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The new "science golden age" looks suspiciously like a grift

This edition of PN is made possible by paid subscribers. Become one ⬇️ 🚀 Subscribe to PN 🚀 The Trump regime is trying to usher in a “Golden Age in Science” where scientific research is run like a Trump family business, artificial intelligence is all that matters, profit is everything, and expertise is for chumps. Or at least that’s the vision emerging from a new 123-page “Report to the President” from Michael Kratsios, the Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. In a normal administration, you could probably skip over learning about a science policy document — but this is no normal administration, and this is no normal science policy document. Instead, it’s Trump’s attempt to end the actual golden age of science that was kicked off in 1945 with the publication of '“The Endless Frontier” by Vannevar Bush. [ ](https://www.publicnotice.co/p/harmeet-dhillon-portland) [ Harmeet Dhillon demonstrates danger of posting through it ](https://www.publicnotice.co/p/harmeet-dhillon-portland) Liz Dye · Jul 29 [ Read full story ](https://www.publicnotice.co/p/harmeet-dhillon-portland) Bush, at President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s request, laid out a vision of federal support for science that centered on funding universities to do basic research, saying that as long as those institutions were “vigorous and healthy and their scientists are free to pursue the truth wherever it may lead, there will be a flow of new scientific knowledge to those who can apply it to practical problems in Government, in industry, or elsewhere.” Kratsios’s report is supposed to be the successor to Bush’s, and even apes the format, but this isn’t really a document about science policy. It’s one about ending science research as we know it in favor of shoveling cash at big tech companies. While it might be temping to wave this away as an aspirational policy document, Trump has already begun to shift billions in research funds to AI projects and has taken a hatchet to science funding across the board. He’s teed up the shift Kratsios proposes here, and since neither Congress nor the Supreme Court seem inclined to stop him from doing whatever he wants with taxpayer money, it isn’t doomering or hyperbole to say we are staring down the barrel of a world where the only “science” the government intends to support is for-profit tech and defense advancements. Science for dummies Part of how you can tell this isn’t a document about science is that you are immediately faced with an absolute wall of business-speak of the worst sort. Did you know we must “tightly couple our science and technology enterprises to ensure that groundbreaking ideas invented in the United States are rapidly prototyped, tested, manufactured, and scaled domestically”? You do now! That tone isn’t surprising, because Kratsios has no background in science or research. He has a bachelor’s in political science and spent most of his career working for Peter Thiel at Thiel Capital. After a stint in the first Trump administration as Chief Technology Officer, where he also did not do any science, Kratsios was tasked in 2020 with overseeing the Pentagon’s research budget for a brief time, a position that, as the Wall Street Journal put it, “carries a great deal of power in terms of dictating investment allocations.” He spent the Biden years at Scale AI as “head of strategy,” which you will also note is neither a science nor a research job. But Scale AI has contracts with the Department of Defense and, as the Washington Post wrote in 2023, “has been aggressively pitching itself as the company that will help the US military in its existential battle with China.” And now you have the necessary background for our new golden age, which is going to be a golden age of taking money away from scientists and universities and giving it to companies like Scale AI. A note from Aaron: Working with brilliant contributors like Lisa takes resources. If you aren’t already a paid subscriber, please become one to support our work. 👇 Subscribe In a genuinely galling move, Katsios spends a lot of time slamming universities because of “administrative burdens on researchers” and the “well-documented inefficiencies” in academia, the message being that those damn universities waste the time of amazing researchers with paperwork. Except it’s the administration that is attempting to impose inefficient, unnecessary burdens on those researchers with a proposed Office of Management and Budget rule that would require senior political appointees to approve every science grant and ensure it aligns with Trump’s personal priorities. Researchers would also have to seek prior government approval to attend conferences or publicize their research. And political appointees could terminate any grant at any time if they feel like it. [ ](https://www.publicnotice.co/p/omb-rule-science-funding) [ The murder of expertise ](https://www.publicnotice.co/p/omb-rule-science-funding) Lisa Needham · Jun 11 [ Read full story ](https://www.publicnotice.co/p/omb-rule-science-funding) But when it comes to AI, we’re going to “restore permissionless innovation.” The report proposes to give lucky ducky innovators a pile of cash up front for grants lasting five years or longer, saying “awards should be fully-funded in year one, with all resources earmarked upfront, to minimize administrative burdens and reduce pressure for researchers to generate intermediate results to secure continued funding.” Yeah, wouldn’t want to have to make the Very Special Tech Bros show results or get money parceled out year by year like the plebes at universities. The report also proposes that we should have “fast grants” with “simplified applications requiring just a few pages of writing” because that is definitely how science works, just writing a bit off the dome and getting some cash. [ ](https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-ai-action-plan-altman-llms) [ Tech elites are turning AI into ChatGPTrump ](https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-ai-action-plan-altman-llms) Paul Waldman · July 29, 2025 [ Read full story ](https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-ai-action-plan-altman-llms) Oh, and we should have prizes and challenges, where multiple teams compete. The proposed prizes include incentives like “advance procurement commitments,” which means the federal government agrees to buy whatever is being developed. There’s also “regulatory fast-tracking,” making sure all those great AI thingies don’t have to wait too long to be unleashed on a market. These aren’t incentives to do science. These are incentives to develop things with tax dollars that you can then sell to the government for more tax dollars. In the suggestion that might be the most unhinged, the most very opposite of how both government and research work, our new age will include “golden tickets.” That’s where an individual reviewer in an agency — yes, just one