Year: 2025
Inside the Chaos, Confusion, and Heartbreak of Trump’s Foreign-Aid Freeze
The dominoes fell really fast. On Monday, Jan. 20, shortly after his inauguration, President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order that called for a 90-day pause on new foreign-aid programs for efficiency and “consistency with U.S. foreign policy.” The order
Read MoreNot too hard, not too soft, rotting fruit is just right – for fruit fly maggots
It turns out, a maggot’s preference for rotting fruit has as much to do with texture as taste. Researchers are looking into figuring out why and what neurons are responsible. (Image credit: Helmut Hess/Getty Images)
Read MoreHamas Frees Three Hostages, Including American-Israeli Keith Siegel
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — Hamas militants released three male hostages being held in the Gaza Strip on Saturday and Israel began releasing 183 Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails, part of a cease-fire deal that has halted 15 months of
Read MoreTrump’s Tariffs Would Reverse Decades of Integration Between U.S. and Mexico
Ties between the United States and Mexico have deepened over 30 years of free trade, creating both benefits and irritants.
Read MoreHow Trump Can Be a Middle East Peacemaker
President Donald Trump will welcome Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House next week, marking the first visit of a foreign leader to Washington in Trump’s second term. The trip comes on the heels of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire
Read MoreHere’s What’s New on Netflix in February 2025
Netflix is hoping that shows and movies about fakers will generate real views this February. Kinda Pregnant, out Feb. 5, stars Amy Schumer as a single woman who fakes a pregnancy. In Apple Cider Vinegar, out Feb. 6, Kaitlyn Dever
Read MoreAn earnest defense of America’s silliest holiday: Groundhog Day
Let’s celebrate Groundhog Day, in all its bizarre, quirky strangeness. Let it remind us that we have not subdued nature, but merely made ourselves more comfortable in its domain. (Image credit: Brett Carlsen)
Read MoreFormer German President Horst Köhler dies at 81
Köhler, a onetime head of the International Monetary Fund who became a popular German president before resigning abruptly in a flap over comments about the country’s military, has died at 81. (Image credit: Martial Trezzini)
Read MoreTrump DOJ demands list of thousands of FBI agents, others who worked on Jan. 6 and Trump investigations for possible firing – CNN
Trump DOJ demands list of thousands of FBI agents, others who worked on Jan. 6 and Trump investigations for possible firing CNN Trump Officials Fire Jan. 6 Prosecutors and Plan Possible F.B.I. Purge The New York Times DOJ directs FBI to fire
Read MoreThree Israeli hostages, including dual US and French citizens, set for release in Gaza on Saturday – Reuters
Three Israeli hostages, including dual US and French citizens, set for release in Gaza on Saturday Reuters Live updates: US-Israeli citizen Keith Siegel freed in latest round of hostage releases CNN Hamas stages Gaza beach handover as Israeli hostages freed Yahoo! Voices Three
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