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NASA’s TRACERS Spacecraft Begin Preliminary Science Data Collection

NASA’s TRACERS (Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites) mission has started collecting preliminary science data,

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Dec 12, 2025 • 3:43 PM EST • Science • science.nasa.gov
Arizona city unanimously rejects AI data center after residents' outcry

The Chandler, Arizona, city council unanimously voted against clearing the way to allow for construction of an artificial intelligence data center

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Dec 12, 2025 • 3:32 PM EST • Business • foxbusiness.com
Analysis: 24 hours that showed the limits of Trump’s power

The Indiana state Senate’s vote against a new congressional map that President Donald Trump had pressured it to adopt was one of the most extraordinary examples to date of Republicans standing up to Trump.

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Dec 12, 2025 • 3:27 PM EST • Politics • cnn.com
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Democratic states sue Trump administration over new $100,000 fee for H-1B visas

A coalition of blue states is suing the Trump administration over its fee of $100,000 for H-1B Visas, several Democratic attorneys general announced on Friday.

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Dec 12, 2025 • 3:25 PM EST • Politics • cnn.com
NASA Satellite Images Could Soon Lead to Safer Bridges Worldwide

Researchers are turning to satellite data to monitor the world’s longest bridges. Due to high costs and logistical challenges, fewer than 1 in 5 bridges

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Dec 12, 2025 • 3:11 PM EST • Science • science.nasa.gov
Justice Department sues Fulton County, Georgia, for 2020 ballot stubs and other election records

The Justice Department sued Fulton County, Georgia, on Friday, seeking records related to the 2020 election as efforts continue to prove President Donald Trump’s false claims that the election was stolen from him.

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Dec 12, 2025 • 2:57 PM EST • Politics • cnn.com
Scientists built an AI co-pilot for prosthetic bionic hands

Managing each finger separately can, with the right sensors, ease control issues.

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Dec 12, 2025 • 2:14 PM EST • Technology • arstechnica.com
FDA approves first new antibiotics to treat gonorrhea in decades, with hope to combat drug resistance

For the first time in decades, the US Food and Drug Administration has signed off on new antibiotics to fight gonorrhea. The approvals come at a critical moment: The sexually transmitted infection is growing harder to treat, and cases continue to climb nationwide.

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Dec 12, 2025 • 2:05 PM EST • Health • cnn.com
Portland approves plan for what will be Maine’s tallest building

The new building will have condominiums, a hotel, retail space and a restaurant.

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Dec 12, 2025 • 1:54 PM EST • Business • spectrumlocalnews.com
NASA’s Webb, Curiosity Named in TIME’s Best Inventions Hall of Fame

Two icons of discovery, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and NASA’s Curiosity rover, have earned places in TIME’s “Best Inventions Hall of Fame,” which

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Dec 12, 2025 • 12:52 PM EST • Science • science.nasa.gov
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Historic preservation group sues over Trump’s White House ballroom plans

The nation’s top historic preservation group said Friday it was suing the Trump administration to block construction of President Trump’s planned 90,000 square-foot ballroom until review boards weigh in on the massive project.

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Dec 12, 2025 • 12:28 PM EST • Politics • cnn.com
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Google Translate now lets you hear real-time translations in your headphones

The real-time headphone translations experience keeps each speaker’s tone, emphasis, and cadence intact, so it’s easier to follow the conversation and tell who’s saying what.

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Dec 12, 2025 • 12:00 PM EST • Technology • techcrunch.com
The AI race is pushing up Dell computer prices. Here's what to expxect, and what the PC giant is telling its sales staff.

Dell is increasing its prices on December 17 amid a global memory chip supply crisis. Business Insider obtained a list of price changes.

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Dec 12, 2025 • 10:25 AM EST • Business • businessinsider.com
New photos released from Epstein’s estate showing Trump, Bannon, Bill Clinton and other high-profile people

Democrats on the House Oversight Committee have released photos from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate Friday showing the many powerful figures in the late sex trafficker’s orbit, including President Donald Trump, former President Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, Richard Branson and others.