person — can “recommend unconventional proposals that may not pass consensus-driven review panels” because somehow this will “surface valuable ideas too divisive for committees and attract higher quality reviewers by empowering them to exercise independent scientific judgment.” Yes, that’s saying that a random person in an agency should be able to shovel money at some idea even if it can’t pass a review panel, and that the opportunity to do so will attract better employees because apparently all the best minds in science are chomping at the bit to be allowed to unilaterally fund AI research based on their personal vibes. But that isn’t at all how actual science works, and actual scientists aren’t unhappy about review panels. They work collaboratively, not siloed in some secret race to create the next AI chatbot. A 2020 study by the National Bureau of Economic Research examined whether peer review panels succeed in helping agencies predict which research ideas will best advance science. Peer review was better at finding “diamond in the rough” applicants than a single government program official. How about that. Trump always wants a taste It’s painfully clear that what Katsios is trying to do here is turn the whole of government science research and funding into the sort of “move fast and break things” paradigm that is the hallmark of big tech. That method works to line the pockets of tech executives, but it isn’t science. There’s a reason the government funds different kinds of research than private tech companies do. What Katsios either fails to understand or deliberately ignores is that the federal government is the main funder of basic research precisely because it can take a long time for it to bear fruit and is not intended to be profitable as such. “Basic” here does not mean rudimentary or simple, but rather research that is designed to advance scientific knowledge instead of achieving a specific outcome or product. Big tech companies don’t widely fund that sort of research, because it doesn’t make them money. Industry dollars account for only about 20 percent of basic research funding, while the government contributes around 60 percent. Big tech companies and startups do, however, rely on and benefit from that basic research. A 2019 study found that 35 percent of all patents obtained by venture-backed startups from 1976 to 2016 cited federally supported research. Basic research funded by the NIH contributed to every single drug the FDA approved from 2010 to 2016. [ ](https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-saudi-nuclear-deal) [ The Saudi nuclear farce and governance by whim and meme ](https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-saudi-nuclear-deal) Noah Berlatsky · Jul 27 [ Read full story ](https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-saudi-nuclear-deal) Unlike inventing the next ChatGPT, actual science is slow and iterative. Government funding of research that, on its face, would not appear to lead to any big new invention is actually what underpins those big new inventions. If the government hadn’t funded research into desert lizard venom, we wouldn’t know about semaglutide, and we wouldn’t have Ozempic. If research scientists hadn’t studied how bees optimize nectar foraging within a colony, we wouldn’t have the algorithm that assigns internet traffic across computer servers. The report assiduously ignores that a symbiotic, profitable relationship between the federal government, universities, and private companies already exists. Each federal research dollar generates about $1.50 to $3.00 in long-term economic benefits. The $36 billion the government awarded in NIH research funding in fiscal year 2025 generated $94 billion in new economic activity. Trump’s proposed new golden age is intended to strip those billions from universities, resulting in the dismantling of departments and the shuttering of labs. But Katsios has a plan for that: Universities should just become trade schools to churn out no-show STEM degrees! “Require universities and community colleges to embed practical technical training and externships into STEM curricula. Let hands-on experience and industry credentials count toward degrees.” It’s quite the feat to, on the one hand, strip schools of funding for scientific research while simultaneously demanding to control what is taught and, oh, also, colleges need to give degrees to employees at big tech companies just for being employees at big tech companies. The new golden age would also exacerbate the brain drain Trump’s policies have already caused. Nature found that in the first quarter of 2025, US scientists submitted 32 percent more job applications abroad than in 2024. A March 2025 poll by Nature of roughly 1,600 scientists found that over 1,200 said they were considering leaving the country. Europe is investing $565 million to make it a “magnet for researchers” and provide funding for scientists who relocate. The new golden age is also about embedding Trump’s xenophobia into the fabric of American science. The report complains of an “over-reliance on foreign students” that “creates a security challenge our institutions are ill-equipped to address” and that a “reliance on foreign talent sidelines American students.” This is, to put it mildly, nonsense. International students pay far higher tuition and often receive no financial aid. Their tuition dollars are what make it possible for American students to get financial aid. In the 2023-2024 school year alone, international students contributed $43.8 billion to the US economy and supported over 378,000 jobs. Those 1.1 million international students accounted for only six percent of the total number of students in higher education that year, but were such an economic engine that for every three international students, one job was created or supported. It’s impossible not to wonder whether part of Trump’s loathing for universities and their leading role in scientific research is that there is no way for him to corrupt the process and make money off it in the same way he can by giving millions and billions to Silicon Valley types who, in turn, give him millions in cash. There’s no way for his children to invest in universities that the government then gives no-bid contracts to, fattening the family’s bottom line, which is pretty much the Trump sons’ current venture capital practice. Trump and Katsios’s view of science is narrow, cramped, and wrong. We’re not in a crisis, we’re not a failed state. We’ve been a science superpower for decades, and the only thing that threatens that is Donald Trump. Tech bros are already living high off the hog in this administration. They don’t need any more of our tax dollars. Hopefully this new golden age never comes to pass. Thanks for reading Public Notice. This post is public so feel free to share it. Share We’ll be back with more tomorrow. If you appreciate today’s PN, please do your part to keep us free by signing up for a paid subscription. 🚀 Subscribe to PN 🚀 Thanks for reading, and for your support.

