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THE WEEK OF AUG 17, 2026

- NOAA pulls support for Arctic Report Card - DOJ finds NSF programs unconstitutional - Admin again calls for higher-ed reforms

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Aug 17 • 11:40 AM EDT • Science • aip.org
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Westrope earns first agri-business BBA from UWA

Lane Westrope’s search for a career that would build on his agricultural background led him to the University of West Alabama, where he became the first student to earn a degree in business administration with a concentration in agribusiness during the Aug. 14 summer commencement exercises.

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Aug 17 • 11:19 AM EDT • Business • uwa.edu
Everything the Trump administration did on health care last week

An executive order remaking the federal vaccine agenda, Epic's antitrust lawsuits, and more health news from Morning Rounds

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Aug 17 • 8:03 AM EDT • Health • statnews.com
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Alzheimer’s research is latest casualty in Trump administration war against ‘DEI’

Grant cancellations at leading research institutions appear to target the study of the impacts of racism on brain health

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Aug 17 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • theguardian.com
Acer intros new MacBook Neo rival with 120Hz display and Thunderbolt 4 ports

There's a new configuration available for the Acer Go Air, and this new MacBook Neo rival is powered by an Intel Wildcat Lake processor, the Core 5 320. It also sports a 120Hz display and Thunderbolt 4 ports. The launch price is CNY 5,499, about $815.

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Aug 17 • 2:35 AM EDT • Technology • notebookcheck.net
Trump administration demands hospitals share emergency room records

The CPSC, which protects the public from injuries caused by lawn mowers and strollers, is demanding that some of the nation’s biggest health systems turn over detailed, personally identifiable medical records of patients who seek emergency room help.

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Aug 16 • 9:12 PM EDT • Health • marylandmatters.org
Meet & Greet For County’s Economic Development Administrator Max Khudiakov Draws Few Businesses

Los Alamos Commerce & Development Corporation executive director Lauren McDaniel, far left, chats with Ellyn Felton, Los Alamos County Tourism & Marketing Program Manager, . Anita Barela, C…

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Aug 16 • 6:54 PM EDT • Business • losalamosreporter.com
Fact-checking claims about Taylor Farms’ donations to Trump-aligned groups

Social media users looked into donations the company and its leadership made and drew assumptions about how those influenced the Trump administration’s outbreak response.

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Aug 16 • 5:18 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
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Who will champion science in Congress?

In public academic institutions there’s a bit of wisdom that to get anything done, you need a champion. Not just a good idea that you forward to administrators in an email, but a person who’s going to…

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Aug 16 • 2:48 PM EDT • Science • dailykos.com
Trump administration pulls support for annual Arctic environmental report

The move by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is the latest government rollback of climate science activity.

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Aug 16 • 9:00 AM EDT • Science • grist.org
As Trump blocks Medicaid funds, one trans teen's mom asks: What's next?

A longtime Republican living in California says the Trump administration's continuing actions to target transgender youth take a personal toll.

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Aug 16 • 7:54 AM EDT • Health • npr.org
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The U.S. Military Wants A.I. Dominance. Feuds and China May Thwart It.

The administration is veering wildly in its response to the national security implications of A.I. as China, America’s main technological and military rival, charges ahead.

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Aug 16 • 5:00 AM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
German companies cut US investment to three-year low, data show

German companies slashed investments in the United States to a three-year low in the first half of 2026, as Trump ​administration policies fed uncertainty between the transatlantic trading partners.

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Aug 16 • 2:35 AM EDT • Business • reuters.com
Bernalillo County's Behavioral Health Unit rapidly grows, diverting 911 calls

Officials say the three-unit teams have become more effective since paramedics were authorized to administer the antipsychotic drug olanzapine.

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Aug 16 • 1:00 AM EDT • Health • santafenewmexican.com
JD Vance and the Trump team keep moving the goalposts on Iran

As the Iran war — now in its sixth month — has dragged on, this list of goals from the Trump administration has conspicuously shifted and been pared back.

