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NOAA refires probationary workers
{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Newer Commerce, NOAA staffers re-fired The Commerce Department and its National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are already re-firing probationary employees after a temporary court restraining order was lifted. Greg Nash The Trump administration first attempted to get rid of the employees, who...
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Challenge to Trump deportations morphs into a battle over executive and judicial power
What started as a challenge to the Trump administrationβs deportation policy has morphed into a battle over executive and judicial power. A federal judge said there is probable cause to hold the administration in criminal contempt after officials defied his orders to turn around planes carrying deported migrants to a mega-prison in El Salvador. Amna Nawaz discussed the latest with Steve Vladeck.
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:Draft budget would slash HHS funding by a third: Reports
The Trump administration is seeking to slash the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) budget by nearly a third, according to multiple reports. An initial draft of the White House budget request calls for dropping the agencyβs discretionary budget from its fiscal 2024 enacted level of about $117 billion to $80 billion in fiscal...
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:Puerto Rico goes dark after massive power outage
Puerto Rico went dark on Wednesday after experiencing a massive power outage on the island impacting families, businesses and homes alike. βWe are reporting that we have experienced a massive power outage across the island due to the unexpected shutdown of all generating plants, including those of Genera PR and other private generators,β the power...
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:S&P 500 sinks as tech stocks fall amid thickening fog of Trump’s trade war
U.S. stocks fell Wednesday after Nvidia warned new restrictions on exports to China will chisel billions of dollars off its results, while companies around the world said President Donald Trumpβs trade war is clouding forecasts for how they and the economy will do this year.
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:News Wrap: DOJ sues Maine over transgender athletes
In our news wrap Wednesday, the Trump administration sued Maine for allowing transgender athletes to play in women's sports, California is suing the Trump administration over the president's sweeping tariff policy, a military base in Georgia returned to its old name for Fort Benning and a new CDC study says depression has become more common among U.S. adults and adolescents over the past decade.
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:Zuckerberg stresses TikTok competition at Meta trial
{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Zuckerberg stresses TikTok competition at Meta trial Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg spent his third day on the stand emphasizing the threat TikTok poses to his social media company, as Meta seeks to fend off accusations from federal regulators that it has a monopoly over social networking. Kent...
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:Colossal squid caught on camera for first time in the deep sea, researchers announce
A colossal squid has been caught on camera for the first time in the deep sea by an international team of researchers steering a remotely operated submersible.
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:Ahead of 2nd round of nuclear negotiations, U.S. and Iran harden positions
Iran and the U.S. confirmed that a second round of talks over Iranβs nuclear program would take place this weekend in Rome. But at the same time, both the U.S. and Iran have hardened their negotiating positions after describing the first round as constructive. Nick Schifrin reports.
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:NLRB whistleblower claims Musk’s DOGE potentially caused significant security breach
The National Labor Relations Board protects workers' right to organize and investigates unfair labor practices. A whistleblower complaint filed by an IT staffer claims Elon Musk and his DOGE team gained access to sensitive data that could have led directly to a βsignificant cybersecurity breach.β Amna Nawaz discussed more with NLRB whistleblower Daniel Berulis and attorney Andrew Bakaj.
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:Maine gov on DOJ lawsuit over transgender athletes: This is about 'states rights,' 'defending the rule of law'
Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) commented Wednesday on the Justice Departmentβs (DOJ) announcement of a lawsuit targeting her state over transgender athletes, calling it part of βan unprecedented campaign to pressure the State of Maine to ignore the Constitution and abandon the rule of law.β "This matter has never been about school sports or the...
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:What research reveals about the rise in autism diagnoses and why vaccines aren’t the cause
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pledged to find out what's driving the country's rise in autism spectrum disorder after a new CDC report said that rate had continued to climb. There are reports that the CDC plans to study a supposed connection between autism and vaccines, despite dozens of studies showing no connection between the two. Ali Rogin reports.
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:‘Good science takes time’: Doctor skeptical autism cause will be found by September
In a news conference on the rise in autism spectrum disorder, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made no mention of vaccines and instead emphasized the governmentβs plans to study potential environmental factors. To help put Kennedy's pledge in context, Stephanie Sy spoke with Christine Ladd-Acosta of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:Puerto Rico hit with island-wide blackout as residents prepare for Easter weekend
An island-wide blackout hitPuerto Ricoon Wednesday as the largely Catholic residents of the U.S. territory prepared to celebrate the Easter weekend, officials said.
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:A look at the Trump administration’s efforts to slash public media funding
The Trump administration wants to cut the federal funds that support public media. It would impact NPR, PBS and the roughly 1,500 local public media stations across the country. The White House drafted a memo that could make those cuts happen soon. William Brangham reports.
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:Tariffs will cost families nearly $5K per year, Kentucky governor says
"That's months upon months upon months of groceries. That's months upon months of rent. That might be your entire annual deductible if you've got private health insurance coverage," he said. "No family will be able to get through that without being severely impacted and for those that are struggling to pay bills at the end of the month, it's enough to put you under."