Jul 30 • 8:12 AM EDT • Science • publicnotice.co

Empowering the Next Generation of Civic Leaders

Young Californians often feel disconnected from the political process. A recent event focused on inspiring civic engagement among California’s youth and highlighted the importance of civic education.

Jul 30 • 8:00 AM EDT • Politics • ppic.org

After Hobbes vs Rousseau: Politics must move beyond human nature

Since the great debate between Hobbes and Rousseau, our political theory has been organised around a single question: is human nature essentially good or essentially corrupt? Graham Harman, the philosopher behind object-oriented ontology, argues that this is simply the wrong question to be asking. The real forces governing our collective fate - climate change, artificial intelligence, geography, and pandemics - are non-human; therefore, questions about human nature are not the central ones. Instead, Harman proposes a politics reorganised around our relationship to non-human objects and environments, in which quasi-government institutions incentivise and deter actions with the aim of extending the survival of the human race. “It is easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism.” This has become one of the most popular phrases among twenty-first-century intellectuals. Often misattributed to Fredric Jameson, it has been warmly embraced by such influential authors as Slavoj Žižek and the tragically departed Mark Fisher, and has fueled the notion that the major problem with the political Left is that it simply needs to become more speculative and creative. Naturally, this is never a bad idea in any human pursuit. But what if the political distinction between Left, Right, and Center itself results from a failure of imagination? SUGGESTED READING Hobbes vs Rousseau: are we inherently evil? By Robin Douglass This particular division has been with us only since the summer of 1789. During the simmering prelude to the French Revolution, it referred originally to the physical position in the National Assembly of radical figures on one side and loyal monarchists on the other. These positions are linked with two entirely different camps of modern political theory. On the Left we find a series of authors ranging from the moderate (Locke) to the supercharged (Rousseau) to the truly radical (Marx), all of them contending that exploitation of the many by the few justifies revolutionary overthrow of the existing order. On the Right they are countered by the likes of Machiavelli, Hobbes, and Schmitt, a group of thinkers convinced that corrupt human nature can be tamed only by force. In the words of the Nazi supporter Schmitt: “One could test all theories of nature and state and political ideas according to their anthropology and classify these as to whether they consciously or unconsciously presuppose [humans] to be by nature evil or by nature good.” This is the division we continue to face today, even in the daily retail politics of Western democracies.___Our species has regularly proven itself capable of both the noblest gestures and the most scathing cruelties, making it hard to define us as essentially either emancipatory or brutal in our aims.___The most refreshing feature of David Graeber and David Wengrow’s 2021 book The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity was their awareness that the forced choice between Rousseau and Hobbes (as they put it) is no longer sufficient. Our species has regularly proven itself capable of both the noblest gestures and the most scathing cruelties, making it hard to define us as essentially either emancipatory or brutal in our aims. Far from being stationed “beyond good and evil,” we seem to be fully entangled with both. We are not naturally good or evil, Graeber and Wengrow contend, but naturally experimental and imaginative. They rest their case on the archaeological record, which seems to bear witness to numerous episodes of seasonally shifting governments and festivals, which vacillate in the same society (even in the same year) between the egalitarian and the dictatorial. Such praise of political experiment makes a good fit with the generally anarchist position defended by these authors. Yet it is also what I find most disappointing in their position. Although they are right that the forced choice between Hobbes and Rousseau falls short of what our new situation requires, the authors simply replace it with praise for the human being as a political tinkerer and performer. In other words, they give us just another theory of human nature, one that would not have been out of place in the sixteenth or seventeenth century. What other options might we have?___The time is ripe for a retheorization of politics on the basis of something other than human nature… We are not just alienated and limited by objects, but also empowered and unleashed by them___One fresh approach would be to treat politics within a broader framework than human nature, given that the polis does not exist in a vacuum filled exclusively with people. When Bruno Latour went to observe the baboons of Kenya with the San Diego anthropologist Shirley Strum, they jointly concluded that these primates were more socially interdependent than our own species. Each baboon is so reliant on the dynamics of the group that they find themselves locked into constant surveillance of their potentially dangerous peers. The group structure turns out to be inherently volatile. Humans, by contrast, are able to stabilize their societies to a large degree through the mediation of inanimate objects. Although one’s position in society may seem to fluctuate over time, considerable stability is produced through such items as apartment keys, wedding rings, and identification cards, all of them serving to secure us a place distinct from that of our fellows. The Italian philosopher Maurizio Ferraris has written at length about the crucial role of documents in establishing social relations, making him a hero among notaries in his country. Proper names and license plates cement our position amidst other humans, as do symbolic achievements such as graduation from a top university or distinguished wartime service with its various medals and ribbons. None of this is found among baboons, despite their closeness to us on the evolutionary tree: after all, we did share a common ancestor just 25 to 30 million years ago. SUGGESTED VIEWING The goodness paradox With Richard Wrangham The time is ripe for a retheorization of politics on the basis of something other than human nature, whether understood in the manner of the Left or of the Right. We are not just alienated and limited by objects, but also empowered and unleashed by them. But initially, it is true, we face non-human things primarily in the form of constraints. It would be difficult, perhaps impossible, to form a human civilization underwater, deep underground, atop Mount Everest, or in outer space. Human dependence on the non-social background takes on subtler form in discussions of political geography, especially unloved on the more idealistic Left. Consider the luckless position of Poland during World War II, sandwiched between Hitler on one side and Stalin on the other. By contrast, note the good fortune of the United States in not having a military peer positioned on any land border. Anglo-American geopolitics, since the writings of the American naval commander Alfred Thayer Mahan and the British geographer Sir Halford Mackinder, has been wedded to the notion that one or more liberal offshore naval powers should prevent any authoritarian “heartland” regime from gaining effective control of Eurasia. That remains the case whether the opponent is the impatient Napoleon, the swashbuckling German Kaiser, the villainous Hitler, the murderous Stalin, or the industrial juggernaut Chinese. In their current Foreign Affairs article “Heartland vs. Rimland,” Michael Beckley and Hal Brands analyze the current and coming state of the world on the basis of these same rather durable principles. In recent years a similar outlook has been embraced, in inverted form, by the Putin-loving Russian philosopher Aleksandr Dugin, an icon of the Rightist intellectual underworld. For Dugin, the Anglo-Saxons are an evil force bent on destroying the spiritually superior people of the land: much like Athens in its failed war with Sparta, or Carthage in its eventual collapse against Rome. But the shared notion on both sides is that any strategy that fails to take geography into account is likely to end up as a defeated form of excessive optimism.___When dealing with environmental degradation, then, we are doing business with forces that promise dire effects on our species as a whole.___More striking for us today than geography is the non-human object called climate, which threatens rimland and heartland equally. Even if we contend that humans are one hundred percent responsible for triggering the climate crisis, it remains non-human in the sense of being an independent force beyond our effective control. In a major work published just before his death in 2002, The Structure of Evolutionary Theory, the American paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould noted the tendency of evolutionary theorists to focus too closely on the fate of individuals in view of their successful or failed adaptation to circumstances. With climate change, however, we confront a force that goes well beyond the scope of any individual life. Whereas Richard Dawkins extended evolutionary questions downward from individuals to the sub-individual gene, Gould pushed it upward, speaking of entire species or clades as impacted by environmental change. The asteroid that struck the Yucatán 66 million years ago is only the most famous example of this sort. In the wake of that catastrophe, large animals needing abundant supplies of food were at a fatal disadvantage by contrast with the smaller birds and mammals of the planet. When dealing with environmental degradation, then, we are doing business with forces that promise dire effects on our species as a whole. The effect is to shift our attention away from individual beings towards the survival of the group.In the United States in particular, the COVID-19 pandemic sparked considerable backlash among those who asserted a nearly absolute degree of individual freedom. In California I encountered those who demanded that their businesses be allowed to reopen, that it was enough to cover their mouths but not their noses, or that they should have the right to enter any public area despite refusing vaccination. Yet public health is probably the clearest argument against libertarianism, which often merely asserts the autonomy of individuals against any claims of the commons. In normal times the individual is worth defending; under conditions that threaten the survival of part or all of our species, compulsion may be our only resort, as with perfectly reasonable blackouts and rations in wartime. To rebuild human society under the constraints of climate change will be one of the great challenges of the century to come, as will our improvised grappling with artificial intelligence. Such phenomena pose existential risks for humanity, and leave far less room for tolerance of individual brattiness. Cases are mounting of devastating wildfires caused by arson. Recently it was reported that there is even a website where one can bet on the location of coming wildfires, raising the specter of deliberate blazes set to collect on wagers. The death penalty has steadily lost support in a world where many stress the infinite value of human life. But if we focus instead on entire ecosystems, those who purposely burn the forests may begin to look worse than serial murderers.___The politics of the future may be splintered by disagreement over such topics as how to manage our environing background and how to permit or restrict the entry of new objects into the political sphere.___So far I have spoken of force, authority, and punishment: measures sure to have greater appeal to those who identify with what we know as the Right. But other implications of the post-anthropocentric world are likely to have different backers. If non-human objects are seen as structuring political space, it stands to reason that they can no longer be introduced solely by the pace of technical breakthrough. Fields ranging from cybernetics to energy will demand increased politicization once they are reconceived not just as products of individual human investment, but as renovations of collective political geography. This need not involve world government, with its inherent risk of tyranny, but may involve quasi-governmental enforcers of prestige along the lines of a less corrupt FIFA or International Olympic Committee, punishing deviant states not with violence but with less tangible incentives.Politics will never lose its historic links with conflict and faction. But rather than factions aligned by differing theories of human nature, the politics of the future may be splintered by disagreement over such topics as how to manage our environing background and how to permit or restrict the entry of new objects into the political sphere. This will prove just as incommensurable with the modern Left/Right spectrum as a globe is with a two-dimensional map.