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Aug 16 • 12:01 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Scenes From LACDC Business Meet & Greet For County Economic Development Administrator Max Khudiakov

From left, Los Alamos County Council Vice Chair Ryn Herrmann, Los Alamos County Economic Development Administrator Max Khudiakov and County Councilor Suzie Havemann mingle during the Los Alamos Commerce and Development Corporation’s (LACDC) business meet & greet Thursday at SALA Event Center. The event welcomed Khudiakov to the community and gave local business owners an […]

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Aug 15 • 5:25 PM EDT • Business • ladailypost.com
Trump accused of ‘Hitlerian’ politics by Mexican politician in visa row

A Mexican politician has accused the Trump administration of “Hitlerian” politics after his US visa was revoked.

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Aug 15 • 3:04 PM EDT • Politics • yahoo.com
How Cyclospora Evaded the U.S. Food Safety System to Sicken Thousands

The Trump administration delayed a rule last year that could have sped up the effort to pinpoint the source of the contamination. Critics charge that food safety oversight has eroded overall.

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Aug 15 • 5:01 AM EDT • Health • nytimes.com
Sen. Warren demands answers from RFK Jr. over 'calamitous' response to cyclosporiasis outbreak

Sen. Elizabeth Warren wrote a letter to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. seeking more information about the administration's "calamitous" response to cyclosporiasis.

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Aug 14 • 7:54 PM EDT • Politics • abc7news.com
U.S. Small Business Administration offering disaster assistance to Lincoln County victims of May 6 tornado

Homeowners, renters, non-profits, and businesses of all sizes may still need assistance, and the U.S. Small Business Administration is here to help.

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Aug 14 • 7:42 PM EDT • Business • wdam.com
Federal Court Rejects Trump-Vance Administration’s Unlawful Restrictions on Health and Housing Grants

Providence, R.I. — A federal judge today rejected the sweeping and unlawful restrictions the Trump-Vance administration imposed on federal grants administered by the U.S. Departments of Health and…

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Aug 14 • 6:55 PM EDT • Health • democracyforward.org
‘Coordination, not subordination’: Sheinbaum attacks U.S. 'meddling' in Mexico’s politics

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum let long-mounting frustrations with the Trump administration rise to the surface.

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Aug 14 • 5:58 PM EDT • Politics • latimes.com
Morgan McGarvey calls for reversal of change to asylum process

McGarvey wants the Trump administration to reverse the change, which allows officers to refer certain asylum applications to a judge without first conducting an interview

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Aug 14 • 5:48 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumnews1.com
A Prominent Mexican Politician Says U.S. Revoked His Visa

Andrés Manuel López Beltrán, a former president’s son, lashed out at the Trump administration after he said it canceled his visa, another flashpoint in the tense U.S.-Mexico relationship.

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Aug 14 • 3:16 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
EPA sued for approving semiconductor chemicals that may pose health risks

Environmental and community groups sued the Trump administration on Friday over its approval of two chemicals for use in semiconductors despite posing health risks. The Environmental Protection Age…

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Aug 14 • 1:23 PM EDT • Health • thehill.com
Trump asks Supreme Court to let White House resume ballroom construction during appeal

President Donald Trump's administration has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow the White House to resume construction on its $400 million ballroom project while it appeals a lower court's order to halt the work.

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Aug 14 • 10:17 AM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
Health policy must be driven by data, not political grandstanding

'The administration’s anti-vaccine rhetoric will only sow widespread confusion, ultimately driving up rates of entirely preventable childhood diseases,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

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Aug 14 • 10:00 AM EDT • Health • latimes.com
Trump administration asks ⁠US supreme court to allow construction of White House ballroom

Administration ‌asks justices to keep appeals court ​decision to halt work on hold ​while it ​prepares ‌a full ​appeal

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Aug 14 • 9:39 AM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com
MetroHealth Community Health Centers Secures Federal Funding to Strengthen Community-Based Care

MetroHealth Community Health Centers (MHCHC) was among 158 organizations nationwide selected to receive funding through a $102 million investment announced Thursday, August 13, by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Health Resources and Services Administration.

