Employees of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) knew that mass layoffs would be coming on April 1. But many did not expect the cuts to be…
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The Surprising Health Benefits of Swearing
Many of us try to suppress the urge to blurt out an expletive when something goes wrong. But the instinct may actually be useful: Research has found that using profanity…
The newest hurdle for offshore wind: Trump’s EPA
The Environmental Protection Agency revoked an essential Clean Air Act permit last month from Atlantic Shores, an offshore wind development slated to be built off the New Jersey coast. One…
Prosecutors to Seek Death Penalty for Luigi Mangione, Accused of Killing UnitedHealthcare CEO
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said Tuesday she has directed federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty against Luigi Mangione, the man accused of gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson…
South Carolina Wants to End Medicaid for Planned Parenthood
The latest effort by conservative politicians to attack Planned Parenthood has the potential to strip the group of its ability to provide health care for the poorest Americans. On April…
Layoffs Begin at U.S. Health Agencies That Track Disease and Regulate Food
Employees across the massive U.S. Health and Human Services Department began receiving notices of dismissal on Tuesday in an overhaul ultimately expected to lay off up to 10,000 people. The…
Musk Moves US to Socialized Medicine
By THCB STAFF After a few weeks analyzing government spending and putting all of his calculations into Grok, the head of DOGE, Elon Musk, has made another decisive move in…
How Revel is fast-tracking new EV chargers through a deal with PG&E
Want to know why EV chargers can be so hard to connect to crowded urban power grids? Just look to San Francisco’s latest public charging station, opened by startup Revel…
The bid to make Illinois a leader on electric trucking
A coalition of environmental justice advocates is pushing Illinois to become the first Midwest state to adopt California’s Advanced Clean Trucks standards designed to spur a transition to zero-emission heavy-duty…