Kennedy has warned of an epidemic of chronic disease, but the budget blueprint would close the C.D.C. center focused on prevention.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/health/trump-budget-cdc-chronic-conditions.html
The former chief of staff to Senator John Fetterman last year wrote to a doctor who had treated him, pointing to “warning signs” that suggested the senator could be backsliding on his recovery from a mental health crisis.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/us/politics/john-fetterman-mental-health.html
Staffing shortages at an air traffic control center have added to the effects of a runway closure, prompting United Airlines to cut flights at the hub.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/travel/newark-airport-flight-delays.html
The episode followed a fatal collision between a military helicopter and a commercial jet in January, and prompted concern and outrage among officials.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/us/politics/reagan-washington-national-airport-helicopter.html
James B. Milliken will lead the California system, relinquishing his position as the chancellor of the University of Texas system.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/us/university-of-california-president.html
Voters will decide who can turn Australia around from the throes of inflation and a housing crisis, and navigate relations with a volatile Washington.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/world/asia/australia-prime-minister-election.html
Detained at his citizenship interview, the Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi speaks of his ordeal.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/opinion/mohsen-mahdawi-ice-detention.html
Water supplies ran dry in the Pacific Palisades fire, in part because a reservoir was shut down for repairs. Records show the city had tried and failed to prepare an alternative reservoir.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/us/palisades-fire-reservoir-water-los-angeles.html
Determined to cut costs and manage communications, the Trump administration is moving too slowly to contain the virus, experts say.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/health/bird-flu-farms-usda.html
A photo taken this week showed Mike Waltz using an app that looks like—but is not—Signal to communicate with top officials. "I don't even know where to start with this," says one expert.https://www.wired.com/story/mike-waltz-has-somehow-gotten-even-worse-at-using-signal/
In its push for “efficiency,” DOGE has leaned increasingly on AI—regardless of whether it makes any sense. And it's using it as an imperfect means to destructive ends.https://www.wired.com/story/doge-is-in-its-ai-era/
World opened the doors to its new San Francisco storefront with eight brand-new orbs ready for eyeballs to scan.https://www.wired.com/story/sam-altman-orb-store-san-francisco/
A startup founder told a Palantir alumni Slack group that AI agents could do the work of tens of thousands of government employees. He was met with emojis of clowns and a man licking a boot.https://www.wired.com/story/doge-recruiter-ai-agents-palantir-clown-emoji/
A crypto company part-owned by the Trump family stands to earn millions of dollars from a business deal involving a state-backed investment fund from the UAE. The arrangement amounts to “foreign policy for sale,” critics claim.https://www.wired.com/story/as-trumps-family-crypto-business-gains-steam-ethical-concerns-mount/
It’s chic, understated, and an excellent alternative to an everyday handbag. No wonder it’s Taylor Swift–approved.https://www.wired.com/story/bandolier-bodie-crossbody-phone-case-rave/
Under its new chairman, the FCC is threatening broadcasters and pushing President Donald Trump’s agenda.https://www.wired.com/story/plaintext-fcc-brendan-carr-donald-trump/
The largest investors in Donald Trump’s crypto coin have been promised a private audience with the president. The arrangement could put Trump at odds with the Constitution and add fuel to calls for his impeachment, experts say.https://www.wired.com/story/trumps-quest-for-crypto-riches-is-a-constitutional-scandal-waiting-to-happen/
A commercial fisherman nabbed a large male Chinese mitten crab in the lower Columbia River late last month, putting biologists on high alerthttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/invasive-crab-with-furry-mitten-like-claws-detected-for-the-first-time-in-the-pacific-northwest-180986552/
Jean-Guillaume Olette-Pelletier says he has identified seven sets of crypto-hieroglyphs on the 75-foot-tall structure, which France received as a gift in 1836https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/egyptologist-reveals-mysterious-messages-hidden-in-the-hieroglyphics-on-a-3000-year-old-obelisk-180986531/
The Valley of the Kings and other bucket-list Egyptian destinations offer a glimpse into millennia-old majesty and artistryhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/these-extraordinary-archaeological-sites-are-a-portal-to-ancient-egypt-180986475/