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Dec 12, 2025 • 10:00 AM EST • Politics • cnn.com
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The public’s take on health care costs in America.
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Dec 12, 2025 • 9:22 AM EST • Health • cnn.com
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Live updates on the Trump administration: White House pledges new health care approach, US ramps up pressure on Venezuela
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Dec 12, 2025 • 8:04 AM EST • Health • cnn.com
Flandrau Planetarium and Science Center celebrates 50 years of curiosity

The building now hosts exhibits ranging from space satellites to great white sharks.

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Dec 12, 2025 • 7:00 AM EST • Science • news.azpm.org
Dickens Named to HERO Sports Group of Five All-America Team

Following a stellar season on the field for the Flames, Liberty running back Evan Dickens has been named to the 2025 HERO Sports Group of Five All-America Te...

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Dec 12, 2025 • 6:55 AM EST • Sports • libertyflames.com
Timothée Chalamet won’t confirm or deny rumors he’s mysterious British rapper EsDeeKid

Timothée Chalamet is feeding speculation that he could be the anonymous British rapper EsDeeKid.

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Dec 12, 2025 • 6:49 AM EST • Entertainment • cnn.com
Amputees often feel disconnected from their bionic hands. AI could bridge the gap

Sensors and artificial intelligence help a prosthetic hand act more like a natural one, new research shows.

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Dec 12, 2025 • 6:00 AM EST • Technology • npr.org
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The Grinch is surprisingly more popular than ever. Here's how that happened.

The Grinch seems to be everywhere lately. At McDonald's. In the aisles at Walmart. In memes online. It's a sign of our times.

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Dec 12, 2025 • 5:01 AM EST • Business • businessinsider.com
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FDA intends to put its most serious warning on Covid vaccines, sources say

The US Food and Drug Administration intends to put a “black box” warning on Covid-19 vaccines, according to two people familiar with the agency’s plans.

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Dec 12, 2025 • 5:00 AM EST • Health • cnn.com
2025: The Year in Graphics, Data, Maps, and Visual Stories

Here’s how Bloomberg News used charts, maps and other visuals to tell 2025’s most important stories.

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Dec 12, 2025 • 5:00 AM EST • Business • bloomberg.com
Why Indiana is such a major unforced error for Trump

The Indiana state Senate’s rejection of President Donald Trump’s redistricting push is one of the most significant GOP rebukes of Trump to date, and at a particularly inauspicious time for him.

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Dec 12, 2025 • 4:00 AM EST • Politics • cnn.com
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E-Sports Week in Review

On December 2 and 9, Fortnite No Build finals took place. Each day had four matches, and the results each week stayed the same. Albion dropped Game 1 and were killed immediately. Each game saw better improvement, resulting in a top place of 13th for Game 4 for both weeks. Overall, the Britons placed 33rd in the finals.

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Dec 12, 2025 • 4:00 AM EST • Sports • gobrits.com
Sen. Warnock: Democrats have “ceded” religion to Republicans
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Dec 12, 2025 • 2:13 AM EST • Politics • cnn.com
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Theater Review: "Stereophonic" Tour Offers Sharp Music, Uneven Storytelling

Kevin Taft reviews the theatrical production of the Tony-nominated Stereophonic, which he nevertheless feels never comes together in a dramatically satisfying way.

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Dec 12, 2025 • 12:33 AM EST • Entertainment • weliveentertainment.com
What smart people are saying about Disney's licensing deal with OpenAI

OpenAI said Thursday it had struck a licensing agreement to use Disney's characters and other intellectual property.

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Dec 12, 2025 • 12:05 AM EST • Business • businessinsider.com
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‘You won’t understand unless you chew on it’: Hideo Kojima wants you to remember his games for decades

With narrative storytelling, multimillion-dollar budgets and A-list casts, Hideo Kojima’s arthouse games — including the critically acclaimed “Metal Gear Solid” and “Death Stranding” franchises — are as cinematic as, well, cinema.