Jul 30 • 8:00 AM EDT • Politics • iai.tv

Notre Dame Football: Defending Something Bigger

Winning a national championship changes things. For Notre Dame, the 1988 season had been about climbing back to the top of college football. The Irish went undefeated, beat No. 1 Miami in one of the most memorable games in program history, and finished the job against West Virginia in the Fiesta Bowl to claim their […]

Jul 30 • 7:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Proposals to lower health costs get broad support in battlegrounds

Voters in battleground states and congressional districts tend to voice support for proposals in Congress that would expand access to health care or lower drug costs — often irrespective of their party affiliation — according to new polling from the University of Maryland. The poll, first shared with CQ Roll Call, surveyed people in 11 competitive states like Pennsylvania, Georgia […]

Jul 30 • 7:00 AM EDT • Health • rollcall.com

Meet & Greet with Laura Galloway

Laura Galloway began her new role as dean of Whitworth University’s School of Business on July 1 after relocating to Spokane from San Diego, where she previously worked for University of Massachusetts Global, a California-based online institution, most recently as associate vice chancellor for institutional curriculum, assessment, and academic policy.

Jul 30 • 3:00 AM EDT • Business • spokanejournal.com

'Children of Blood and Bone' film drama continues with a new claim

After the 'Children of Blood and Bone' trailer dropped, author Tomi Adeyemi claimed a behind-the-scenes ordeal was so painful she can never see the movie.

Jul 29 • 10:46 PM EDT • Entertainment • latimes.com

Reincarnation: What Science Says and Doesn’t (or Can’t) Say

Inside a University of Virginia lab, scientists have spent nearly six decades gathering unsettling evidence: children who recall violent deaths, bear matching birthmarks, and know facts they never could have learned. A grieving skeptic investigates whether reincarnation might just be real.

Jul 29 • 8:05 PM EDT • Science • skeptic.com

Science demos, stellar suds: Brewsology to pour at California Science Center

The evening event will feature fine foams and the after-hours opportunity to roam the educational museum.

