than not knowing your enemy is persuading yourself that you have no enemy. Or, as is the case for President Donald Trump and his allies, persuading yourselves that your opponents, somehow, do not really exist. Now,...
Do You Desire a Curious, Affectionate Kitty? Gorgeous Gracie Can Be Yours
This affectionate girl is Gracie. She is an 11-month-old Mama Kitty who recently gave birth to four beautiful kittens. She has recently been spayed and completed her time taking very good care of her kittens. Thus, it is now time for Gracie to find a loving home of her own,...
Democrat Notches an Upset in Pennsylvania State Senate Race
A Democrat won a surprise victory Tuesday in a special election for the Pennsylvania Senate, narrowly prevailing in a district that Donald Trump won by 15 points last fall. The election, conducted in the small towns and suburbs of Lancaster County where no Democrat had won since the district was...
Judge Allows Newspaper Copyright Lawsuit Against OpenAI to Proceed
NEW YORK — A federal judge has ruled that The New York Times and other newspapers can proceed with a copyright lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft seeking to end the practice of using their stories to train artificial intelligence chatbots. U.S. District Judge Sidney Stein of New York on Wednesday...
Vang Inches Closer to Outright Fresno Council Victory
Brandon Vang has nearly clinched the southeast seat on the Fresno City Council. Fresno County Clerk/Registrar of Voters James Kus updated the results on Wednesday, adding 42 votes in the March 18 special election for District 5. Vang, a Sanger Unified trustee, remains above the majority mark with 50.16% of...
Clovis Man Arrested as Police Serve 4 Warrants in Child Exploitation Probe
Clovis police have arrested a 26-year-old man and served four search warrants over the past two days in connection with separate investigations into child sexual exploitation material, authorities said. Detectives arrested Able Snowden of Clovis on felony charges of possessing child sexual exploitation material, the Clovis Police Department said Wednesday....