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Aug 14 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • metrohealth.org
Report Says Average Business Trip Cost Jumped From $834 to $1,128  from 2024 to 2026

Research from Engine shows employees spending 12 days a year on travel-related admin tasks

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Aug 14 • 6:00 AM EDT • Business • businesstravelexecutive.com
Small Businesses Despise Trump’s Tariffs

Mere hours after the Trump administration's latest tariff scheme launched on July 24, the government was sued again by the same small businesses that had already defeated prior White House tariff shenanigans, most notably at the Supreme Court. As Bloomberg Law reported, these companies are part of an “increasingly vocal cohort of business owners who emerged as the face of mom-and-pop tariff resistance.” What about Walmart Inc., Ford Motor Co. and the other titans of corporate America paying many

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Aug 14 • 5:00 AM EDT • Business • bloomberg.com
Trump Team’s Use of Arcane Budget Rule Threatens Medicaid Coverage

Coverage for hundreds of thousands of Arkansas Medicaid enrollees next year is in question after the Trump administration refused to renew a key state waiver. The state might not be the last to have to adjust to an arcane rule change under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

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Aug 14 • 5:00 AM EDT • Health • kffhealthnews.org
How will legal challenges fare against CMS rule on gender-affirming care?

A CMS rule finalized this week may prove more difficult to challenge than previous Trump administration actions to end transgender care for young people.

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Aug 14 • 4:30 AM EDT • Health • statnews.com
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False claims about miscarriage risk from Covid-19 vaccines are spreading online. They use a faulty interpretation of data

Numerous studies have shown that Covid-19 vaccines are safe during pregnancy, but Republican lawmakers and Trump administration officials have recently stirred up false and misleading claims that are now spreading on social media.

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Aug 14 • 4:00 AM EDT • Health • cnn.com
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Jared Kushner to visit Israel and Egypt next week with Board of Peace officials to talk Gaza

President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and negotiator Jared Kushner will travel to the Middle East next week to try to advance plans for an end to the conflict in Gaza after a deal recently announced by the Trump administration ran into Israeli opposition

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Aug 13 • 8:39 PM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visits Atwater to announce $102M investment in rural health care centers

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visited Castle Family Health Centers in Atwater to announce a $102 million investment alongside other members of the Trump administration.

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Aug 13 • 8:15 PM EDT • Health • abc30.com
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Trump admin investigating graffiti and soap bubbles at World War II Memorial

The Interior Department is investigating vandalism at the World War II Memorial in Washington, DC, after neon graffiti was painted on the Atlantic Pavilion and the usually clear fountains overflowed with soapy bubbles.

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Aug 13 • 5:21 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Luján, hospital leaders talk Medicaid 'headwinds' and rural health gaps at Rio Rancho roundtable

U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján, a Democrat from New Mexico, told hospital administrators at Presbyterian Rust Medical Center that Republican-backed federal Medicaid cuts won’t just hurt New Mexicans enrolled in the program — they’ll raise care and insurance costs for everyone else, too. Presbyterian Delivery System President Chad Aduddell told Luján the nonprofit system — […]

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Aug 13 • 4:54 PM EDT • Health • nmpoliticalreport.com
Judge dismisses Trump administration lawsuit alleging antisemitism at Harvard

The decision from U.S. District Judge Richard G. Stearns said President Donald Trump's administration failed to prove an ongoing violation of federal civil rights laws.

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Aug 13 • 2:20 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
Trump admin marks 15 straight months with zero border releases as apprehensions plunge 94%

President Donald Trump's administration says it has gone 15 straight months without a single release at the border as apprehensions drop 94%.

