Politics
Trump says he will remove TPS and deport Haitian migrants in Springfield
Former President Donald Trump is promising to remove Temporary Protected Status and deport the Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio — an escalation in rhetoric against a community his campaign has targeted with misinformation for weeks. “Absolutely I’d revoke it and I’d bring them back to their country,” Trump told NewsNation. The GOP presidential nominee’s onslaught…
Maine’s Jared Golden is ready to make things awkward for his fellow Democrats
RANGELEY, Maine — Democratic Rep. Jared Golden has been on the fringes of his party. Now, he’s on the cusp of becoming a power broker. Deep inside Maine’s northern logging country, during a soaked ATV ride to Quill Hill, a lookout about 3,000 feet above sea level, Golden discussed his political future this summer. The…
Mouse models of autism say almost nothing about autistic people
In the world of neuroscience research, the mouse reigns supreme: in the US alone, tens of millions of mice are studied as a proxy for the human brain in labs. They’re small, they breed quickly, and they’re relatively easy to genetically manipulate, making mice ubiquitous in biomedical science. When studying something fundamental to biology, like…
School board fracas highlights Chicago mayor’s turbulent tenure
CHICAGO — Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson was catapulted into office as an outsider vowing to shake up the city’s notoriously combustible politics. But nearly two years into his term, he’s increasingly isolated and has alienated even some of his ideological allies as he battles to implement his progressive agenda. The most glaring recent example is…
The five factions Johnson has to appease to keep the speakership next year
Mike Johnson has about a month left to solve his speakership math problem. He may have earned unanimous GOP support to lead the House a year ago, after the divisive and chaotic ouster of former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, but he can’t count on those numbers again. Fierce critics turned against Johnson within weeks of backing…
Why evacuating Hurricane Milton is too expensive for some
Even when a life-threatening hurricane is headed your way, there are many reasons why you might stay put. You might have dependent family members who can’t leave due to disabilities or other health-related reasons; you might not have reliable transportation to get to a safer area, and what’s more, no gas to get there. Sometimes,…
House GOP loses key fundraising advantage
Big donors are flooding the fight for control of the House — and, in the final stretch, Democrats have been outraising Republicans. It’s a stunning reversal: Republican super PACs have been dominant in recent cycles and crucial to helping candidates who have struggled to raise as much as their Democratic opponents. But now that advantage…
Why JD Vance is absent from key Ohio House campaigns
TOLEDO, Ohio — Republicans excitedly declared in July that Donald Trump’s decision to pick Sen. JD Vance as his running mate would help them win battleground congressional districts in Ohio. Three months later, that doesn’t seem to be playing out in one of the state’s toughest elections — where the GOP is looking for any…
Sexual choking injuries: What people should know about the increasingly popular kink
When did sexual choking become almost as mainstream as the missionary position? Nobody knows for sure, says Debby Herbenick, a leading sexuality researcher at Indiana University and author of Yes, Your Kid: What Parents Need to Know About Today’s Teens and Sex. But judging by the way it’s turning up in music, TV, and social…
Melania Trump signals support for abortion rights: ‘No room for compromise’
Melania Trump on Thursday signaled she is taking a different stance than her husband on access to abortion rights. While Donald Trump has touted his role in the overturning of Roe v. Wade, the former first lady said in a video promoting her upcoming book that women’s “individual freedom is a fundamental right that I…