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Pentagon ends paying for travel for abortion and other reproductive care
The move, which is already drawing criticism from women in Congress, reverses a policy put in place after the repeal of Roe v Wade. Jan. 31, 2025, 12:58 PM CST…
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Multiple health agency websites on HIV, contraception taken down to comply with executive orders
Researchers were scrambling to collect and archive as much data as possible. By Selina Wang, Steven Portnoy, Cheyenne Haslett, Dr. John Brownstein, and Youri Benadjaoud February 1, 2025, 2:17 PM Government agency webpages about…
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‘A forgotten generation’: Older Black men in Boston are dying of drug overdoses at alarming rates
A new analysis shows that they are now hardest hit by the opioid epidemic By Chris Serres and Yoohyun Jung Updated January 30, 2025, 5:00 a.m. Anthony James is the first…
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Fact-Checking Claims About U.S.A.I.D. Funding
Trump administration officials have misled about how the aid agency is spending its funding, in an effort to cite widespread “waste.” By Linda Qiu Published Feb. 8, 2025 Top officials in the…
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Falsehoods Fuel the Right-Wing Crusade Against U.S.A.I.D.
As the Trump administration works to dismantle the aid agency, right-wing influencers have flooded the internet with falsehoods about its work. By Steven Lee Myers and Stuart A. Thompson Feb. 7, 2025 The…
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Canada leaders take push against tariffs to White House
Feb 12, 2025 Brandon Drenon & Jessica Murphy Canada’s provincial and territorial leaders say they had a “constructive” meeting at the White House as they sought to make their case…
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Confusion clouds efforts to save Gaza ceasefire
Feb 12, 2025 Yolande Knell, Rushdi Abualouf The Gaza ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas has looked shaky since it came into force on 19 January but now looks the…
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New report says Russia is better able to withstand heavy battlefield losses than Ukraine
By DANICA KIRKA 11:28 AM CST, February 12, 2025 LONDON (AP) — Russia’s stockpiles of Cold War-era weapons and larger population have allowed it to withstand heavy battlefield losses in Ukraine…
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‘People Are Afraid of Going Out’—Trump Immigration Moves Hurt Small Businesses
Business owners in Latino neighborhoods say fear of raids has caused a sharp drop in consumer spending By Ruth Simon and Paul Kiernan Feb. 10, 2025 9:00 am ET The Trump administration’s promise…
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