Health self-test kits often inaccurate, study says
Shop-bought health kits for a wide range of conditions are readily available across the UK.
Nations must act on climate change or could be held responsible, top U.N. court rules
The International Court of Justice ruled that nations have an obligation to act on climate change under international laws protecting the environment and human rights. (Image credit: Peter Dejong)
Six months of ‘shock and awe’ on immigration enforcement
Since returning to office, President Trump has moved swiftly to upend decades of federal policy—from education to healthcare to vaccines…but nowhere more aggressively than immigration. Congress just passed tens of billions in funding for immigration enforcement…It’s the largest domestic enforcement funding in U.S. history, fueling Trump’s mass deportation campaign of migrants living in the U.S. illegally. President Trump campaigned for office promising the largest deportation in history. Six months into his second term, how has immigration enforcement changed. For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for Consider This+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org. Email us at considerthis@npr.org. (Image credit: DREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)
Bessent tamps down Powell threats
Welcome to The Hill’s Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Bessent: Trump ‘not going to fire’ Powell Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent insisted Wednesday that President Trump isn’t going to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, but he suggested the pressure on the Fed to lower interest…
What to know as DOJ battles over Alina Habba’s successor in New Jersey
President Trump’s war with the judiciary escalated Tuesday with the firing of an attorney named by federal judges to replace Alina Habba, the loyalist he tapped as New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor. The judges refused to extend Habba’s temporary tenure as U.S. Attorney, instead invoking a seldom used power to appoint their own pick. But…
Trump-Obama feud erupts over Russia interference allegations
The long-simmering feud between President Trump and former President Obama erupted this week after Trump accused his predecessor of treason, a startling escalation in the fight between the two leaders. The Trump administration’s barrage of attacks and document releases around the Obama administration’s handling of Russian interference in the 2016 election prompted a rare public…
Warren: Colbert ‘may have been canceled in order to curry favor’ with Trump
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said in a Wednesday opinion piece for Variety that comedian Stephen Colbert’s show may have been canceled by CBS “to curry favor” with President Trump. CBS announced the cancelation on Friday, days after Colbert, a frequent critic of Trump, had criticized a merger between Skydance and Paramount, CBS’s parent company. The…
House panel approves subpoena of DOJ for Epstein files
A House Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee on Wednesday approved several subpoenas, including one directing the Department of Justice to turn over materials relating to the Epstein files. The federal law enforcement subcommittee also approved a motion to subpoena several high-profile Democratic officials, including former President Clinton, for their testimony. The panel approved the Epstein…
Higgins moves to force vote on censuring McIver after ICE facility clash
Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.) on Wednesday moved to force a vote on a resolution to censure Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.), who faces charges resulting from a clash with officials at an immigrant detention center. The measure, which spans three pages, calls for McIver to be censured and removed from the House Homeland Security Committee. The…
Missing Wisconsin grad student found dead in Mississippi River; police await autopsy results
The 22-year-old had been missing since Sunday.