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Lael Brainard’s ‘Crisis Management Agency’ — and Her Warning For Trump
Joe Biden’s top economic adviser opens up on harrowing moments from her time in the White House, and what makes her nervous about the Trump agenda.
Stephen Miran is Trump’s pick to lead Council of Economic Advisers
Miran has called for a sweeping overhaul of the Fed to ensure greater political control over the central bank, including giving the president the power to fire board members at will.
Biden: Trump’s tax and tariffs plans are a ‘major mistake’
Five weeks after the election, the president took his sharpest swing at Trump’s policy plans.
Trump order aims to end gender-affirming care for minors
The executive order instructs agencies to ensure hospitals and other institutions receiving federal money stop offering gender-affirming care for minors.
‘Malicious Compliance’ Is Not the Issue With Trump’s Executive Orders
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Senator Katie Britt, Republican of Alabama, is upset.
Trump’s spending freeze spreads chaos across US
Supporters of climate, infrastructure, mortgage, tech, health, veterans’ and other projects expressed alarm as tens of thousands of programs appeared possibly at risk.
Trump Isn’t Going to Like the Fallout From His Fight With Colombia
The tariffs standoff might just be the start of a very pricey mess.
State Medicaid payments inaccessible amid broader federal funding freeze
States and the federal government jointly fund Medicaid, which offers insurance to more than 70 million Americans.
The Libs Are Having Their Paranoia Moment
The #Democrat and #Democrats hashtags, on Instagram, are affixed to a lot of low-quality content: a crying Statue of Liberty; Elon Musk with a Hitler mustache; other, worse memes that aren’t even decipherable. But for a short time last week, these posts were blocked from view. Donald Trump’s second presidency had only just begun, and suddenly—suspiciously—any platform search for #Democrat or #Democrats returned an error message: “We’ve hidden these results,” it said.
What on Earth Is Eusexua?
Maybe we need new emotions. The human experience has changed a lot lately: Creativity can be outsourced to AI, culture lives in flickering fragments on screens, and we social animals are spending tons of time alone. Perhaps the words we use to describe basic, primordial feelings—joy, sadness, anger, and those other names for Inside Out characters—no longer suffice. Perhaps that’s why we’ve been bombarded with so many neologisms to describe mind states, like brain rot, or Eusexua.
Murdoch empire comes out against RFK Jr.
The Wall Street Journal and The New York Post’s editorial boards expressed concern about Kennedy’s anti-vaccine history and other unorthodox views.
Oh, How the Men Drone On
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What an Undervaccinated America Would Look Like
Becoming a public-health expert means learning how to envision humanity’s worst-case scenarios for infectious disease. For decades, though, no one in the U.S. has had to consider the full danger of some of history’s most devastating pathogens. Widespread vaccination has eliminated several diseases—among them, measles, polio, and rubella—from the country, and helped keep more than a dozen others under control.
Trump’s beef with the World Health Organization is personal
He’s said the UN body’s head, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, treated China better than him during the pandemic.
How the ‘nicest’ House member plans to help pass Trump’s agenda
The president’s domestic policy victories could hinge on whether the new chair of the Energy and Commerce Committee can rally members behind hard decisions about spending cuts to popular programs.
Genocide Denial in Holocaust Studies: Scholar Raz Segal on Gaza & 80 Years After Auschwitz Liberation
Holocaust survivors on Monday marked the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp, where Nazi Germany exterminated over 1 million Jews and other minority groups between 1940 and 1945. The commemoration comes as the number of Holocaust survivors dwindles worldwide and far-right forces gain strength across Europe and the United States.
Gold, Guns & Genocide: How the UAE Profits from RSF War Crimes in Sudan
As U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres renews his call for an immediate halt to fighting in Sudan between the country’s military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, we speak with New York Times correspondent Declan Walsh about how the conflict is being fueled by the illicit gold trade.
“War of Plunder”: How Rwanda Has Fueled War in DRC as Western Countries Look Away
The long-simmering conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo escalated this week when Rwandan-backed M23 rebels captured at least part of the eastern city of Goma. The fighting between the militia and Congolese forces has killed at least 17 with over 370 people injured, and hospitals are overwhelmed. U.N.
As ICE Conducts Made-for-TV Raids, Cities from Chicago to Newark Resist Trump’s Immigration Crackdown
Immigration and Customs Enforcement is ramping up raids across the United States, arresting more than 1,000 people in operations Monday after detaining a similar number on Sunday. Immigrant communities and their allies say the raids violate human rights, the Constitution, and are being carried out in retaliation against sanctuary cities that have policies aimed at protecting undocumented residents.
There’s One Way to Solve Homelessness in America. We’re Trying Something Else Instead.
Well before Donald Trump took office, the country was pivoting to a more punitive approach to homelessness.
Money Talks: How Much Would You Pay to Take Care of Someone You Love?
Professor Harold Pollack discusses the obscene costs of longterm care, and how you can better prepare for your family’s future
Is an American Oligarchy Coming Or Is It Already Here?
Biden warned of a looming American oligarchy but has that ship already sailed?
There’s One Department Elon Musk Would Probably Like to Keep Inefficient
Stock trades move fast. The government moves slower.
CIA now says Covid-19 is more likely to have originated from a lab leak
The intelligence agency has said for years it couldn’t say with certainty where the pandemic originated from.
Trump signs anti-abortion policies after speaking to March for Life
Those impacted include overseas health organizations that distribute contraception and help combat HIV.
Justice Department drops case against Texas doctor charged with leaking transgender care data
The dismissal comes as the Trump administration in its first week has already issued executive orders rolling back transgender rights.
Is Aziz Ansari Sorry?
The Waves also discusses the Riverside Church controversy and the case of Sarah Milov.