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RFK Jr. Has Met His Match in This California Congressional Hopeful

Richard Pan is no stranger to blood. As a pediatrician, he was trained for its inevitability. But unlike your average medical professional—and...

30.04.2026 7

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America’s Next Moon Mission Depends on Elon Musk, for Better or Worse

Elon Musk has long been in an on-again, off-again relationship with the moon. Though just last year he called it “a distraction”—saying his...

18.04.2026 7

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Trump’s Minions Have Quietly Disappeared Most Federal Data on Gender Identity

President Donald Trump already has signed more executive orders since January 2025 than during his entire first term—and more than many presidents...

26.03.2026 10

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Trump’s NIH Slashed Research on Chronic Diseases in 2025. Will It Happen Again?

As disease researchers around the country received letters last year that their grants had been cancelled, National Institutes of Health (NIH)...

09.02.2026 10

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Alex Pretti Was a Hero. To These Workers, He Was a Colleague, Too.

“Alex Pretti was one of us,” an NIH worker who asked not to be named told me over the phone. That’s a phrase I’ve been hearing a lot since...

29.01.2026 20

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RFK Jr. Just Flipped the Food Pyramid to Create a Funnel of Performative Masculinity

New dietary guidelines announced Wednesday by Health and Human Services Secretary RFK Jr. crank up the dials on red meat and full-fat dairy. The...

08.01.2026 10

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The Federal Workers Who Showed Up at “No Kings” Are Not the Villains in This Story

“Fed Up Fed!” one protest sign in Oakland, California, proclaimed. Across the nation, in DC, other “No Kings” protesters lofted signs reading...

21.10.2025 50

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It’s True: The Internet Skews the Reality of Women (and Men) in the Workforce

In the 1970s, when researchers asked children to draw a scientist, 99 percent of them drew a man. As this experiment was repeated over 50 years, the...

09.10.2025 10

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For Furloughed Workers, Trump’s Partisan Shutdown Jabs Are Just the Latest Slight

In the past, for veteran federal employees, the weeks leading up to a potential shutdown situation have always involved a flurry of emails and...

03.10.2025 10

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