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Dec 12, 2025 • 12:02 AM EST • Technology • cnn.com
The year-end Obamacare crunch is yet another failure of America’s political system

Americans are being failed by their government.

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Dec 12, 2025 • 12:00 AM EST • Politics • cnn.com
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Flandrau Planetarium and Science Center celebrates 50 years of curiosity

The building now hosts exhibits ranging from space satellites to great white sharks.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 11:29 PM EST • Science • azpm.org
Steve Moore on redistricting: ‘Politicians shouldn’t choose voters, voters should choose politicans.’
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Dec 11, 2025 • 10:58 PM EST • Politics • cnn.com
Trump announces pardon for Tina Peters, increasing pressure to free her though he can’t erase state charges

President Donald Trump announced Thursday he is granting Tina Peters a full federal pardon, which is likely to increase the pressure campaign to free the former Colorado clerk from state prison even though he cannot erase her state charges.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 10:40 PM EST • Politics • cnn.com
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Senate rejects dueling health care plans
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Dec 11, 2025 • 10:33 PM EST • Politics • cnn.com
Analysis: How the White House is using misleading comparisons to make inflation sound better

The year-over-year inflation rate in January, the month President Donald Trump returned to the White House, was 3.0%.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 6:13 PM EST • Politics • cnn.com
Instead of fixing WoW’s new floating house exploit, Blizzard makes it official

“We all kinda immediately agreed this was way too cool to change.”…

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Dec 11, 2025 • 6:03 PM EST • Technology • arstechnica.com
Local business owner introduces monthly hands-on AI workshops

GRAND JUNCTION Colo. (KREX)- A local business owner and educator is launching a new AI training series designed specifically for small business owners in Grand Junction. Nick Gumpert, owner of the UPS Store on 12th Street and Patterson Road, is introducing a monthly lineup of hands-on artificial intelligence workshops beginning in February. Gumpert said after […]

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Dec 11, 2025 • 5:29 PM EST • Business • westernslopenow.com
Hochul signs several bills into law on artificial intelligence regulations

One piece of legislation aims to stop artificial intelligence from being used to essentially recreate people who have died.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 5:26 PM EST • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Indiana Senate Republicans reject Trump’s redistricting push
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Dec 11, 2025 • 5:14 PM EST • Politics • cnn.com
Indiana Senate Republicans reject Trump’s redistricting push

The Indiana Senate on Thursday voted down a plan to redraw the state’s congressional districts to hand Republicans two more seats, dealing President Donald Trump a rare rebuke from his own party in the face of the president’s months-long campaign to pressure the GOP supermajority in the deep-red state to bend to his will.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 4:37 PM EST • Politics • cnn.com
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Lurie expands inpatient psychiatric unit amid ongoing youth mental health care shortage

The four new beds and 20 new staffers are designed for kids with autism and intellectual and developmental disabilities. The $4.5 million addition is a first for the state but can't fill the major dearth in youth psychiatric beds across Illinois.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 4:20 PM EST • Health • chicago.suntimes.com
Inside the 2025 UVA Conference on Ethical AI in Business

The University of Virginia convened faculty, technologists, economists and even fiction writers at The Forum Hotel on the Darden School of Business Grounds to explore “minding the gap” between AI’s promise and shortcomings.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 4:00 PM EST • Business • news.darden.virginia.edu
‘I didn’t want to tear it down.’ Michael Jordan, Jim France see a new day in NASCAR

Michael Jordan and Jim France stood opposed for over a year. On Thursday, they were united, “moving forward instead of moving separately.”