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Aug 13 • 12:26 PM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com
Sen. Todd Young tours Indianapolis business Thomas and Skinner

Sen. Young was joined by SBA administrator Kelly Loeffler during a tour of the Indianapolis manufacturing facility.

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Aug 13 • 12:18 PM EDT • Business • indystar.com
He once defended Trump in Congress. Now he runs a California wine bar.

Devin Nunes made headlines constantly in the first Trump administration.

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Aug 13 • 12:10 PM EDT • Politics • sfgate.com
Devin Nunes, former Trump confidant, opens Pismo Beach wine bar

Devin Nunes made headlines constantly in the first Trump administration.

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Aug 13 • 12:10 PM EDT • Politics • sfgate.com
Senate Democrat demands answers to reports of Navy warship's mental health breakdown

Senator Richard Blumenthal asked the Trump administration in a Wednesday letter to provide information about conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln.

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Aug 13 • 11:58 AM EDT • Health • katu.com
AHA responds to FDA RFI on health and safety benefits regarding non-device software

The AHA Aug. 13 responded to a Food and Drug Administration request for input on the risks and benefits to health and safety associated with non-device software.

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Aug 13 • 11:51 AM EDT • Health • aha.org
New Executive Order Undermines Child Health

On August 10, 2026, President Trump signed an executive order aimed at making major changes to federal vaccine policy. Among several other actions, this order would make major revisions to the childhood vaccination schedule, direct care providers to administer monovalent vaccines as soon as they are available (starting with splitting up the MMR (measles, mumps, […]

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Aug 13 • 11:26 AM EDT • Health • ccf.georgetown.edu
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Essentia Health welcomes new executive vice president

Essentia Health is excited to announce the addition of Jason Craig as executive vice president of administration and operations.

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Aug 13 • 11:02 AM EDT • Health • essentiahealth.org
Ask a Scientist: How Do We Track the Trump Administration’s Attacks on Science?

Introducing a multi-purpose tool for documenting AND fighting attacks on science that affect our health and safety.

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Aug 13 • 7:30 AM EDT • Science • blog.ucs.org
Trump administration finalizes rule to end federal support for gender-affirming care

Move blocking funds through Medicaid and Chip to make it harder for vulnerable children to get healthcare, experts say

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Aug 13 • 7:00 AM EDT • Health • theguardian.com
When they didn’t find fraud while testing a voting machine for the Trump admin, this cyber firm faced a wave of backlash

The Trump administration abruptly declined to renew a contract for a cybersecurity firm it hired to examine voting equipment in Puerto Rico after the company didn’t echo administration officials’ false claims of voter fraud, the firm’s executives said in their first extensive public remarks on the episode.

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Aug 13 • 6:00 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
After years of landslide victories, Klobuchar faces a tougher political fight against Demuth

The governor’s race will be Sen. Amy Klobuchar’s toughest test in a statewide election, following a series of easy reelections to the U.S. Senate. Republicans see Lisa Demuth as their best shot at capturing anger over fraud scandals and fatigue with the Walz administration.

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Aug 13 • 6:00 AM EDT • Politics • startribune.com
Common Health Coalition secures $100M from OpenAI Foundation to boost hepatitis C cure rates

The OpenAI Foundation invested $100 million towards a new public health initiative with the Common Health Coalition aimed at helping states and local jurisdictions close discovery-to-delivery gaps, | Funding will support the deployment of AI-enabled tools to help identify patients who have fallen out of care, reduce administrative burden, strengthen care coordination and improve patient outcomes.

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Aug 13 • 5:00 AM EDT • Health • fiercehealthcare.com
Padilla leads Democrats in push for answers about cancelled wind projects

Over the last several months, the Trump administration has made a series of announcements that the federal government would be buying back off-shore wind leases issued during the Biden administration for billions of dollars.

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Aug 12 • 7:08 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
INOVIO Reports Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results and Recent Business Highlights

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) review of Biologics License Application (BLA) for INO-3107 as a treatment for Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis...