Jul 29 • 8:01 PM EDT • Science • nbclosangeles.com

ENTERTAINMENT: Library parties close summer reading program

The North Little Rock Public Library System marks the close of its Summer Library Adventure with two all-ages parties, plus two bonus events just for adults, on Thursday and Friday.

Jul 29 • 4:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • arkansasonline.com

Side entertainment, shows, contests add to Umatilla County Fair experience

HERMISTON — The Umatilla County Fair offers a variety of auxiliary entertainment Aug. 12-15 on its expansive outdoor grounds at the Eastern Oregon Trade and Event Center in Hermiston. Doug […]

Jul 29 • 3:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • eastoregonian.com

Business News: Independent Watch Retailer Collective Horology Sues Trump And Administration Over New Tariffs

California watch retailer files suit alongside spice importer against new tariffs it says have been imposed "unlawfully," causing "severe" negative impact on business.

Jul 29 • 3:00 PM EDT • Business • hodinkee.com

Climate extremes are becoming more extreme, worrying scientists

Heat, sea level rise, polar melting: They’re all picking up pace.

Jul 29 • 2:36 PM EDT • Science • latimes.com

Harvard-Westlake's River Park sports complex nears completion

A January opening looks possible for Harvard-Westlake's new 16-acre sports complex in Studio City.

Jul 29 • 2:34 PM EDT • Sports • latimes.com

Luka Doncic Hosts Lakers Roster in Slovenia for Preseason Minicamp

Luka Doncic and the Los Angeles Lakers are already preparing for life after LeBron James.

Jul 29 • 12:02 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Politics and football crossed path at the 2026 FIFA World Cup

Two Tampa Bay Iranians share how football brought people together despite global tensions on and off the field.

Jul 29 • 10:50 AM EDT • Politics • wmnf.org

Business journalism studies took her to the White House | UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media

The story by UNC Hussman alumni Brennan Doherty ’19 and video by John Roberts ’16 (M.A.) was originally published on unc.edu. This story is part of a four-part series on Carolina alumni working in Washington, D.C. Soon after her 2015 graduation from UNC-Chapel Hill, Megan Cassella was an intern for the Reuters news agency, eagerly awaiting and prepping for a special assignment. “Every now and then they needed an intern to run over to the White House last minute,” Cassella said. “You have to send your information the night before, so I started proactively sending my information to the White House every single night to be able to go the next day if they ever needed an intern.” Since then, she’s made many return trips to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. in a career that’s included roles at Reuters, Politico, Barron’s and now CNBC, where she works as an on-air Washington correspondent. A longtime newswriter, Cassella made the move to TV in 2024, appearing on broadcasts multiple times daily to report on the biggest political and business stories. But the keys to doing a good job — knowing how to research, asking insightful questions, building relationships and explaining complex topics to a broad audience — remain the same. Did you know: Outside of the state of North Carolina, the Washington region is home to the largest concentration of Tar Heel alumni in the country. Cassella’s time as a Tar Heel was crucial in sharpening those skills, both in the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media and through roles at student-run publications like The Daily Tar Heel. She excelled in Carolina’s business journalism program with former professor Chris Roush, which led to an internship at The Charlotte Observer and helped Cassella find her journalistic niche. A data journalism course with Associate Professor Ryan Thornburg taught her how to find stories in numbers, and former professor Paul O’Connor’s reporting class took Cassella to the North Carolina Capitol weekly, where she gained invaluable experience interviewing politicians. “Those hands-on experiences that Carolina gave me really kept my interest and have really benefited me since I’ve been up here in D.C.,” said Cassella. “I have UNC to thank for the fact that I even went into business journalism in the first place.” Megan Cassella ’15 “You’ve got to thrive on adrenaline in this job. You’ve got to do well with last-minute changes, with running by the seat of your pants.” Megan Cassella ’15 ‘There’s nothing else like it’ In recent months, Cassella has reported live from the G7 Summit in Geneva, covered the latest developments in the U.S.-Iran war and followed changes to trade policy, including tariffs. “Anything in this realm that influences Wall Street, I’ll be covering,” Cassella said. Her working hours are long and variable. After waking up, Cassella immediately checks her phone to see what news broke overnight. By 8:15 a.m., she usually learns which newscasts she’ll be on, and then she heads to the newsroom, White House or wherever her assignment is. “We want you in the 9 a.m. show and the 11, and then the 3 o’clock show wants you, too,” Cassella said, referring to a hypothetical day. If Cassella gets an exclusive or major news breaks, she might be told, “We want that on TV right now.” Within five minutes, she’d be expected to get to the camera, figure out what to say and deliver the news to a live audience. “It’s exciting. It’s nerve-wracking,” Cassella said. “But there’s nothing else like it.” A well-rounded education Cassella grew up in Maryland, the youngest of four kids. Her oldest brother, Brian Cassella ’05, attended Carolina, became a photojournalist and recently won a Pulitzer Prize. She remembers visiting campus as a young child and loving it. “I just always wanted to go,” she said, and that desire grew when she, like her brother, gravitated toward journalism. But it wasn’t just the journalism school that drew Cassella to Carolina. “It was also the whole liberal arts curriculum,” she said. “Even though I always wanted to be a journalist, I got to college, and I sort of felt I had to think about other things. I had to explore my options and see if that’s what I really wanted.” Did you know: In April UNC-Chapel Hill opened its Carolina in the Capital office in Washington. She combined her journalism schooling with a global studies major and a history minor. That broad range of academic experiences in Chapel Hill molded her, preparing Cassella for a career that’s taken her to the highest levels of political journalism and inside the Oval Office. “When you sit back and remember you’re actually sitting inside the White House and asking questions of the president, it’s a cool feeling,” Cassella said. “No matter who is in office, no matter what administration or party, it’s a privilege to be there.” Megan Cassella on… Being a Tar Heel in Washington: I run into Tar Heels all the time. My husband’s a Tar Heel. We actually met here in Washington, not at Carolina, even though we were the same class. Probably most of our friends are still Tar Heels. Even up here in D.C., we all get together for games and March Madness. And through work, there’s Tar Heels all over the place. It’s often used as a connection. Favorite Franklin Street spot: When we go back, our first stop is always IP3. That’s more my husband’s doing than mine. In college, I was a huge Spanky’s fan. Felt like it was a classic spot. May it rest in peace. Advice to journalism students: Reps, reps, reps! Nothing beats the experience you’ll gain by simply starting to do the work — asking the questions, reporting and writing the stories, doing the TV hits. When you can, go places in person. Talk to more people than you think you’ll need. Read as much as you can, from different sources and on different topics. If you’re not sure how to start your story, that usually means you need more reporting. When you’re not sure, ask.