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Dec 11, 2025 • 3:36 PM EST • Sports • charlotteobserver.com
Justice Department fails to reindict Letitia James for a second time

A grand jury, for a second time, declined to bring a new indictment against Letitia James, the New York attorney general who defeated President Donald Trump and his company in court, according to multiple sources.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 3:08 PM EST • Politics • cnn.com
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James Webb telescope spots 'monster stars' leaking nitrogen in the early universe — and they could help solve a major mystery

Researchers using the James Webb Space Telescope spotted huge stars leaking nitrogen in an early galaxy, hinting that such 'monster stars' might have been the source of ancient supermassive black holes.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 1:55 PM EST • Science • livescience.com
After a year of Trump-inspired inaction, some Republicans in Congress are growing restless

A year after President Donald Trump’s election and with next year’s midterms looming, congressional deference to the White House is showing signs of wearing on some Republicans.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 1:38 PM EST • Politics • cnn.com
Navy delivers report to Hegseth on potential punishment for Sen. Mark Kelly over ‘illegal orders’ video

The US Navy has submitted its recommendations on potential punishments for Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly over his participation in a video that reminded US troops they have a duty to refuse illegal orders, a Pentagon official told CNN on Thursday.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 1:20 PM EST • Politics • cnn.com
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Trump takes steps toward demolishing four federal buildings, preservationist alleges

After demolishing the White House’s East Wing, President Donald Trump is now eying four federal buildings for the same treatment and is circumventing a key government agency with his plans, according to a historic preservationist raising the alarm.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 12:21 PM EST • Politics • cnn.com
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Ole Miss issues RFP for Vaught-Hemingway Stadium mixed-use development project

Ole Miss issued an RFP for a Vaught-Hemingway Stadium mixed-use development project on Dec. 10, 2025. The project would enhance the entrance from The Grove to the university's football stadium and include an entertainment district and condotel.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 12:04 PM EST • Business • sportsbusinessjournal.com
Elon Musk calls DOGE ‘only somewhat successful,’ rules out return
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Dec 11, 2025 • 12:01 PM EST • Politics • cnn.com
NASA’s Webb Detects Thick Atmosphere Around Broiling Lava World

Researchers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have detected the strongest evidence yet for an atmosphere on a rocky planet outside our solar system, as

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Dec 11, 2025 • 10:00 AM EST • Science • science.nasa.gov
Former Trump White House official warns new CBP social media rule would ‘devastate’ tourism industry
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Dec 11, 2025 • 9:55 AM EST • Politics • cnn.com
A short guide to every business-hotel room

The world’s most commoditised experience

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Dec 11, 2025 • 9:00 AM EST • Business • economist.com
How the James Webb Telescope recorded the earliest supernova ever | - The Times of India

Science News: The James Webb Space Telescope has observed the universe's earliest supernova. This event offers a rare glimpse into the early universe. It shows how

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Dec 11, 2025 • 8:41 AM EST • Science • timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Live updates: Trump administration, health care vote and latest Venezuela news
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Dec 11, 2025 • 8:19 AM EST • Health • cnn.com
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Live updates: Trump administration, health care vote and latest Venezuela news
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Dec 11, 2025 • 8:19 AM EST • Politics • cnn.com
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Kelly Osbourne has a NSFW response to those commenting on her dramatic weight loss

Kelly Osbourne has seen the many comments about how thin she looks these days and she’s not happy about it.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 8:11 AM EST • Entertainment • cnn.com
Trump’s affordability argument just got the unlikeliest champion

The main reason Americans are upset about the economy: They are still adjusting to high prices that surged during years of runaway inflation that took place during former President Joe Biden’s term.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 8:00 AM EST • Business • cnn.com
Data center boom creates political conundrum for the GOP

President Donald Trump is all in on the artificial intelligence build-out. Other Republicans are being more cautious.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 6:34 AM EST • Politics • eenews.net
Analysis: The Civil Rights law that Stephen Miller says ruined America

Trump’s key aide thinks the country was better off with strict quotas that sought to preserve the racial makeup of the country in the 1920s and so favored immigrants from Western and Northern Europe over what he called “third world countries.”

