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America Getting Lesson in Consequences of Trump’s War on Public Health as Rare Disease Outbreaks Ravage the Country
For a president who upholds “Make America Healthy Again” as a load-bearing narrative pillar, Donald Trump has gone to remarkable lengths to make the US a breeding ground for a widening range of viruses, bacterium, and parasites — and no, we’re not talking about his cabinet. Early into his second tenure as commander-in-chief, Trump and…
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Trump overhaul could gut Head Start preschool standards, leaving states to set the rules
WASHINGTON — President Trump’s administration is planning a dramatic overhaul of Head Start that would gut its quality standards, upending the hallmarks of the early education program for impoverished children, two people familiar with the deliberations said. Head Start, established in the 1960s to help fight poverty, has long been considered by experts to be a gold…
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RFK Jr.’s staff shuts down questions as he admits he eats ‘stuff I find on the street’
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s staff cut off a USA Today interview question about the grossest food he has ever eaten, moments after he admitted eating “stuff I find on the street.” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made the admission Wednesday in an exclusive video interview with USA Today’s Francesca Chambers. The interview was conducted…
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It Appears That the US Military Accidentally Killed Everybody on Board a Civilian Medevac Flight in New Mexico
When the Federal Aviation Administration shut down air traffic to El Paso Airport earlier this year, nobody could have guessed than an experimental high-energy laser weapon was the cause. After days of chaos and speculation, it was revealed that Customs and Border Patrol officials had fired off a laser volley from a US Army base…
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Washington state fires destroy hundreds of structures and force Spokane-area residents to evacuate
Light winds and lower temperatures were in the forecast Monday to help firefighters with wildfires in eastern Washington state that forced the evacuation of 60,000 people in the Spokane area while destroying at least 600 homes, businesses and other structures. The fires in and around Spokane, the state’s second-largest city, burned about 12.5 square miles…
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Trump melts down at ‘unbelievably duplicitous’ Iran as war spirals out of control
President Donald Trump erupted Monday with a fresh tirade as he scrambles to find an exit to his deeply unpopular on-again, off-again war against Iran. “Iranian Leadership is unbelievably duplicitous! They ask for a meeting, some would say ‘beg,’ talks begin, with more scheduled in the immediate future, and they say, openly and proudly, that…
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Fresno Unified School District in crisis mode amid mass student exodus
California’s third-largest school district is bracing for another sharp drop in enrollment, with new projections showing Fresno Unified could lose students at one of the fastest rates in its recent history, according to a new report. The enrollment analysis, prepared by consulting firm SchoolWorks for the district, projects Fresno Unified will lose a net 1,199…
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Tehran’s New Weapon Is Not a Bomb. It Is an Invoice.
An oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz accessing Iran’s premier maritime gateway of Bandar Abbas Port, Iran, 1988. —Barry Iverson-Getty Images Iran is expanding the theater of war with an eye on the Strait of Hormuz. Last week, according to U.S. Central Command, more than 30 Iranian-directed drones attacked American forces and Saudi energy…
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Europe’s hot and dry summer takes its toll with fires in France and Greece, and drought in U.K.
ATHENS, Greece — A record-breaking hot and dry summer tightened its grip on Europe Monday, as water-dropping planes swooped over a major wildfire in Greece, firefighters in France sought to stabilize a blaze in Provence, and much of the U.K. recorded its driest July in nearly two centuries. Strong winds eased in Greece, allowing firefighting flights to…
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Mitch McConnell put on notice by defiant Kentucky governor as major deadline looms
Amid lingering unanswered questions about Sen. Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) health, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear put the Senate Republican on notice Monday that all options remained on the table in the event of a Senate vacancy, despite state law to the contrary. McConnell’s health has been the subject of intense speculation since his June hospitalization, which…