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Boys in girls’ sports is the stuff of insanity

“Why was a boy allowed to play on the other team?” my fifth-grade daughter asked me as we walked off the field at a recent club soccer match.  Good question. This wasn’t a situation I thought we would experience at such a young age. But my daughter’s claim was warranted: The boy posing as a […]

FDA to phase out some animal testing requirements, possibly replace them with AI models

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Thursday it plans to phase out animal testing requirements for biological products and drugs, instead moving toward alternative testing models such computer simulations and "organoids." The agency said in a release that its animal testing requirements would be "reduced, refined, or potentially replaced using a range of approaches,"...

Gabbard: ‘100 people’ working ‘around the clock’ on RFK, MLK assassination files

Director of National Intelligence Tusli Gabbard has been working with over 100 people to scan and release government documents related to the 1968 assassinations of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.

TikTok deal in limbo amid trade war

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story How Trump's China tariffs upended TikTok negotiations President Trump’s new tariffs on China have thrown a wrench in efforts to negotiate a deal over TikTok’s divestment from its parent company ByteDance, as Washington and Beijing sink deeper into a trade war. © Jeff Chiu, Associated Press After the...

Trump administration cuts contracts for National Climate Assessment 

The Trump administration is cutting contracts that funded work on the National Climate Assessment — which is published every few years and details how climate change impacts the U.S. — as well as other climate activity. Records show that NASA has canceled several deals with contractor ICF, including those supporting work on the climate assessment...

Stocks sink as US, China dig in for trade war

✈️ Plus: Airplanes bump wings at DCA {beacon} STOCKS FELL THURSDAY as the U.S. and China dug in for a prolonged trade war that could have ramifications up and down the global economy. Only a day earlier, the financial markets skyrocketed on news that President Trump would dramatically scale back his country-specific reciprocal tariffs....

Why Trump and others are worried about the bond market

President Trump’s tariff plans have raised jitters about the stability of the bond market as demand quickly dropped before he implemented his 90-day pause on most tariffs.  Trump referenced the bond market in his Wednesday remarks explaining his decision to institute the pause, seeming to note the drop in demand for U.S. Treasurys that have...

Trump tariffs lead to soaring tensions, risks for US, China

Economic tensions between the U.S. and China are soaring after President Trump raised tariffs on Chinese products to 125 percent on Wednesday and China retaliated by raising tariffs on U.S. exports to 84 percent. While Trump on Wednesday paused his “reciprocal” tariffs on dozens of other countries, he hit China harder, intensifying an economic battle...

Democrat says Trump-Xi in ‘testosterone battle’ with tariff war

Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) on Thursday likened the U.S. tariff war with China to a “testosterone battle” between President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping. Merkley criticized Trump’s approach to levying tariffs on China as unserious, saying companies are not going to want to build factories in the U.S. if they can’t rely on the...

Appeals panel looks for middle ground on CFPB dismantling

A federal appeals panel seems inclined to find a middle ground as it weighs whether to pause an order blocking the Trump administration from effectively dismantling the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) as the administration appeals. The three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit expressed concern over...

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