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Clinical Trials Abandoned In USAID Funding Freeze, Thousands Have Experimental Drugs In Their Bodies

The New York Times reports: Asanda Zondi received a startling phone call last Thursday, with orders to make her way to a health clinic in Vulindlela, South Africa, where she was participating in a research study that was testing a new device to prevent pregnancy and H.I.V. infection. The trial was shutting down, a nurse told her. The device, a …

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Kanye: “I Don’t Like Jews, I’m A Nazi And I Love Hitler”

The Daily Beast reports: Neo-Nazi influencer Nick Fuentes has co-signed an anti-Semitic social media tirade from the rapper Kanye West. In the middle of an overnight flood of posts calling for disgraced mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs to be freed following his September arrest on charges of sex trafficking, West also ranted against Jews. “F— ALL OF YOUR F— A– UNFAIR …

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Record Number Of Americans Seek Irish Passports

Ireland’s public broadcaster RTE reports: The number of people in the United States seeking to become Irish citizens has significantly increased. The Foreign Births Register allows the descendants of Irish people who have moved abroad to claim Irish citizenship. Last November, saw the highest number of passport applications from the US in a calendar month in the ten years worth …

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Unions Sue Trump Admin Over Dismantling Of USAID

Axios reports: The Trump administration is being sued over its move to dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), with unions representing workers in the lawsuit calling the action “unconstitutional and illegal.” The lawsuit that was filed in federal court Thursday seeks to block efforts to place most of USAID’s 10,000-strong global workforce on administrative leave by Friday night …

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Energy Sec Gave 23-Year-Old Access To IT System

CNN reports: A representative from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, was granted access to the Energy Department’s IT system on Wednesday by Energy Secretary Chris Wright [photo], two people with knowledge of the situation told CNN. Wright granted access to DOGE representative Luke Farritor — a 23-year-old former SpaceX intern — even over objections from members of …

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Wired: DOGE Did Have “Write Access” At US Treasury

Wired reports: US Treasury Department and White House officials have repeatedly denied that technologists associated with Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) had the ability to rewrite the code of the payment system through which the vast majority of federal spending flows. WIRED reporting shows, however, that at the time these statements were made, a DOGE operative did …

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Delta Airlines: We Will Not End Our Diversity Policies

Atlanta’s Fox affiliate reports: Atlanta’s hometown airline, Delta, says it is committed to its DEI program despite it being on the chopping block at other companies and within the federal government. Delta’s commitment to DEI comes as President Trump ends programs in the federal government. Last month, Trump’s executive order said “illegal DEI and DEIA policies not only violate the …

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MTG To Intro Bill Making English Official Language

The Latin Times reports: Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene announced today she will introduce a bill to declare English as the country’s official language. USA.gov confirms that the U.S. does not have an official language, although “English is the most widely used language” in the country. Greene has also demanded Congress pass a bill to use “force” in renaming the …

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14 Blue States Sue Over DOGE’s Access At Treasury

Via press release from New York AG Letitia James: New York Attorney General Letitia James today led a coalition of 14 attorneys general in releasing the following statement in response to the U.S. Department of the Treasury granting Elon Musk and his so-called “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) staffers access to sensitive payment systems containing Americans’ personally identifiable information: “In …

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Fugitive Rioter Arrested On Child Solicitation Charge

Houston’s NPR affiliate reports: A Houston man released from federal prison in Colorado last month, after being pardoned for his crimes during the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection, was arrested Thursday on a charge of online solicitation of a minor dating back to 2016. Andrew Taake, 36, was sentenced to six years in prison in June 2024 after pleading guilty to …

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