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Dec 11, 2025 • 6:01 AM EST • Politics • cnn.com
Red Dead Redemption 2 Character Referenced In New GTA Online Update

Rockstar Games have seemingly referenced Red Dead Redemption 2 once again inside of GTA Online. We've seen Rockstar previously include screenshots from Red Dead Redemption 2 inside the game, the cash notes in GTA 6 contain the presidents of the game and much more.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 6:00 AM EST • Technology • rockstarintel.com
ETV Win Brings Telugu Entertainment to Life with Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos

Over 20 titles are now available in Dolby on ETV Win.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 5:39 AM EST • Entertainment • news.dolby.com
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Mamdani and top New York rabbis will meet privately, but their core divide remains unresolved

The Friday after Zohran Mamdani won, Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch gave a sermon saying that he believed the incoming New York mayor’s criticisms of Israel aligned with Hamas and that critics of Israel wanted to separate “good Jews” from “bad Jews” in a way that endangers the city’s Jewish community.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 5:00 AM EST • Politics • cnn.com
Republicans worry Trump is missing the mark on affordability

President Donald Trump’s high-profile economic speech on Tuesday night was meant to alleviate Americans’ concerns about the cost of living. Instead, it mainly appeared to deepen fears within the GOP that he’s not quite getting it.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 5:00 AM EST • Politics • cnn.com
Mental health needs of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities can't be ignored

William Skipworth’s three-part investigation in the New Hampshire Bulletin has laid bare the ongoing traumas experienced by people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The community’s response has been swift — shock, grief, and a collective demand for action to prevent future harm. As the dust settles, pressing questions are emerging about oversight and accountability: Which […]

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Dec 11, 2025 • 4:55 AM EST • Health • newhampshirebulletin.com
Schiff reacts to seizing of Venezuela tanker
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Dec 11, 2025 • 4:14 AM EST • Politics • cnn.com
Is the universe ending sooner than we thought? New physics suggests a much shorter lifespan | - The Times of India

Science News: A groundbreaking study from Radboud University suggests the universe may end in approximately 10^78 years, significantly earlier than the previously assumed 10^1100 years. By revisiting Hawking radiation, researchers argue that all compact massive objects will evaporate, altering our understanding of cosmic lifespans.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 3:54 AM EST • Science • timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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After 'Disagreeing With <i>Dhurandhar's</i> Politics', Hrithik Roshan Says "I Cant Wait For Part 2"

In his first post, though Hrithik Roshan lauded the storytelling, he admitted that he might disagree with the "politics" of the film

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Dec 11, 2025 • 12:29 AM EST • Politics • ndtv.com
Analysis: What Trump’s latest dramatic Venezuela move means

The Trump administration’s seizure of an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela is one of the most dramatic twists yet in a military pressure campaign against Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 12:06 AM EST • Politics • cnn.com
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It’s not just Americans who are feeling US tariffs. Five charts show their global impact

There are signs steeper US tariffs, introduced by US President Donald Trump, are feeding through to higher prices for Americans. But they are also inflicting pain beyond US borders. We look at examples from around the world.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 12:02 AM EST • Business • cnn.com
A divided GOP forges ahead on health care message — without plan to address spiking premiums

Congressional Republicans are taking a major political gamble this week, laying out a GOP health care agenda that ignores the soon-to-expire enhanced subsidies that help tens of millions of Americans afford Obamacare — despite pleas from some in their own party.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 12:02 AM EST • Health • cnn.com
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A divided GOP forges ahead on health care message — without plan to address spiking premiums

Congressional Republicans are taking a major political gamble this week, laying out a GOP health care agenda that ignores the soon-to-expire enhanced subsidies that help tens of millions of Americans afford Obamacare — despite pleas from some in their own party.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 12:02 AM EST • Politics • cnn.com
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The New WHO Pandemic Treaty and Global Health Governance: Incorporating Common but Differentiated Responsibilities into PABS  - Georgetown Journal of International Affairs