Jul 29 • 10:39 AM EDT • Business • hussman.unc.edu

California’s hostage crisis shows political violence is at a breaking point

Ideological violence in the United States continues to evolve in ways that make ordinary Americans increasingly vulnerable.

Jul 29 • 9:30 AM EDT • Politics • thehill.com

In Oregon, big grocery, retail companies have highest number of employees on Medicaid

Multi-billion-dollar grocers and retailers such as Walmart and Amazon were among the most listed employers on Oregonians’ applications for publicly-funded health insurance last year, according to a Capital Chronicle analysis of Oregon Health Authority data.

Jul 29 • 9:00 AM EDT • Health • opb.org

George Mason’s Siddhartha Sikdar elected to Virginia science academy

Indian American bioengineering innovator Siddhartha Sikdar will help guide state health technology policy.

Jul 29 • 8:14 AM EDT • Science • americanbazaaronline.com

Blue Shield of California’s BlueSky Youth Mental Health Initiative Earns National North Star Award

"Strong mental health begins in childhood and lays the foundation for lifelong well-being.”

Jul 29 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • news.blueshieldca.com

Healthcare costs are surging. Taxing billionaires will help Californians keep their coverage

Funding cuts have put a healthcare crisis on California's doorstep. With a one-time tax on billionaires, Californians will see relief, a nurse argues.

Jul 29 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • calmatters.org

Schiff proposes federal bill requiring influencers to disclose paid political ads

“California’s primary this year made a clear case that our current guardrails around campaign advertisements are not keeping up with the changing landscape of political speech.”

Jul 29 • 7:30 AM EDT • Politics • sacbee.com

Prototype smart ring cracks the holy grail of non-invasive blood sugar measurement

A prototype smart ring developed by engineers at the University of California appears to have cracked one of the holy...

Jul 29 • 7:03 AM EDT • Technology • 9to5mac.com

SoLa and Live Nation train entertainment's next generation

South Los Angeles youth planned the 2026 Beehive Block Party through the SoLa Live Accelerator, a partnership program between the SoLa Foundation and Live Nation that trains aspiring live entertainment professionals.

Jul 29 • 6:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • latimes.com

'The Odyssey' meets 'Shark Week' in Amazon's 'The Devil's Mouth'

'The Odyssey' meets 'Shark Week' in Amazon Prime Video's 'The Devil's Mouth': the ultimate travel horror tale.

Jul 29 • 6:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • latimes.com

Analysis | What the midterms mean for Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s 2028 hopes

A Democratic sweep of Pennsylvania’s competitive U.S. House and state legislative races could boost the case for Shapiro in his party’s presidential primary.

Jul 29 • 5:00 AM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com

See which Livonia restaurants failed health checks

Wayne County inspectors found microbial growth and improper storage at several Livonia restaurants this summer.

Jul 29 • 12:01 AM EDT • Health • detroitnews.com

Why ‘Children of Blood and Bone’ director turned down film twice

As the first trailer for ‘Children of Blood and Bone’ drops, director Gina Prince-Bythewood shares why it took three offers to get her on board.

Jul 28 • 10:33 PM EDT • Entertainment • latimes.com

US military says it intercepted Iranian ‘surprise attack’

Jul 28 • 9:22 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com

White Dwarf 527: The Inside Scoop on Warhammer 40,000

Miniatures and rules for the new edition of Warhammer 40,000, solo missions in the Jade Abbey, and more.

Jul 28 • 8:00 PM EDT • Technology • warhammer-community.com

FBI Oakland bribery case: Defendant took secret, compromising videos of politicians, records show

The government says defendant Andy Duong, own of the owners of California Waste Solutions, took secret photos and videos of politicians in compromising positions.

Jul 28 • 7:32 PM EDT • Politics • abc7news.com

Pennsylvania health insurance providers request steep rate increases for 2027

Health insurance providers in Pennsylvania have requested significant rate increases for 2027, with proposals affecting both individual and small group markets.

Jul 28 • 6:09 PM EDT • Health • wgal.com

More than 700 cyclosporiasis cases reported in North Carolina: health officials

WLOS News 13 provides local news, weather forecasts, traffic updates, notices of events and items of interest in the community, sports and entertainment programming for Asheville, NC and nearby towns and communities in Western North Carolina and the Upstate of South Carolina, including the counties of Buncombe, Henderson, Rutherford, Haywood, Polk, Transylvania, McDowell, Mitchell, Madison, Yancey, Jackson, Swain, Macon, Graham, Spartanburg, Greenville, Anderson, Union, Pickens, Oconee, Laurens, Greenwood, Abbeville and also Biltmore Forest, Woodfin, Leicester, Black Mountain, Montreat, Arden, Weaverville, Hendersonville, Etowah, Flat Rock, Mills River, Waynesville, Maggie Valley, Canton, Clyde, Franklin, Cullowhee, Sylva, Cherokee, Marion, Old Fort, Forest City, Lake Lure, Bat Cave, Spindale, Spruce Pine, Bakersville, Burnsville, Tryon, Columbus, Marshall, Mars Hill, Brevard, Bryson City, Cashiers, Greer, Landrum, Clemson, Gaffney, and Easley.

