Author: Tim Hodges

German lawmakers reject contentious immigration law  DW (English) Migration Law Gamble Backfires for Germany’s Conservative Chancellor Hopeful  U.S. News & World Report Germany’s Merz breaks far-right taboo, prompts backlash from Merkel  The Washington Post Merkel Jolts German Campaign With Broadside of Her Party Leader  Bloomberg German Opposition Gambles With Far-Right on Immigration, and Loses  The New York Times

Rwanda-backed rebels move deeper into eastern Congo as UN reports executions and rapes  The Associated Press A Conflict in Congo  The New York Times Trump facing 1st test in Africa amid bloody battles ‘over electric vehicle battery minerals’  Fox News DR Congo’s president says country won’t be humiliated after rebels claim takeover  CNN U.N. warns escalation in Congo war […]

National Science Foundation freezes payments in response to Trump’s executive actions  NPR NSF Implementation of Recent Executive Orders  National Science Foundation (.gov) The Prototype: How The Federal Research Freeze Impacts Scientists And Startups  Forbes Which states get the most federal health and science funding  Axios Harvard Begins Reviewing National Science Foundation Grants, Expanding Response to Trump’s Orders  Harvard Crimson

Some hospitals pause gender-affirming care to evaluate Trump’s executive order  NBC News After Trump order, hospitals suspend some trans health care for youths  The Washington Post US health agencies scrubbing websites to remove ‘gender ideology’  Reuters Scoop: US government issues guidelines on ‘defending women’  Devex What Trump’s Orders on Trans Kids Are Really Aiming At  Slate

Culver City Man Agrees to Plead Guilty to Recklessly Crashing Drone into Super Scooper Firefighting Aircraft During Palisades Fire  Department of Justice Drone pilot to plead guilty in collision that grounded aircraft fighting Palisades fire  Los Angeles Times Palisades Fire: Peter Tripp Akemann agrees to plead guilty to crashing drone into ‘Super Scooper’  ABC7 Los Angeles Man to […]

RFK Jr. kept asking to see the science that vaccines were safe. After he saw it, he dismissed it  The Associated Press Republican committee chairman ‘struggling’ with RFK Jr. nomination  CNN 5 Key Takeaways From RFK Jr’s Confirmation Hearings  AJMC.com Managed Markets Network GOP senator faces intraparty criticism after saying he is ‘struggling’ with RFK Jr’s confirmation  Fox News […]

Head of FBI Washington Field Office is forced out  NBC News FBI agents who worked on January 6 and Trump investigations are expected to be fired Friday  CNN Trump administration moving to fire FBI agents involved in investigations of Trump, AP sources say  The Seattle Times Trump admin tells senior FBI ranks to resign or be fired  Fox News […]

Trump will impose new tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China on Saturday, White House says  CNN Trump tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China begin Saturday, White House says  CNBC White House announces tariffs on Canada, Mexico & China  Al Jazeera English Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500 fall and Nasdaq give up gains as Trump moves ahead on […]

The D.C.-area crash recalls some of the deadliest aircraft disasters in U.S. history  NPR Live updates: DC plane crash investigation continues as families mourn tragedy  CNN Victims of the Washington DC plane crash – the full list so far  The Guardian US Army withholds name of Black Hawk helicopter crew in D.C. crash, 2 others identified  NPR Clues From […]

‘Excess deaths’ are surging among young adults, study finds. Experts say it’s not just drug overdoses.  Yahoo Life Rising early adult mortality in the US: Death rates remain higher than expected post-pandemic  Medical Xpress Rising early adult mortality in the US  UMN News