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:Activist provides support for Sudanese refugees terrorized by sexual violence
Amid Sudan's brutal civil war, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces are using sexual violence to terrorize women and girls from non-Arab ethnic groups. These war crimes have sparked international outrage. Special correspondent Neha Wadekar and filmmaker Zoe Flood, with the support of the International Womenβs Media Foundation, spoke with survivors and a woman determined to help them heal.
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:10 guards charged over fatal beating of a New York prisoner, including 2 with murder
The indictment says several guards severely beatMessiah Nantwi, a prisoner at the Mid-State Correctional Facility, who was hospitalized and died on March 1 βdue to massive head trauma and numerous other injuries to his body.β
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:Kennedy contradicts CDC on autism
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Kennedy bucks CDC on autism The HHS head does not believe the rising rate of autism spectrum disorder is linked to improvements in diagnostic practices, contradicting what the CDC says in a report. Greg Nash, The Hill...
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:White House embraces Abrego Garcia fight
The White House is digging in on its refusal to bring back a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador, viewing the controversial fight as a political winner that keeps the focus on an issue of strength for President Trump. Democrats and civil rights groups have been in an uproar about the removal...
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:London mayor says US trade war would be 'bad for all of us'
London Mayor Sadiq Khan said in a Wednesday interview that a trade war between the United States and any country would be βbad for all of us.β In an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," Khan said he hopes the United Kingdom secures a deal to mitigate the impact of President Trump's tariffs. Still, he warned of...
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:White House invites Rachel Morin's mother to press briefing to share daughter's story
The mother of a Maryland woman who was killed by an individual who entered the country illegally addressed reporters at the White House on Wednesday as the Trump administration seeks to go on offense over the case of an individual who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador. Patty Morin, whose daughter Rachelβs 2023 killing became...
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:When an earthquake hit, these elephants formed a protective circle around their youngest
When the ground started shaking, a herd of African elephants at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park formed a protective barrier, known as an "alert circle," around their youngest. Experts say it's a demonstration of their sharp instincts, effective communication skills and strong family connection.
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:Trump administration plans to ask Congress to defund PBS, NPR
PBS CEO Paula Kerger said that the loss of funding would devastate local stations, "particularly smaller and rural stations who rely on federal funding for a larger portion of their budgets.β
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:Maryland senator meets with El Salvador’s vice president in push for Abrego Garcia’s release
Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., traveled to El Salvador on Wednesday and met with the country's vice president to push for the release ofKilmar Abrego Garcia, a man who was sent there by theTrump administrationin March despite an immigration court order preventing his deportation.
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:Boat catches fire in Congo and capsizes, leaving at least 50 people dead, local official says
The motorized wooden boat with about 400 passengers caught fire near the town of Mbandaka, CompΓ©tent Loyoko, the river commissioner, told The Associated Press.
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:'Seriously broken' β Paige Bueckers's new salary a reminder how little WNBA players earn
Basketball's newest star is projected toearnjust $78,831 US for her rookie year β about $109,480 Cdn, or less than the real median household income in the States.
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:WATCH: Mother of woman killed by Salvadoran fugitive speaks at White House news briefing
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt held a press briefing Wednesday with Patty Morin, whose daughter, Rachel, was killed in 2023 while exercising on a popular hiking trail northeast of Baltimore.
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:White House starting new media policy sharply curtailing wire service access
The White House has put forward a new media policy that sharply curtails access to Donald Trump by the news agencies that serve media outlets around the world.
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:Harvard’s fight against Trump could test limits of government power
Both sides are digging in for a clash that could test the limits of the governmentβs power and the independence that has made U.S. universities a destination for scholars around the world.
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:1,900-year-old Roman papyrus details elaborate tax evasion scheme, research suggests
Historians have deciphered a 1,900-year-old papyrus discovered in the Judean desert that details an elaborate tax evasion scheme, forgery and fraudulent sale and manumission of slaves by two men.
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:Harvey Weinstein’s attorneys want him hospitalized instead of in jail during retrial
Harvey Weinsteinβs lawyers are asking a judge to allow the ailing ex-studio boss to spend his nights at a New York City hospital instead of jail for the duration of his rape retrial.
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:Top UK court says definition of woman based on biological sex, excludes transgender people
The U.K. Supreme Court ruled that a woman is someone born biologically female, excluding transgender people from the legal definition.
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:California the 1st state to sue Trump administration over tariffs
California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday his state will file a lawsuit challenging U.S. President Donald Trump's authority to impose sweeping tariffs, which have set off a global trade war.
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:Trump isn't just a Canadian campaign issue. Australia grapples with its U.S. relationship in election
U.S. President Donald Trump is looming large in the final weeks of Australia's general election campaign, spelling trouble for conservative Opposition leader Peter Dutton just as a new poll shows Australians' faith in the United States at an all-time low.
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