Jul 28 • 5:46 PM EDT • Health • wlos.com

How brain cells restore healthy growth and connections after a disease-causing genetic deletion

Scientists at Virginia Tech's Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC have discovered how an experimental therapy can help brain cells overcome the effects of a disease-causing genetic deletion. Instead ...

Jul 28 • 5:40 PM EDT • Health • medicalxpress.com

Iran Considered Retaliatory Strike on Ukrainian Seaport

A flurry of diplomacy has eased tensions, officials said, after an incident risked triggering a wider war.

Jul 28 • 5:39 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com

Startup Martinsville opens applications through Aug. 14 for Southside business boot camp

Entrepreneurs across Southside Virginia have another opportunity to turn their business ideas into thriving companies.

Jul 28 • 5:35 PM EDT • Business • wset.com

Brian Thomas Jr.: I want to be undeniable

Jul 28 • 3:40 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Southern Maryland Mom Turns Passion Into Business Inspired By Daughter

CALIFORNIA, Md. — By 4 a.m., while most of Southern Maryland is still asleep, Alexis Truby is already balancing the many roles that fill her day. The 26-year-old is a wife, mother of two, full-time government contractor and the owner of The Evelyn Edit & Co., a digital design business inspired by her newborn daughter, […]

Jul 28 • 2:00 PM EDT • Business • thebaynet.com

Pennsylvania Democrat targets data centers in drive to oust Republican from House seat

Democrat Paige Cognetti is taking a shot at data centers in her challenge to freshman Republican Rep. Rob Bresnahan, saying “we’re not for sale” in a new TV ad.

Jul 28 • 1:55 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org

"Storm Emeralda" Secret Rares Revealed!

The secret rares from Storm Emeralda are now being posted to social media by fans! The set releases this Friday, July 31st. The main set list was revealed

Jul 28 • 1:53 PM EDT • Technology • pokebeach.com

Netflix’s 'A Toxic Love Story' Is So Wild, You’ll Think It’s Scripted

Netflix’s latest true-crime documentary unpacks a shocking California case filled with deception, betrayal, and twists that sound almost too wild to be true. Find out more here.

Jul 28 • 12:59 PM EDT • Entertainment • purewow.com

Healthcare Company Focusing on Women's Health Faces Scrutiny

A healthcare company with half a dozen clinics in Southern California is facing pushback for its quality of services.

Jul 28 • 12:21 PM EDT • Health • kqed.org

In Italy, beach umbrellas are serious business

In early June, government officials in Sardinia announced a new ordinance that restricts the use of umbrellas at Punta Molentis Beach for everyone between the ages of 10 and 65. The move is a safety measure in response to a...

Jul 28 • 9:37 AM EDT • Business • seattletimes.com

Maine doctor of Iranian descent sues after being denied reentry into the US

Behnoosh Dashti, MD, lives and works as a family medicine physician in the state of Maine. She crossed into Canada, where she is a citizen, only to renew a visa stamp necessary for her driver’s license.

Jul 28 • 8:02 AM EDT • Health • healthexec.com

WVU Medicine contributes $9 million to advance public health initiatives in Monongalia County

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The West Virginia University (WVU) Health System today (July 28) made a $9 million contribution to the Monongalia County Commission to expand preventive health services and strengthen community health programs that serve uninsured,...

Jul 28 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • wvumedicine.org

A slowing Atlantic current could unleash stronger California storms

A weakening Atlantic current could supercharge California’s atmospheric rivers while leaving Greenland with fewer snow-producing storms. The changes could raise flood risks, strain infrastructure, and reshape water supplies far beyond the Atlantic.

Jul 28 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • sciencedaily.com

Hiltzik: Trump replaces science with stupidity

Partisan political filters and the search for "DEI" have resulted in billions of dollars in canceled scientific research grants

Jul 28 • 6:00 AM EDT • Science • latimes.com

Lindsey Graham’s funeral ceremonies to begin with Netanyahu and Zelenskyy in attendance

Memorials for the Republican senator to start in US Capitol as Israeli and Ukrainian leaders are set to meet with Trump

Jul 28 • 6:00 AM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com

Donald Trump to deliver tribute during Lindsey Graham’s funeral service

The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, are scheduled to meet with the US president after attending Tuesday’s funeral

Jul 28 • 5:59 AM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com

Hugging Face is being used to easily undress women and children

Did we learn nothing from Grok?

Jul 28 • 5:07 AM EDT • Technology • theverge.com

Repairs to Madame John's Legacy, one of French Quarter's oldest buildings, causes concern

One of the oldest buildings in the New Orleans French Quarter and a rare surviving example of French Colonial architecture is at the center of a years long dispute between local preservationists and the state, nearly three years after the two sides thought they'd worked out a compromise.

Jul 28 • 5:00 AM EDT • Business • nola.com

Unlikely duo seeks ban on using campaign funds to fight sexual harassment claims

Reps. Ro Khanna (D-California) and Anna Paulina Luna (R-Florida) have teamed up on new legislation in response to a spate of scandals.