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Aug 12 • 4:05 PM EDT • Business • prnewswire.com
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt to leave administration

She will leave the administration at the end of August, President Donald Trump announced in a post on Truth Social on Wednesday.

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Aug 12 • 3:58 PM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Law firm declines offer to represent migrant children

The administration last week announced plans to award the contract to the Burke Law Group, a Houston-based firm with little experience in immigration.

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Aug 12 • 3:54 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Warnock Leads Inquiry into State Department Efforts to Seek Personal Health Data in Exchange for Aid to Developing Nations » Reverend Raphael Warnock

In a new letter, Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock presses the Trump Administration on their efforts to obtain personal health data from African countries in exchange for global health funding The Trump Administration has requested direct, real-time access to the health data of citizens in Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Liberia, and several […]

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Aug 12 • 3:15 PM EDT • Health • warnock.senate.gov
New details on Trump’s secret plane swap expose the administration’s lies

President Donald Trump late Tuesday confirmed reporting from the Washington Post, CNN and others that he secretly switched planes in Turkey last month because of a security threat.

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Aug 12 • 1:40 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
USPTO Expands Category A Patent Bar Admission Criteria to Include Biomedical Science Degree

The USPTO published a Federal Register Notice Tuesday announcing administrative updates to the General Requirements Bulletin (GRB).

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Aug 12 • 10:24 AM EDT • Science • ipwatchdog.com
15M patients impacted by largest healthcare data breach of 2026

DentaQuest, the second-largest dental benefits administrator in the U.S., suffered the record-setting cyberattack in May. A notorious ransomware gang has taken credit for the attack.

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Aug 12 • 7:29 AM EDT • Health • healthexec.com
Trump administration live updates: Voters deal out upsets in Wisconsin and Minnesota governor primaries

Get live updates and the latest news on the Trump administration as voters deal upsets in Wisconsin and Minnesota governor primaries and the S.C. GOP Senate primary heads to a runoff.

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Aug 12 • 7:08 AM EDT • Politics • nbcnews.com
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Hospitals Say They Found a Tool To Help Reduce Childbirth Risks: Wristbands

North Carolina and other states have embraced “I Gave Birth” wristbands as a way to encourage women to seek help when they have postpartum complications. They’re gaining steam as the Trump administration’s cuts to Medicaid threaten postpartum care.

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Aug 12 • 5:00 AM EDT • Health • kffhealthnews.org
Close Trump aides — but no Cabinet officials — made secret catering truck move

The president was accompanied by some of his most loyal aides but no top administration officials as he made the clandestine move to a different plane to leave Turkey last month.

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Aug 12 • 5:00 AM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Inside a $7 billion Silicon Valley startup’s mad dash to automate the business of health care

Commure wants to automate health care's administrative tasks with AI. An inside look at the messy realities of the startup's ambitious quest.

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Aug 12 • 4:30 AM EDT • Business • statnews.com
US bars federal funding of gender-affirming care for low-income minors

WASHINGTON, Aug 11 (Reuters) - The Trump administration finalized a rule on Tuesday barring two major federal health programs from funding puberty blockers, hormone therapy and surgeries to treat gend...

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Aug 11 • 8:02 PM EDT • Health • yahoo.com
Action News business administrator, husband welcome baby girl

We want to introduce you to the newest member of our extended Action News family.

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Aug 11 • 7:48 PM EDT • Business • 6abc.com
Trump administration bans the use of federal Medicaid funds to cover gender identity healthcare

The Trump administration finalized a rule that will bar Medicaid from covering gender identity healthcare for children.

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Aug 11 • 7:43 PM EDT • Health • komu.com
Social Security expands disability fast-track list, adds 14 conditions

Here are the 14 conditions the Social Security Administration just added to a list for fast-tracking disability claims.

