Social Security and Medicare are expected to need to cut monthly benefits in less than a decade as the trust funds for both programs are…
Day: June 18, 2025
The U.S. Elected Officials Who Have Been Arrested or Approached by Authorities While Protesting Trump’s Immigration Crackdown
Local officials and members of Congress have been handcuffed, slammed to the ground, and detained by law enforcement while objecting to the Trump Administration’s policies…
FDA Approves a Twice-Yearly Shot to Prevent HIV
On June 18, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first medicine to prevent HIV that only has to be taken twice a…
SCOTUS’ Blow to Trans Rights Is History Repeating Itself
On June 18th, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in United States. v. Skrmetti, a case that will have far-reaching effects on the lives…
Senator Markey: Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’ is Fool’s Gold
Announced with characteristic bravado and little grounding in reality, President Donald Trump’s so-called “Golden Dome for America” is the latest reincarnation of President Ronald Reagan’s…
7 Surprising Symptoms of Lyme Disease
Nearly 500,000 people are diagnosed with Lyme disease each year in the U.S. For about 75% of them, the first sign will be a skin…
Supreme Court Upholds Gender-Affirming-Care Ban. Here’s What to Know
The Supreme Court has delivered a major blow to transgender rights with its decision to uphold a Tennessee law that bars doctors from providing gender-affirming…
Trump’s ‘Doomsday Plane’ designed to survive nuclear war touches down near Washington DC as Iran strike looms
DONALD Trump’s nuclear-hardened “Doomsday Plane” has touched down near to Washington DC as speculation grows over a strike on Iran. The impervious US Air Force…
It’s Time For Leaders To Boost Their Climate Ambition As Costs Rise
“One of these days we are going to face a truly staggering loss.” Warren Buffett’s final letter to Berkshire Hathaway investors this year is worth…
Even as They Are Driven Into Bomb Shelters, Many Ordinary Israelis Support the Attack on Iran
Israel has taken on the eerie quiet of a ghost town. Shops are closed, streets nearly empty. The occasional car races to its destination. In…