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Federal infectious disease surveillance is hampered by split oversight: Report

The government is poorly equipped to detect emerging infectious diseases across human and animal populations because federal surveillance efforts remain fragmented, according to a new report.

About a third of Democrats identify as democratic socialists: Poll

POLL: About a third of Democrats and Democratic-leaning Americans now describe themselves as democratic socialists.

Canadian citizen in Florida charged with illegally voting in 7 U.S. elections

A Canadian citizen managed to register to vote and cast ballots in seven U.S. elections, Florida prosecutors charged Thursday.

Seen, Heard & Whispered: Tuberville dumps GOP script, Presler’s voter hunt, KBJ’s love story

Tommy Tuberville had enough of his party's spin, tossing the GOP's election-bill talking points straight in the trash. Meanwhile, Scott Presler's volunteers are combing Pennsylvania's voter rolls for noncitizens, and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson tells Michelle Obama about the first date with her husband that she nearly walked out on.

Trump floats pulling Blanche’s nomination as Cornyn, Tillis hold out

President Trump said Wednesday he could withdraw his nomination of Todd Blanche to be attorney general and wait until next year to try again, after some Republican holdouts have departed the Senate.

CNN’s Kaitlan Collins describes what it’s like reporting on Trump’s presidency

CNN correspondent Kaitlan Collins told Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" that President Trump has little tolerance for reporters who challenge him directly.

Trump mobilizes terrorist court to try to deport Afghan mother tied to Election Day plot

The Trump administration has brought the first case in the U.S. Alien Terrorist Removal Court, seeking to oust an Afghan woman who prosecutors say supported her son's ISIS-inspired plot to kill people on Election Day in 2024.

Sanders, Grassley team up to penalize Pentagon for failing audits

A bipartisan duo is pushing a bill to impose financial consequences if the Pentagon fails to pass a full, independent audit after its eighth straight review could not account for trillions of dollars.

Senate panel punting on broader AI legislation as it takes up kids online safety bills

The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee is postponing plans to take up a series of AI bills until after the summer recess but is proceeding with a markup of kids online safety bills next week.

The government owns 28% of America — and has no clue what’s underneath it

Last week, President Donald Trump ordered the Pentagon to reduce America’s dependence on foreign mineral suppliers. The military must now map vulnerable supply chains and shift them toward domestic and allied sources. The next day, the Interior Department acknowledged a critical problem jeopardizing that strategy: Much of the country still lacks the data needed to […]

Why Trump’s smoke tariffs miss the real Canadian culprit

President Donald Trump has recently boosted tariffs against some Canadian exports to the U.S. to the 50% level, something unprecedented, even for him. He has done so, in part, as a reaction to smoke inundating the United States from Canadian forest fires. The New York Times, and who would know better on this matter, indeed, […]

The FDA stacked a panel with peptide sellers. Guess what it voted to greenlight

During a meeting last week, the Food and Drug Administration’s Pharmacy Compounding Advisory Committee recommended that six previously restricted peptides be made available for pharmacy compounding. Peptides are short chains of amino acids, the building blocks of proteins. Compounding is the preparation of customized medications for individual patients rather than the dispensing of conventionally manufactured, […]

Government compels, culture persuades: Why Washington is ruining America

My grandmother had an expression for almost everything.  Whenever I stood over the stove impatiently waiting for water to boil, she’d smile and say, “A watched pot never boils.” As a child, I thought she was talking about cooking. Years later, I realized she was talking about something much bigger.  She understood that constant interference […]

I am a Palestinian activist. Here’s why I’m mourning Lindsey Graham

Lindsey Graham’s last moments were emblematic of the way he lived: in service. On his final Friday, he stood in Kyiv beside Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and announced that the White House had agreed to advance his Russia sanctions bill. The next night, an aortic dissection killed him at 71. After the funeral on Tuesday, […]

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