On May 20, 2025, the World Health Assembly unanimously adopted the World Health Organization (WHO) Pandemic Agreement, an international treaty designed to strengthen pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response. The product of three years of arduous negotiations, the treaty marks a new era of global cooperation in public health. However, core aspects of the agreement remain unresolved—notably the Pathogen Access and Benefit-Sharing (PABS) System, which is intended to ensure equitable access to pandemic-related materials and benefits. To support the successful implementation of the WHO Pandemic Agreement, the principle of “common but differentiated responsibilities” should be formally incorporated into the negotiating agenda of the PABS annex. Introduction For the first time, an international treaty has enshrined the principle of “One Health,” the compelling idea that the health of animals, humans, and the environment all contribute to pandemic risks. SARS (2003), H1N1 (2009–10), Ebola (2014–16), and COVID-19 all emerged through zoonotic spillover from animal hosts—respectively, civets, hogs, and bats. Together, they underscore the need for a coordinated, cross-sectoral approach. The Pandemic Agreement responds to this call, requiring state parties to acknowledge the ecological interplay and commit to a comprehensive “One Health” strategy. Specifically, Article 5 charges governments to address “the drivers of pandemics and the emergence and re-emergence of infectious disease at the human-animal-environment interface,” including wild animal markets, deforestation, and antibiotic overuse. Yet the effectiveness of this “One Health” vision depends equally on the free flow of scientific information and data among countries and institutions. Just as environmental and animal health factors have been neglected in past global frameworks, so too has data sharing been marginalized, despite its centrality to timely detection and response. The Pandemic Agreement takes an important step by requiring governments to enhance data collection and cooperate with the World Health Organization (WHO). However, these provisions will remain aspirational without a robust Pathogen Access and Benefit-Sharing (PABS) annex. The PABS system will determine whether countries and researchers can rapidly exchange pathogen samples and genetic data while ensuring equitable access to resulting research and development, including diagnostics, therapeutics, and vaccines. Without such mechanisms, the treaty’s promise to operationalize “One Health” and strengthen global preparedness will risk becoming largely symbolic, echoing earlier failures to translate shared principles into coordinated action. Equity Concerns When the 2025 Health Assembly adopted the Pandemic Agreement, it left the difficult question of access to pathogens and the sharing of resulting benefits to be addressed in a separate agreement. Negotiations on this separate agreement, PABS, are now underway in Geneva. Yet governments remain divided over fundamental questions of equity between the countries that primarily contribute to the system and those that primarily draw from it—and consequently benefit. For example, wildlife in countries bordering the equator is likely to produce PABS materials, but companies in Europe are likely to use them to develop lucrative products. The most likely contributor countries are likely to be those biodiverse countries around the equator, such as Brazil, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Indonesia, where the number of human-mammalian viral host interactions is large. Conversely, countries most likely to benefit from this material are those with the technology, investors, and infrastructure to capitalize on genomic data, such as the United States, EU member states, and Japan. This imbalance reflects a broader pattern seen in prior international frameworks. Now, as in the past, the wealthiest countries in the world (a useful heuristic is membership of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)) disproportionately benefit from systems in which pathogens and genomic sequencing data are contributed to a common source. Under the International Agreement on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (the “Plant Treaty” or “Seed Treaty”) and the Pandemic Influenza Preparedness (PIP) Framework, companies from Europe and North America disproportionately withdraw biological samples and data for development into lucrative medical products. Their governments and companies have both statutory and contractual claims to the products that those companies correspondingly produce. PABS appears poised to follow the same pattern. The text calls for strong language on access to pathogens and associated data, but the corresponding benefits that should flow to poorer countries are couched in equivocal or non-binding language. Common but Differentiated Responsibilities To address these inequities, the principle of “common but differentiated responsibilities” should be formally incorporated into the negotiating agenda of the PABS annex. Common but differentiated responsibilities are often a feature of climate change negotiations. The basic principle is that, even though all countries should reduce carbon emissions, governments that became rich and powerful through massive carbon emissions (e.g., France, the United Kingdom, the United States) should have a greater obligation to address the resulting crises. Applied to PABS, it would require that governments hosting and supporting companies developing lucrative products carry greater obligations toward the cost of running the PABS system; share benefits