NYTIMES (Sheryl Gay Stolberg) - Eyeing the Midterms, Kennedy Pivots Toward Food and Away From Vaccines
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who focused heavily on vaccine policy in 2025, will spend this year talking up healthy eating.
ABCNEWS - 'He is one of us': Inside Epstein's alleged conversations with Emirati billionaire
Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem is the CEO of DP World, a massive global supply chain and logistics company.
NYTIMES (Jonah E. Bromwich) - U.S. Attorney Chosen to Replace Trump Pick Is Quickly Fired by White House
Federal judges had appointed Donald Kinsella, a veteran litigator, as top prosecutor in the Northern District of New York after the Trump administration’s nominee was found to be serving unlawfully.
AXIOS (Ben Geman) - Trump orders Pentagon to buy electricity from coal plants
The Trump administration is harnessing military purchase power in some of its most aggressive attempts to stem or even reverse coal-fired electricity's decline. Why it matters: Surging electricity demand and fresh White House support could provide a lifeline to the most CO2 -heavy power source. - Environmentalists, energy experts and others criticized President Trump's further acceleration of his fossil fuel drive and warned it would increase energy prices for U.S. families already struggling to pay utility bills. Driving the news: Trump signed an executive order directing the Pentagon on Wednesday to procure electricity from coal-fired power plants. - Separately, the Department of Energy (DOE) announced another $175 million for…
The Trump administration is harnessing military purchase power in some of its most aggressive attempts to stem or even reverse coal-fired electricity's decline. Why it matters: Surging electricity demand and fresh White House support could provide a lifeline to the most CO2 -heavy power source. - Environmentalists, energy experts and others criticized President Trump's further acceleration of his fossil fuel drive and warned it would increase energy prices for U.S. families already struggling to pay utility bills. Driving the news: Trump signed an executive order directing the Pentagon on Wednesday to procure electricity from coal-fired power plants. - Separately, the Department of Energy (DOE) announced another $175 million for…Open
NYTIMES (Jesse McKinley) - Why Nancy Guthrie’s Disappearance Is Breaking Through the Noise
A vulnerable victim, an unknown perpetrator and a recognizable celebrity are all factors in a case that has captivated the public.
NYTIMES (Andy Newman and Olivia Bensimon) - Baby, 17 Days Old, Found Dead From Fire That Killed Her Mother
Two days after a fatal house fire in Queens, firefighters returned to the wreckage and found Emma Alcantara’s body. She and her mother, Miguelina, lived in an illegal basement apartment.
AXIOS (Kate Santaliz) - The Republican who Mike Johnson can't ever count on
Rep. Thomas Massie's (R-Ky.) willingness to buck the party line has become so routine that House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) doesn't even factor him into the equation for tough votes. Why it matters: Johnson's majority now stands at 218-214, meaning he can lose only one GOP member on party-line issues. Massie is rarely part of the majority. - "What's my incentive to vote for anything?" Massie said to Axios recently. And asked by Axios on Wednesday if Johnson had his back, Massie replied, "No." - Just this week, Massie was one of three Republicans to vote to end a blockade on challenging President Trump's tariffs, got into a heated exchange with Attorney General Pam Bondi , and was the only Republican to vote against the rule for the…
Rep. Thomas Massie's (R-Ky.) willingness to buck the party line has become so routine that House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) doesn't even factor him into the equation for tough votes. Why it matters: Johnson's majority now stands at 218-214, meaning he can lose only one GOP member on party-line issues. Massie is rarely part of the majority. - "What's my incentive to vote for anything?" Massie said to Axios recently. And asked by Axios on Wednesday if Johnson had his back, Massie replied, "No." - Just this week, Massie was one of three Republicans to vote to end a blockade on challenging President Trump's tariffs, got into a heated exchange with Attorney General Pam Bondi , and was the only Republican to vote against the rule for the…Open
NYTIMES (Joseph Goldstein) - Nurses at 4 N.Y.C. Hospitals Vote to End Strike, but It Continues at One
At Montefiore and Mount Sinai hospitals, health care workers ratified a deal to end the walkout, but nurses remain on the picket line at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia.
NPR (Sarah Ventre) - These monks' walk for peace captivated Americans. It ends this week
A group of Buddhist monks walked from Fort Worth, Texas, to Washington, D.C., in the name of peace. The 108-day pilgrimage captivated Americans.
A group of Buddhist monks walked from Fort Worth, Texas, to Washington, D.C., in the name of peace. The 108-day pilgrimage captivated Americans.Open
NYTIMES (Alex Williams) - LaMonte McLemore, Founding Singer With the 5th Dimension, Dies at 90
His group notched smooth hippie-era hits like “Up, Up and Away” and “The Age of Aquarius” in embracing a genre-blurring sound they called “champagne soul.”