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Aug 11 • 6:45 PM EDT • Health • abc27.com
Trump administration finalizes rule restricting trans healthcare for minors on Medicaid

The Trump administration on Tuesday released a final rule blocking the use of federal Medicaid dollars for transgender healthcare for minors, as well as barring Children’s Health Insurance Program …

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Aug 11 • 6:07 PM EDT • Health • thehill.com
Judge again bars Trump administration from implementing order that sought to limit mail voting

A federal judge has agreed to halt President Donald Trump’s executive order that sought to have the U.S. Postal Service play a central role in deciding who can receive a mail ballot

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Aug 11 • 5:57 PM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Judge bars Trump administration from implementing order to limit mail voting

The president sought to create a federal voter list and involve the U.S. Postal Service in election operations in a way that would limit mail voting

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Aug 11 • 5:57 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Judge bars Trump administration from implementing order to limit mail voting

The president sought to create a federal voter list and involve the U.S. Postal Service in election operations in a way that would limit mail voting

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Aug 11 • 5:57 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
421 bugs in Microsoft's Patch Tuesday release, and the Norks have already attacked one

Sysadmins, welcome to your new norm

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Aug 11 • 5:31 PM EDT • Technology • theregister.com
Social Security expands disability fast-track list, adds 14 conditions

Here are the 14 conditions the Social Security Administration just added to a list for fast-tracking disability claims.

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Aug 11 • 5:19 PM EDT • Health • newsnationnow.com
What does Trump’s executive order on vaccines mean for my kids?

Implementing the president’s directives would require a lengthy administrative process and probably a legal battle.

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Aug 11 • 4:08 PM EDT • Health • washingtonpost.com
New Insta360 X6 leaks confirm pricing with specs before global launch

New Insta360 X6 leaks have revealed pricing information and official specifications. Shared by a major retailer, the leaks confirm that the Insta360 X6 will cost significantly more than the Insta360 X5 in North America. Insta360 hopes to offset this $150 increase with major upgrades, though.

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Aug 11 • 3:26 PM EDT • Technology • notebookcheck.net
How The Global Business Community Is Responding To Tariffs & The Strait Of Hormuz Impasse: Expert

When the Supreme Court blocked a large swath of his tariffs, Trump said his administration had "very powerful alternatives." Now we know what those alternatives are.

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Aug 11 • 2:34 PM EDT • Business • forbes.com
Human rights groups sue Trump administration over International Criminal Court sanctions

The president signed an executive order in 2025 placing sanctions on the ICC, whose jurisdiction the U.S. does not recognize.

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Aug 11 • 1:31 PM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Trump DOJ formally stakes out bold claim that presidential advisers outside government are protected by privilege

Communications that President Donald Trump has with advisers who don’t even work for his administration can be protected by executive privilege, the Justice Department said in a memo Monday evening that comes amid lawsuits and a possible Democratic takeover of Congress.

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Aug 11 • 1:16 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
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Zelda-themed Nintendo Switch 2 console and Pro Controller leaked

Nintendo is reportedly planning to launch a new limited-edition Zelda-themed Nintendo Switch 2 console and a matching Pro Controller to celebrate the series' 40th anniversary. And a new leak has now given us our first look at the hardware.

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Aug 11 • 11:54 AM EDT • Technology • notebookcheck.net
AO Astrophysics Explorers Program 2026 SMEX Amended

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Science Mission Directorate (SMD) announces the release of Amendment #1 to the Announcement of Opportunity (AO) to solicit Principal Investigator (PI)-led space science investigations for the Small Explorer (SMEX) opportunity.