or final medical products; and transfer technology to help countries worldwide develop their own capacities to innovate and manufacture vaccines during an emergency. For example, an annex could mandate that any company based in an OECD country that withdraws PABS material would be obligated to donate the resulting diagnostics, therapeutics, or vaccines to the WHO during a public health emergency or pandemic. Questions remain about how robust those donations would be, but the principle is that they should deliver highly significant lifesaving benefits to be equitably shared. Theoretically, this approach mirrors the PIP Framework, in which companies withdrawing influenza samples are required to pay half of the operating costs. In practice, however, the framework has fallen short. The PIP Framework Secretariat has struggled to secure payments from companies, with companies often disagreeing over how much is owed. Additionally, without another pandemic influenza to test the strength of the agreement during a public health emergency, corporate compliance with sharing mechanisms remains unknown. Even if these limitations did not characterize the PIP Framework, partially paying for operating expenses does not address the inequity in access to genetic data and pathogen samples that left less developed countries last in line for COVID-19 vaccines (and, before them, H1N1). Common but differentiated responsibilities would go further, addressing governments’ legitimate grievances regarding information sharing. It would make withdrawals of PABS material and resulting products more transparent, building trust across the board. Enforcement and Enduring Success A key implication of this approach is that the governing mechanism of the PABS must have real enforcement authority. The WHO Pandemic Agreement delegates its core governance responsibilities to a Conference of the Parties (COP)—a governing body composed of one representative from each participating government, similar to those established under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. The proposed WHO Pandemic Agreement COP is charged with oversight functions but ultimately possesses no real authority to compel a government to take any action it does not wish to take. The text does not give the COP the ability to, for example, sanction a party that does not comply with either textual obligations or PABS provisions. In other words, there are no effective mechanisms in place to ensure compliance. Perhaps just as significant, establishing a meaningful enforcement mechanism within the PABS system would strengthen the WHO’s credibility and its ability to ensure compliance across global health governance. By setting a precedent for accountability, such a mechanism could enhance the organization’s authority not only within the Pandemic Agreement but also in enforcing the revised International Health Regulations and other frameworks for public health emergencies. Conclusion The PABS annex can—and should—be different. It should establish clear responsibilities for funding as well as for sharing the diagnostics, therapeutics, and vaccines that result from contributions to the system. The system, in turn, must include a dedicated body empowered to hold governments and the corporations they sponsor accountable for their responsibilities before, during, and after pandemics. Doing so would restore trust in the broader agreement, which was eroded as commitments were repeatedly diluted while parties scrambled to meet their own self-imposed deadlines during the Pandemic Agreement negotiations. A robust PABS Annex would cement a grand social bargain. Wealthier countries and their corporations would gain unimpeded access to scientific information essential for developing and manufacturing lifesaving medical products. As such, they would stand to gain considerable economic benefit. Yet that privilege must be matched with responsibility. The grand bargain must include not only the right to innovate, but also the duty to ensure that innovation serves all. As medical products are developed and produced through collective contributions, every person must have equal access. All human beings deserve an equitable chance to survive—to save their own life, the lives of their families, and the well-being of their communities. … Sam Halabi, JD, MPhil, is the Bette Jacobs Endowed Professor at Georgetown University’s School of Health and the Director of the Center for Transformational Health Law at Georgetown Law. He serves as the co-lead for the WHO’s Working Group on Regulatory Consideration on AI and Health’s training workstream. He earned his JD from Harvard, his MPhil from Oxford, and undergraduate degrees from Kansas State University. Lawrence Gostin, LLD (Hon.), JD, BA, is University Distinguished Professor and Founding Director and Timothy and Linda O’Neill Professor of the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law. He is the author of Global Health Security: A Blueprint for the Future (Harvard University Press, 2021); Global Health Law (Harvard University Press, 2014); Public Health Law: Power, Duty, Restraint (University of California Press, 3rd ed., 2016); Public Health Law and Ethics: A Reader (University of California Press, 3rd ed., 2018); Law and the Health System (Foundation Press, 2014); Principles of Mental Health Law & Practice (Oxford University Press, 2010). He also directs the WHO Collaborating Center at Georgetown University. Image Credit: United States Mission Geneva, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Dec 11, 2025 • 12:00 AM EST • Health • gjia.georgetown.edu
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