Measles Cases in Kansas May Be Linked to Texas Outbreak
Measles cases in Kansas more than doubled in the last week, bringing the tally to 20, while another outbreak in Ohio has sickened 10 people, local public health officials reported…
Federal Judiciary Seeks to Curb Threats as Trump and Allies Single Out Judges
A task force of federal judges will consider how to respond to “current risks” for the judiciary, following a spate of threats against judges who have ruled against the Trump…
H.H.S. Scraps Studies of Vaccines and Treatments for Future Pandemics
The Trump administration has canceled funding for dozens of studies seeking new vaccines and treatments for Covid-19 and other pathogens that may cause future pandemics. The government’s rationale is that…
Trump Allies Grill PBS and NPR During Congress Hearing
Congressional Republicans laced into PBS and NPR on Wednesday, accusing the country’s biggest public media networks of institutional bias in a fiery hearing that represented the latest salvo against the…
Thursday Briefing: More Signal Texts Released
Newly released Signal texts showed what was at stake More messages were released yesterday from a Signal group chat between President Trump’s top security officials laying out plans to strike…
U.S. Could Run Out of Cash by May, Budget Office Predicts
The U.S. could run out of money to pay its bills by late May if Congress does not raise or suspend the nation’s debt limit, the Congressional Budget Office said…
Trump Asks Supreme Court to Let Him Cancel Grants to Teachers
The Trump administration on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to let it cancel $65 million in teacher-training grants that it contends would promote diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. The court…
In ‘Streetcar,’ Patsy Ferran Gives Blanche a Nervy New Read
Patsy Ferran will not judge a book by its cover. But covers are important to her. “See?” she said, palming a copy of a Barbara Kingsolver novel at a Brooklyn…
U.S. to End Vaccine Funds for Poor Countries
The Trump administration intends to terminate the United States’ financial support for Gavi, the organization that has helped purchase critical vaccines for children in developing countries, saving millions of lives…
Sudan’s Military Is Driving Rival Fighters Out of Khartoum, a Major Shift in Civil War
Paramilitary fighters with Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces began withdrawing from the battle-torn capital of Khartoum in large numbers on Wednesday, fleeing a city they had occupied since a ruinous war…