admin Trump officials say they’re strengthening Head Start with proposed rule. Critics say they’ll gut it
The Trump administration unveiled Thursday sweeping and controversial proposed changes to the Head Start program.
Supersonic flight is making a comeback decades after the Concorde. But one big hurdle remains
Fifty years after a US ban, the door is cracked open again to faster-than-sound travel over land. And experts think…
Congressional probe promised answers on Epstein. A year later, frustrations are mounting
Last summer, when lawmakers launched their Jeffrey Epstein investigation, it came with an ambitious promise: to pull back the curtain…
Republicans may finally snare Dr. Fauci in Covid’s last culture war
The Covid-19 pandemic was a historic stress test that revealed American politics as too broken to deal with a national…
FDA approves first mRNA-based flu vaccine
The US Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved the United States’ first mRNA-based flu vaccine for adults 50 and…
Senate subcommittee obtains Fauci’s phone ahead of contempt vote
A Senate subcommittee investigating Dr. Anthony Fauci has obtained a copy of his iPhone, a spokesperson for the panel’s chair,…
Large cyclosporiasis outbreak linked to lettuce now includes cases in 15 states
A large multistate outbreak of cyclosporiasis that has been tied to lettuce sold at restaurants such as Taco Bell and…
Highest resolution view of the sun yet reveals magnetic mysteries
The highest resolution views of the sun’s visible surface have revealed whirlpools that could drive solar activity.
GOP lawmakers keep trying to defang voters in their own states
The big headline out of Tuesday’s primaries was the slim victory of former public health official Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan’s…
HHS shutting down Kentucky organ procurement group over safety concerns
The federal government is moving to shut down the organization that manages organ donations in the Kentucky region, US Health…