After President Donald Trump hurled more insults at Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Monday, forcing him to lower interest rates at a time when markets are already feeling the effects of his trade policies, U.S. stocks fell and bonds sold off. The S&P ended the day 2.4% down. The index is currently down 16%…
A federal investigation into an upstate school district is being demanded by Representative Elise Stefanik due to its “direct violation” of President Trump’s executive order prohibiting trans athletes from participating in girls’ sports. In a resolution titled “Affirming Our Support for Every Student,” the Saratoga Springs City Board of Education, located in the district of…
Maura Healey, the governor of Massachusetts, stated on Sunday that the Trump administration’s “bad for science” policies will force American researchers to join China and other countries. The Massachusetts Democrat remarked, “Face the Nation,” in reference to the administration’s ongoing dispute with Harvard University and its reductions in scientific and medical research: Scientists and researchers…
After fainting during a press conference at the White House on Friday, Dr. Mehmet Oz’s granddaughter is recovering. The 11-year-old’s mother thanked President Trump for his kindness during the brief medical emergency. The well-known doctor who is now the head of Centers for Medicare & Medicaid revealed that his granddaughter Philomena quickly recovered with some…
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the secretary of health and human services, who has long promoted false information about autism and vaccines, proposed paying certain families of Americans with autism, referring to them as “injured.” Kennedy stated in a social media post on April 18 that “the more than 25% of people who have severe autism…
According to federal documents, Donald Trump raised an unprecedented $239 million for his second inauguration, as some of the most influential US CEOs tried to win over the incoming president. The majority of the biggest US corporations, especially those in the technology industry, donated, according to the records, which were made public on Sunday. Along…
In the bribery case against Nadine Menendez, a prosecutor informed a jury that she was a “critical participant” in a five-year scam with her husband, former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez. The jury will begin deliberations on Monday. The jury in Manhattan federal court started deliberating the allegations against the 58-year-old resident of Englewood Cliffs, New…
The Trump administration’s plan to outlaw the change of gender markers and the use of the “X” symbol, which is used by many nonbinary people on passports, was partially stopped by a federal judge on Friday. President Joe Biden appointed U.S. District Judge Julia Kobick, who ruled in favour of the American Civil Liberties Union’s…
A Republican-backed law that would have required Arizona’s municipal and state officials to assist federal enforcement in their efforts to crack down on immigration was rejected by Democratic Governor Katie Hobbs on Friday. According to the plan, state and local governments could not ban the use of federal databases and grant funds associated with immigration…
While the Trump administration’s massive deportation effort and crackdown on students who participated in pro-Palestinian protests threaten the international talent that drives labs and startups at universities across the country, hundreds of foreign students in the U.S. with degrees, jobs, and legal status are suddenly in legal limbo. “It just feels like you’re less welcome…
