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The US May Start Vaccinating Chickens Against Bird Flu

Egg Shortage

The US May Start Vaccinating Chickens Against Bird Flu

Emily Mullin

This Refinery Wants to Make Sustainable Aviation Fuel Mainstream. Trump’s Cuts Could Kill It

Jet Lag

This Refinery Wants to Make Sustainable Aviation Fuel Mainstream. Trump’s Cuts Could Kill It

Kyle Younker

Game Developers Fear Anti-Trans Measures Could Hit Their Industry Next

Video Games

Game Developers Fear Anti-Trans Measures Could Hit Their Industry Next

Megan Farokhmanesh

The 50-Year-Old Law That Could Stop DOGE in Its Tracks—Maybe

New DOGE, Old Tricks

The 50-Year-Old Law That Could Stop DOGE in Its Tracks—Maybe

Eric Geller

National Science Foundation Fires 168 Workers as Federal Purge Continues

Shaky Foundation

National Science Foundation Fires 168 Workers as Federal Purge Continues

Kim Zetter

For-Profit Companies Can’t Easily Replace NOAA’s Weather-Forecasting Prowess

Climate Policy

For-Profit Companies Can’t Easily Replace NOAA’s Weather-Forecasting Prowess

Christine Wiedinmyer and Kari Bowen

Top US Election Security Watchdog Forced to Stop Election Security Work

Down Ballot

Top US Election Security Watchdog Forced to Stop Election Security Work

Eric Geller

Federal EV Charger Freeze Sows Chaos, but Chargers Are Still Getting Built

Power Interruption

Federal EV Charger Freeze Sows Chaos, but Chargers Are Still Getting Built

Aarian Marshall

DOGE’s Website Is Just One Big X Ad

Maximally Transparent

DOGE’s Website Is Just One Big X Ad

David Gilbert

Revenge of the Covid Conspiracy Theorists

Sick Thoughts

Revenge of the Covid Conspiracy Theorists

Justin Ling

Here's How All Online Maps Are Handling the ‘Gulf of Mexico’ Name Change

Name Game

Here's How All Online Maps Are Handling the ‘Gulf of Mexico’ Name Change

Reece Rogers

Thomson Reuters Wins First Major AI Copyright Case in the US

Copy That

Thomson Reuters Wins First Major AI Copyright Case in the US

Kate Knibbs

NIH Funding Cuts Appear to Draw on Heritage Foundation Report That Blasts ‘DEI Staff’

deep cut

NIH Funding Cuts Appear to Draw on Heritage Foundation Report That Blasts ‘DEI Staff’

Matt Reynolds and Emily Mullin

US Funding Cuts Are Helping Criminals Get Away With Child Abuse and Human Trafficking

Horror Stories

US Funding Cuts Are Helping Criminals Get Away With Child Abuse and Human Trafficking

Matt Burgess

Gutting USAID Will Have a Monumental Effect on Combating Climate Change

Policy

Gutting USAID Will Have a Monumental Effect on Combating Climate Change

Jake Bittle

Tariff Uncertainty Taxes the Auto Industry

Border Bazaar

Tariff Uncertainty Taxes the Auto Industry

Aarian Marshall

NOAA Employees Told to Pause Work With ‘Foreign Nationals’

Government

NOAA Employees Told to Pause Work With ‘Foreign Nationals’

Dell Cameron

The Collapse of USAID Is Already Fueling Human Trafficking and Slavery at Scammer Compounds

Rug Pull

The Collapse of USAID Is Already Fueling Human Trafficking and Slavery at Scammer Compounds

Matt Burgess and Lily Hay Newman

State Department Puts ‘All Direct Hire’ USAID Personnel on Administrative Leave

Unplanned Travel

State Department Puts ‘All Direct Hire’ USAID Personnel on Administrative Leave

Kate Knibbs

Google Lifts a Ban on Using Its AI for Weapons and Surveillance

Principles 2.0

Google Lifts a Ban on Using Its AI for Weapons and Surveillance

Paresh Dave and Caroline Haskins