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How climate change is affecting prized tea-growing regions in China and Taiwan
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Brazil’s Lula warns of 50% tariffs on U.S. goods after Trump trade threat
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Trump to survey floods as he flaunts ties to deep-red Texas
President Trump is flaunting his bond with deep-red Texas ahead of a Friday trip to the state, where he will assess deadly flooding that took the lives of more than 120 people. Gov. Greg Abbott (R) has heaped praise on the administration this week for the federal response to the disaster, even as the Trump…
Dershowitz says he knows Epstein client list names: ‘But I’m bound by confidentiality’
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FDA gives full approval to Moderna COVID shot for at-risk kids
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted full approval on Thursday to Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for children, making it the first COVID shot for kids aged 6 months to 11 years old that is no longer administered under an emergency authorization. Infants younger than 6 months old are too young to be vaccinated. But the…
Fetterman: Any calls to abolish ICE are ‘inappropriate and outrageous’
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ICE official says no plan yet on Abrego Garcia deportation
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EPA chief clashes with MAGA over weather conspiracies
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin might be stripping away billions of dollars in grants, but at least he’s delivering hard-hitting information on beloved MAGA conspiracies. After posting a video on X Thursday in which Zeldin announced a new website dispelling the concerns over chemtrails and contrails, he seems to be butting heads with his fellow Cabinet members. “The Trump EPA is committed to total transparency. I tasked my team @EPA to compile everything we know about contrails and geoengineering to release to you now publicly. I want you to know EVERYTHING I know about these topics, and without ANY exception!” he wrote in the caption. YouTube Video The new website lists contrails as a “normal” effect left behind by jets and the right-wing conspiratorial chemtrails as “inaccurate.” But while Zeldin is shutting down conspiracies, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. might not be too pleased. Kennedy has been adamant about his mission to stop the “crime” of chemtrails since last year. And in April, the MAHA guru even took the conspiracy to Dr. Phil. “That is not happening in my agency. We don’t do that. It’s done—we think—by DARPA, and a lot of it now is coming out of the jet fuel. Those materials are put in jet fuel,” he said. “I’m going to do everything in my power to stop it. We’re bringing on somebody who’s gonna think only about that, find out who’s doing that and hold them accountable.” Related | RFK Jr. fails to solve yet another MAGA conspiracy Of course, Kennedy’s not the only MAGA supporter pushing the idea. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia has been a longtime supporter of weather modification, like cloud seeding and chemtrails In the wake of the recent Texas flooding, the conspiracy that extreme weather is caused in some capacity by some sort of weather modification has taken hold in the online zeitgeist. And while Zeldin didn’t directly address that in his video, it’s likely that he’s trying to quell some of those theories. Time will tell if he’s successful.