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Aug 11 • 11:11 AM EDT • Science • science.nasa.gov
Ascensus Launches Enhanced Small Business 401(k) Solution

Ascensus enhances, rebrands small business retirement offering to Ascensus Essentials, adds 3(16) administrative fiduciary services

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Aug 11 • 10:37 AM EDT • Business • 401kspecialistmag.com
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Trump Administration Bypasses Science Again, Doubles Down on Restrictions to Childhood Vaccines

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Trump administration today issued a new executive order directing changes to the federal childhood vaccine schedule that, if fully implemented, would reduce access to life-saving vaccines for children, add new barriers to care, and further degrade the scientific process the federal government has relied on for decades to ensure vaccine access […]

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Aug 11 • 9:33 AM EDT • Science • familiesusa.org
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Guenther and Ware for Real Clear Science: The Trump Administration’s Most Dangerous Attack on Science Yet

Donald Trump’s assault on the American scientific enterprise has been death by a thousand cuts. But the latest push from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) may just be the kill shot. OMB proposed a rule to “improve government-wide policies and requirements related to the management of grants, cooperative agreements, and other forms of […]

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Aug 11 • 9:09 AM EDT • Science • progressivepolicy.org
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The U.S. Healthcare System is Already Mostly Socialized

Now that Abdul El-Sayed is the Democratic nominee for Michigan’s open Senate seat, the outcome of this crucial race will depend mainly on two things: Whether Republicans succeed in demonizing El-Sayed because he’s brown and a Muslim, and whether they succeed in demonizing him as a left-wing radical. I will defer for the now the question of whether bigotry will be effective this year, although I will address it another day. What I want to address instead is El-Sayed’s signature issue — healthcare. Yes, El-Sayed advocates Medicare for All, a position the usual suspects denounce as “socialism.” I will get to the politics of his stance soon. Today, however, I want to talk about the substance. We should be clear that El-Sayed doesn’t even call himself a socialist. On the contrary, he explicitly disavows the label, saying “I’m a capitalist who just knows about capitalism”. In fact, as I explained in a previous post, the policies that El-Sayed advocates qualify him as a social democrat, not a socialist. Still, El-Sayed advocates a system under which the government would pay almost all medical expenses. Isn’t that socialism? Well, if that is the criterion then much of U.S. healthcare is already socialist. In fact, the government’s role is so large that U.S. healthcare is better described as partially privatized socialism than as anything resembling a free market. Let’s start with the raw numbers on health insurance, which pays the bulk of Americans’ medical expenses. Americans receive health insurance either from private companies or from public programs, overwhelmingly Medicare and Medicaid. Here’s what the breakdown of coverage and spending between private and public looked like in 2024: While a majority of Americans with health insurance get it from private companies, well over 100 million of us are covered by government programs instead. And these government programs pay more total dollars for medical bills than the private insurers do. Why do government programs that cover a minority of the population account for a majority of health insurers’ outlays? Mainly because Medicare covers seniors, and we’re expensive. Also, while Medicaid covers many younger Americans, disabled and elderly beneficiaries account for most of its spending. Even by the raw numbers, then, U.S. health insurance looks as much public as private. But that understates the government’s role: Private health insurance in the U.S. is both highly regulated and heavily subsidized. This is obviously true for the insurance coverage purchased by tens of millions of Americans through the exchanges established by the Affordable Care Act. But employment-based health insurance, which covers 161 million Americans, is far more of a government creation than most people realize. For employment-based insurance exists largely because of huge implicit government subsidies that come with major strings attached. Here’s how that works. If your employer pays you $10,000, that’s taxable income. But if your employer pays $10,000 toward a company health insurance plan that meets certain criteria, it isn’t taxable. That’s a huge effective subsidy, running at more than $300 billion a year. Take that subsidy into account, along with the more than $100 billion per year spent subsidizing policies purchased under the ACA, as well as the outlays on Medicare and Medicaid, and net effect is that the government pays for more than two-thirds of Americans’ health insurance. Granted, there are strings attached. Roughly speaking, employment-based health plans can’t discriminate based on medical history — that is, they can’t deny coverage to employees with pre-existing conditions — and they also can’t offer the plans only to highly compensated employees — a health