A new poll released by Pew Research this morning reveals a seismic shift: younger Americans have swung toward the Republican Party at historic levels in the past two years. For a Democratic Party that relies on the youth vote as a foundational element of its coalition, these results are nothing less than a generational disaster. […]
Though Washington laments the slow demise of civility within Congress, bipartisanship, at least when it comes to legislating, is usually a bad thing. It only emerges when both sides want to waste taxpayer money on things nobody wants and to regulate things everybody likes. So it’s shocking that Democrats and Republicans on the Senate banking […]
A new, large-scale study published in the Journal of Human Development and Capabilities reveals how smartphone ownership in childhood may be derailing young people’s mental health. The study included data from more than 100,000 18- to 24-year-olds living around the globe. Owning a smartphone before the age of 13 was associated with poorer mental health, […]
Top Trump administration officials will travel into the Gaza Strip on Friday to inspect food distribution amid international outrage over increasing deaths from starvation and criticism that U.S. efforts to distribute food are contributing to suffering and death. White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said Thursday that Steve Witkoff, President Trump’s special envoy for peace missions,...
The American Medical Association (AMA) has welcomed the Trump administration's AI Action Plan and believes that physicians must be full partners in the AI lifecycle to ensure that AI in health care reaches its full potential and that trust is built between patients and physicians.
Federal judges presiding over major cases involving the Trump administration on Thursday denounced threats they’ve faced as tensions between the White House and judiciary continue to mount. U.S. District Judges John J. McConnell Jr. of the District of Rhode Island and John Coughenour of the Western District of Washington said during a virtual event that...
Attorney General Pam Bondi said the Trump administration is prepared to restrict funds to entities that use diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) practices — a move likely to impact universities and K-12 schools as well as others. “Entities receiving federal funds, like all other entities subject to federal antidiscrimination laws, must ensure that their programs...
Clusters of genes found in humans match those that hibernating animals like mice use to power down during lean times, a new study has found. Because those genes are correlated with the parts of the genome that control metabolism — what researchers call the “fat and obesity locus” — the discovery may open the door...