Science

The Democrats Could Learn a Lot From Mexico’s Claudia Sheinbaum

May 12, 2025

That’s a tall order. The U.S. is Mexico’s largest trading partner, and exports to the U.S. account for some 30 percent of Mexico’s gross domestic product. Since the signing of the North American Free Trade Agreement in 1994, manufacturers have structured supply chains across the continent around the expectation of free trade within its borders. […]

Controversial military personnel nominee faces Senate panel this week

May 12, 2025

Senate lawmakers on Tuesday will consider the controversial nomination of retired Army Brig. Gen. Anthony Tata to oversee military personnel policies, a key leadership post which has been open through the first 100 days of President Donald Trump’s second term in office. Tata was originally nominated for the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and […]

Australia politics live: Goldstein on knife edge as 16 seats still in doubt; Murray Watt says Labor not given credit for ‘ambitious’ agenda

May 12, 2025

From 1h ago 01.43 EDT Size of Labor majority remains unclear, with 16 seats still in doubt Josh Butler Labor has won the election, but the size of its majority in the House of Representatives remains unclear. There are a number of seats still to be decided and the counts are progressing slowly. The ABC’s […]

Trump officials halt billions in fresh Harvard grants unless university bows to demands – as it happened

May 12, 2025

From 6h ago 20.01 EDT Trump administration freezes all federal research funding for Harvard The US Department of Education informed Harvard University on Monday that it was ending billions of dollars in research grants and other aid unless the school concedes to a list of demands from the Trump administration that would effectively cede control […]

Veterans Urge Reform as VA Undergoes Major Changes and Faces Ongoing Health-Care Challenges

May 12, 2025

The Department of Veterans Affairs is undertaking a radical reorganization, one that Trump administration officials say will better serve veterans by emphasizing automation and goals of efficiency, paired with plans for tens of thousands of layoffs. Veterans overwhelmingly believe the VA needs urgent reforms focused on speed, accessibility and responsiveness. They are calling for streamlined […]

Trump restricts funding for ‘gain-of-function’ research — calling it dangerous

May 12, 2025

Trump restricts funding for 'gain-of-function' research — calling it dangerous toggle caption Feature China/Future Publishing/Getty Images President Trump issued an executive order Monday restricting federal funding for research that involves a controversial field of scientific study known as "gain-of-function" research. The research, which is also known as "dual-use" research, involves experimenting with viruses and other […]

FBI Wants $10 Billion Budget: How It Compares to Previous Years

May 12, 2025

Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. The Director of the Federal Bureau Investigation (FBI) requested more than $10 billion for the 2026 fiscal budget during his statement before the […]

Inside Sen. John Fetterman’s office: canceled meetings, skipped votes and an outburst with Pa. teachers

May 11, 2025

U.S. Sen. John Fetterman and his wife, Gisele Barreto Fetterman, at a Biden campaign event in Roxborough on July 7, 2024. Read more The meeting started off normally enough, with representatives from Pennsylvania’s largest teachers union thanking Sen. John Fetterman for defending public education. But as the teachers from the Pennsylvania State Education Association and […]

Western discontent is a growing problem after Liberal election victory

May 11, 2025

Lethbridge Liberal candidate Chris Spearman removes campaign signs on April 30, after losing his riding to a Conservative candidate. Tens of thousands of Western Canadians have newly registered with the Alberta Prosperity Project, which is collecting the names of people who support a sovereignty referendum Daniel Fotheringham watched election coverage from his travel trailer on […]

Gold stock correction on cue; bull far from over

May 11, 2025

The gold stock correction was needed, is healthy and will provide opportunity Let’s not belabor the point; the gold stock correction came as implied – and frankly, as needed – with several indicators of excessive counter-cyclical sentiment driving broad stocks down and gold stocks up. That’s the bad news in the short-term (good news, if […]