plan that is only for the C-suite is considered taxable income. So given the restrictions of the federal tax code, employer-based health insurance is a lot like Obamacare, which also prohibits discrimination based on medical history and provides subsidies to make insurance affordable to lower-paid workers. The fact is that virtually all of private healthcare insurance is already well under some form of government control through regulation and tax subsidies. How should we think about this system? First of all, is Medicare socialist? Don’t tell anyone, but the way Medicare operates — it covers every senior’s medical expenses, whatever they turn out to be, while being funded by taxes that depend on one’s income — could be summarized by the old Marxist slogan “From each according to his ability, to each according to his need.” And back in 1961, when Ronald Reagan was the face of a last-ditch effort by the American Medical Association to block the creation of Medicare, he denounced Medicare as “socialized medicine” and warned that it would destroy our freedom. In reality, American freedom survived until Jan. 20, 2025, while Medicare is immensely popular, with an 82 percent favorable rating in the most recent KFF survey. Medicaid, government health insurance for lower-income Americans, comes in at 73 percent. This is in sharp contrast to public views about private insurers, who are widely disliked if not hated and accused of denying essential care. Furthermore, if Medicare is socialism, then the whole U.S. health insurance system, with the government paying most of the bills and placing conditions on private insurers, is almost equally socialist. If you insist on calling any program the government pays for and regulates socialist, then U.S. healthcare would best be described as a partially privatized form of socialism. And one must ask, what is the point of the part that is privatized? Do private insurers add anything positive? Or are they simply parasites, skimming off money that could have been paying for care? The case for viewing insurers as parasites is strong. Many Medicare benefits are now delivered via Medicare Advantage, that is, plans paid for by the government but run through insurance companies. MedPAC, an independent advisory commission, estimates that last year Medicare Advantage plans were overpaid by $84 billion, thanks to practices such as “upcoding,” in which patients’ health problems are overstated to get larger sums from Medicare. Assessing the waste from employer-based insurance is harder, but most evidence suggests that private insurers have substantially higher administrative costs than Medicare does. Furthermore, the complexity of private insurance, with multiple payers all trying to deny care when they can, is a huge burden both on providers — doctors, nurses, and hospitals — and on patients. What do private insurers offer to compensate for these costs? One must go through intellectual contortions to avoid the conclusion that they are, in fact, parasites. Which brings me back to El-Sayed. In supporting Medicare for All, he’s basically calling for an end to the partial, parasitic privatization of a healthcare system that is already hugely dependent on public funding. When one looks at it that way, it’s not at all a radical proposal. Admittedly, the political lift requires overcoming the opposition to higher taxes to pay for Medicare for All. Political realism rather than economics was the reason I and many other progressives supported Obamacare, with all its complexities, rather than demanding an immediate move to Medicare for All. But the political calculus may very well have shifted since the 2000s, as Americans are fed up with a system of unaffordable premiums, rampant claim denials, and byzantine claim administration. Moreover, funding healthcare insurance through taxation would allow for a much more progressive distribution of the cost. That is, compared to the present system, middle-income households would pay less as high-income households would pay more. And the U.S. would stop wasting large sums on pointless administrative costs. So let’s be clear: El-Sayed’s healthcare platform is perfectly reasonable on the merits of cost, fairness and health efficacy. And with private insurers never more hated, while millions of Americans are losing their health insurance, 2026 may be its time. MUSICAL CODA

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Medical systems, health agencies get $80 million from feds to boost rural health

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Homeland Security intensifies pursuit of noncitizens on voter rolls

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Trump returns to controversial vaccine policy with order questioning childhood schedule

The Trump administration, which had recently avoided public discussions of vaccine policy because of concern around the political repercussions, is changing course.

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US health agency moves to increase oversight of food additives

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Trump announces staff secretary Will Scharf, who helped secure ballroom approval, will be his new White House counsel

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Minnesota’s Democratic Senate Primary Pits Angie Craig Against Peggy Flanagan

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6 things you didn’t know about federal healthcare fraudbusters

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