How does bird flu spread in cows? Experiment yields some ‘good news.’
Ever since scientists discovered influenza infecting American cows earlier this year, they have been puzzling over how it spreads from one animal to another. An experiment carried out in Kansas and Germany has shed some light on the mystery.
Prosecutors in Menendez bribery trial rest their case
NEW YORK — After seven weeks of trial, federal prosecutors rested their case Friday against Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., who is accused of conspiring to take hundreds of thousands of dollars in gold, cash and other bribes in return for his willingness to dispense political favors at home and abroad.
Joe Biden is a good man and a good president. He must bow out of the race.
I watched the Biden-Trump debate alone in a Lisbon, Portugal, hotel room, and it made me weep. I cannot remember a more heartbreaking moment in American presidential campaign politics in my lifetime, precisely because of what it revealed: Joe Biden, a good man and a good president, has no business running for reelection. And Donald Trump, a malicious man and a petty president, has learned nothing and forgotten nothing. He is the same fire hose of lies he always was, obsessed with his grievances — nowhere close to what it will take for America to lead in the 21st century.
To serve his country, President Biden should leave the race
President Joe Biden has repeatedly and rightfully described the stakes in this November’s presidential election as nothing less than the future of American democracy.
Fearful and doubting Biden, Democrats face an uncertain path forward
The Democratic Party faced a brewing crisis Friday as a wide range of lawmakers, party officials and activists began to actively consider what had previously been a pipe dream for pundits and worried voters: the prospect of replacing President Joe Biden on the ticket roughly four months before Election Day.
Supreme Court upholds ban on sleeping outdoors in homelessness case
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday upheld an Oregon city’s ban on homeless residents sleeping outdoors, a decision likely to reverberate far beyond the West Coast as cities across the country grapple with a growing homelessness crisis.
Supreme Court jeopardizes opioid deal, rejecting protections for Sacklers
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court said Thursday that members of the Sackler family cannot be shielded from liability for civil claims related to the opioid epidemic, jeopardizing a bankruptcy plan that would have offered such protection in exchange for channeling billions of dollars toward addressing the crisis.
Supreme Court blocks Biden plan on air pollution
WASHINGTON (NYT) — The Supreme Court temporarily put on hold Thursday an Environmental Protection Agency plan to curtail air pollution that drifts across state lines, dealing another blow to the Biden administration’s efforts to protect the environment.
Supreme Court allows, for now, emergency abortions in Idaho
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court said Thursday that it would dismiss a case about emergency abortions in Idaho, temporarily clearing the way for women in the state to receive an abortion when their health is at risk.
A fumbling performance, and a panicking party
President Joe Biden hoped to build fresh momentum for his reelection bid by agreeing to debate two months before he is formally nominated. Instead, his halting and disjointed performance Thursday night prompted a wave of panic among Democrats and reopened discussion of whether he should be the nominee at all.
A look back at memorable presidential debate moments
When President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump take the debate stage Thursday, each will be on guard against a gaffe or looking to deliver a one-liner that could dominate the news.
Anti-tax riots rock Kenya, as president vows crackdown on ‘treasonous’ protesters
NAIROBI, Kenya — Thousands of demonstrators flooded the streets of Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, and some broke into Parliament and briefly set fire to the entrance on Tuesday, after lawmakers approved tax increases that critics said would drive up the cost of living for millions.
Biden officials pushed to remove age limits for trans surgery, documents show
(NYT) — Health officials in the Biden administration pressed an international group of medical experts to remove age limits for adolescent surgeries from guidelines for care of transgender minors, according to newly unsealed court documents.
Israeli military must draft ultra-Orthodox Jews, Supreme Court rules
JERUSALEM — Israel’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that the military must begin drafting ultra-Orthodox Jewish men, a decision that threatened to split Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition government amid the war in the Gaza Strip.
Assange’s plea deal sets a chilling precedent, but it could have been worse
The plea deal that Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, has reached with prosecutors is bad for American press freedoms. But the outcome also could have been worse.
Voyager 1, after major malfunction, is back from the brink, NASA says
Several months after a grave computer problem seemed to spell the end for Voyager 1, which for nearly a half-century had provided data on the outer planets and the far reaches of the solar system, NASA announced recently that it had restored the spacecraft to working order.
Clarence Thomas and John Roberts are at a fork in the road
Two years ago, when the Supreme Court decided New York State Rifle and Pistol Association Inc. v. Bruen, it created a jurisprudential mess that scrambled American gun laws. On Friday not only did the cleanup begin, but the Supreme Court also cleared the way for one of the most promising legal innovations for preventing gun violence: red flag laws.
Unlikely wild animals are being smuggled into US ports: Corals
You might imagine that when federal wildlife inspectors search for illegally trafficked animal goods, they’d be on the lookout for elephant ivory or tiger skins. But other creatures are frequently being seized at American ports of entry, creatures you perhaps would not realize are animals: corals.
Will Lewis says he helped hacking investigation. Scotland Yard had doubts.
LONDON — Will Lewis, now the publisher of The Washington Post, was in full crisis mode in 2011. Then an executive at a subsidiary of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp, he was an intermediary to the police detectives investigating a British phone-hacking scandal that had placed the company’s journalists and top leaders in legal peril.
East coast cities continue to bake, with new temperature records
Heat continued Sunday to scorch the mid-Atlantic and the densely populated region from Washington, D.C., to New York, where the National Weather Service ranked the heat risk as “extreme” when accounting for the high temperatures and their unseasonably early arrival.
