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Bipartisan bill would rename street near Russian envoy’s residence after Navalny

Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) on Tuesday introduced a bill proposing to rename part of the street near the Russian ambassador’s residence in Washington, D.C., as “Alexei Navalny Way.” The bill would honor the late Russian opposition leader, Alexey Navalny, who died almost exactly a year ago in a…
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National Science Foundation cuts 10 percent of staff

Nearly 170 employees at the National Science Foundation (NSF) who were still on probation were fired by the Trump administration on Tuesday, union officials told The Hill. The cuts at the agency responsible for funding scientific research hit more than 10 percent of their staff, with 168 fired out of roughly 1,500 career employees. The…
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Trump on Musk’s title: ‘Call him whatever you want’

President Trump on Monday dismissed questions over Elon Musk’s official title after the White House said the tech billionaire is not part of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). “Elon is, to me, a patriot. So, you know, you could call him an employee, you could call him a consultant, you could call him whatever…
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Medical oxygen in short supply in many parts of world: Research

An article published this week in The Lancet medical journal found that more than half of the world’s population lacks access to safe and affordable medical oxygen services, and most people outside of high-income countries go without adequate oxygen services for their medical conditions. As the Lancet Global Health Commission noted in its report on…
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5 things to know about US-Russia talks on Ukraine

Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s meeting with his Russian counterpart in Riyadh on Tuesday marked a major shift in U.S. relations with the country, ending a policy of isolation imposed after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.  U.S. and Russian officials left meetings signaling a reset in the bilateral relationship, though no concrete…
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EPA gives West Virginia authority to approve carbon underground storage

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is giving the state of West Virginia the authority to approve projects that will store captured carbon dioxide deep underground. Coal and gas-fired power plants and other industrial polluters can capture their emissions of the planet-warming gas rather than release them into the atmosphere.  But the captured carbon dioxide then…
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Stephen Miller yells at CNN anchor over questions about DOGE

White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller raised his voice as he fought back against questions from CNN anchor Brianna Keilar about the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and efforts President Trump has made to trim the size of the federal government. “I realize that even a brief interruption in federal employment is a great…