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Something Weird Is Going On With Melatonin
Pediatric overdoses have increased by 530 percent over the past decade.
U.S. prices pick up, showing inflation pressures persist
The Fed is paying particular attention to so-called core prices, which exclude volatile food and energy costs and are regarded as a better gauge of longer-term inflation trends.
The under-the-radar issues that could shake up 2024
POLITICO asked a panel of strategists and elected officials what under-the-radar issue they think could play an outsize role in 2024.
US economy grew at weak 1.1% rate in Q1 in sign of slowdown
The slowdown reflects the impact of the Fed’s aggressive drive to tame inflation.
Reclaim Osage: Mike Africa Jr. on Push to Buy Back MOVE House 38 Years After Philly Police Bombed It
On May 13, 1985, police surrounded the home of MOVE, a radical Black liberation organization that was defying orders to vacate from 6221 Osage Avenue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Police flooded the home with water, filled it with tear gas, blasted it with automatic weapons, and finally dropped a bomb on the house from a helicopter, setting it ablaze and killing 11 residents — six adults and five children.
Rep. Jim Jordan Gets Brutal Reminder Of His Past After Tweet About Whistleblowers
The Ohio Republican’s latest message backfires on Twitter.
DeSantis Reportedly Tells Donors Only 2 People Have A Chance In 2024
The Florida governor is expected to file paperwork for a Republican presidential bid with the Federal Election Commission next week.
Trump’s Ex-Attorney General Gives Him Stark Legal Warning Over Federal Probe
“He’s going to be very exposed,” William Barr told CBS News.
Alaska Court Reconsiders 135-Year Sentence Given To Teen Girl Convicted Of Murder
When Winona Fletcher was sentenced in 1986, she became the youngest female ever convicted of murder in the state.
Mike Pence Tries (And Fails) To Shade Disney With Truly Lame ‘Dad Joke’
The former vice president couldn’t help but chortle at his supposedly hilarious dig at the Mouse during a Fox Business interview with Larry Kudlow.
AI Expert: We Urgently Need Ethical Guidelines & Safeguards to Limit Risks of Artificial Intelligence
In a dramatic hearing Tuesday, the CEO of the startup behind ChatGPT warned Congress about the dangers of artificial intelligence — his company’s own product. We discuss how to regulate AI and establish ethical guidelines with Marc Rotenberg, executive director of the Center for AI and Digital Policy. “We don’t have the expertise in government for the rapid technological change that’s now taking place,” says Rotenberg.
From Waterboarding to Rape, Abu Zubaydah Depicts Torture at Black Sites & Gitmo in Graphic Sketches
The Center for Policy and Research has just published a new report titled “American Torturers: FBI and CIA Abuses at Dark Sites and Guantánamo,” which compiles a series of 40 drawings by Guantánamo Bay prisoner Abu Zubaydah that chronicle the horrific torture he endured since 2002 in CIA dark sites and at Guantánamo Bay, where he has been detained without charge since 2006.
CIA Whistleblower John Kiriakou: Giuliani Aide Told Me Presidential Pardon Would Cost Me $2 Million
Calls are growing for the Justice Department to investigate Donald Trump’s attorney and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani for allegedly plotting to sell presidential pardons during the Trump administration, after his former employee Noelle Dunphy filed a $10 million lawsuit against Giuliani accusing him of sexual assault and other misconduct. The complaint alleges Giuliani “asked Ms.
North Carolina lawmakers override governor’s veto, ban abortion after 1st trimester
Most abortions will be restricted to the first 12 weeks of pregnancy starting July 1
Biden chooses cancer surgeon to lead NIH
Monica Bertagnolli will oversee billions in research grants if she’s confirmed to head the National Institutes of Health.
Hiding Behind the AI Apocalypse
A conversation with Damon Beres about what regulating this technology would actually look like
Here’s How AI Will Come for Your Job
Instead of being replaced by robots, office workers will soon be pressured to act more like robots themselves.
A Sinister Flop
Special Counsel John Durham served up not an investigation, but an excuse for future partisan abuses.
Fast & Furious and Pretty Stale
The franchise’s formula—merciless villain and world-threatening chaos, plus cars—just isn’t landing like it used to.
U.S. prices pick up, showing inflation pressures persist
The Fed is paying particular attention to so-called core prices, which exclude volatile food and energy costs and are regarded as a better gauge of longer-term inflation trends.
The under-the-radar issues that could shake up 2024
POLITICO asked a panel of strategists and elected officials what under-the-radar issue they think could play an outsize role in 2024.
US economy grew at weak 1.1% rate in Q1 in sign of slowdown
The slowdown reflects the impact of the Fed’s aggressive drive to tame inflation.
Report from U.S.-Mexico Border as Title 42 Ends: Human Rights Violations, Funerals & Makeshift Camps
We host a roundtable discussion on the human rights crisis unfolding at the U.S.-Mexico border and the impact of President Biden ending the Trump-era pandemic policy known as Title 42 last Thursday, after it had been used to expel nearly 3 million migrants without due process.
House Dem Releases The Hounds On Comer For Wild ‘Missing’ Biden Informant Claim
Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) poked fun at the House Oversight Committee chair’s update on his Biden family investigation this week.
Penguin Random House Sues Florida School District Over DeSantis-Sanctioned Book Bans
The lawsuit alleges Escambia County School District and its School Board are violating the First Amendment through the removal of 10 books from library shelves.
‘She Ain’t Worth It’: Ocasio-Cortez Zings Taylor-Greene As Lawmakers Go At It
The exchange was one of several testy moments outside the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday.
Texas Set To Become Largest State To Bar Gender-Affirming Care For Trans Youth
A bill to ban access to health care for young transgender kids is headed to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk.
Federal Appeals Court Appears Likely To Restrict Mifepristone
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is now reconsidering a Texas judge’s ruling to restrict mifepristone access.
Federal judges grill Biden administration on abortion pill
During a two-hour oral argument, the judges appeared sympathetic to an anti-abortion medical group seeking to revoke the FDA’s approval of mifepristone.





