Jul 28 • 5:00 AM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com

Health experts share tips to help Kern County students start the school year healthy

KBAK CBS 29 and KBFX Fox58 are the news leaders for Bakersfield, California and serves surrounding communities including Oildale, Lamont, Shafter, Wasco, Buttonwillow, Maricopa, Tehachapi, Arvin, California City, Delano, McFarland, Ridgecrest and Taft.

Jul 28 • 1:55 AM EDT • Health • bakersfieldnow.com

Public health survey documents the stench in Boyle Heights

Amid growing complaints from neighbors, the L.A. County Department of Public Health conducted a door-to-door outreach survey in the neighborhood surrounding the warehouse.

Jul 27 • 11:11 PM EDT • Health • latimes.com

49ers “baller” De’Zhaun Stribling already turning heads in camp

49ers qb brock purdy and wr striblingMultiple teams heading into the 2026 NFL Draft felt like De’Zhaun Stribling was the best wide receiver in the draft. The Los Angeles Rams...

Jul 27 • 8:51 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

National Youth Science Camp welcomes 2026 delegates to West Virginia

The 2026 National Youth Science Camp welcomes delegates from nearly 50 states and eight nations for three fully funded weeks of STEAM learning, diplomacy and outdoor adventure in West Virginia. The prestigious program has shaped young leaders for more than 60 years.

Jul 27 • 8:12 PM EDT • Science • mybuckhannon.com

Boyle Gives History Lesson, Advice For Fellow Democrats and Insight Into Political Future At PA Press Club

Left to his own devices, Rep. Brendan Boyle would rather talk sports. But the six-term congressman from Philadelphia thought it more appropriate to give a little history lesson and answer questions about politics and his political future at the Pennsylvania Press Club luncheon on Monday in Harrisburg. Boyle, the ranking…

Jul 27 • 6:05 PM EDT • Politics • politicspa.com

California Scientists Find Early Warning Sign of Irreversible Groundwater Damage

The U.S. Geological Survey’s California Water Center estimates 15% of the Central Valley’s groundwater storage capacity has been permanently lost because of subsidence.

Jul 27 • 5:30 PM EDT • Science • kqed.org

Betye Saar dead: Assemblage artist 'liberated' Aunt Jemima

Betye Saar, a Los Angeles artist who transformed collections of bigoted bric-a-brac — Sambo dolls, ceramic mammies, and crude renderings of pickaninnies — into potent works of assemblage that mined the searing history of race in the United States, and whose works would influence generations artists in her wake, has died.

Jul 27 • 5:30 PM EDT • Entertainment • latimes.com

2Chamber names its Top 25 Most Powerful Women in Business

COLORADO WOMEN’S CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Denver News: Marielena DeSanctis, chancellor of the Colorado Community College System; Terri Jackson, executive director and co-founder of the African American Trade Association and Emily Trujillo, chief operating officer at HCA HealthONE Centennial, are among the 2026 Top 25 Most Powerful Women in Business. They, and the entire Class of 2026, will be honored at an Oct. 2 fundraising gala hosted by […]

Jul 27 • 3:43 PM EDT • Business • coloradopolitics.com

Ohio County reports six cases as West Virginia cyclosporiasis outbreak hits 226 statewide

Health officials in Ohio County are urging residents to take extra precautions as an outbreak of cyclosporiasis continues to grow across West Virginia.The Wheel

Jul 27 • 1:31 PM EDT • Health • wtov9.com

At Blandy, Virginia kids ponder ‘what scientists look like’

Young students became environmental scientists this summer through a research camp at Blandy Experimental Farm.

Jul 27 • 1:04 PM EDT • Science • news.virginia.edu

Energy Secretary’s Own Lawyers Flatly Contradict His Repeated Denials That Politics Played Any Role in Mass Termination of Projects

Murray, Kaptur respond to DOE’s recent legal filing admitting that politics was the only reason nearly 300 cost-cutting energy projects in blue states were terminated during the shutdown last October Washington, D.C. — Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and […]

Jul 27 • 1:02 PM EDT • Politics • murray.senate.gov

Mitch McConnell's office releases new photo of senator amid health questions

The 84-year-old lawmaker was first hospitalized on June 14 after a fall and subsequently treated for pneumonia.

Jul 27 • 12:37 PM EDT • Health • usatoday.com

NBCUniversal's Peacock to join YouTube Premium

The deal will introduce Peacock into millions of new homes.

Jul 27 • 11:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • latimes.com

Commanders fire tight ends coach Ben Steele just days before training camp

Virginia court records show Steele was arrested on suspicion of DWI on June 7

Jul 27 • 10:57 AM EDT • Sports • cbssports.com

Western companies are looking to learn from the Ukrainian firms

Western defense firms are building gear with Ukrainian ones to combine their own expertise with what Ukraine is learning from being in the fight.

Jul 27 • 8:42 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com

Three George Mason faculty members elected to Virginia Academy of Science, Engineering, and Medicine

The 2026 elected class includes individuals from the George Mason University: Liping Di of the College of Science, Dean Melissa J. Perry of the College of Public Health, and Siddhartha Sikdar of the College of Engineering and Computing.

Jul 27 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • publichealth.gmu.edu

California scientists warn the ocean is losing oxygen

A new study offers one solution.

Jul 27 • 7:00 AM EDT • Science • sfgate.com

Rural Virginia has been kind to the GOP, yet Trump’s GOP allows rural healthcare to suffer

Policies put in place during President Donald Trump’s second term contribute substantially to the declining availability of medical care in the rural communities of the commonwealth — the same communities that are, by far, Trump’s strongest base of support, writes columnist Bob Lewis.

Jul 27 • 5:27 AM EDT • Health • virginiamercury.com

Emails show how Virginia regulators downplayed data center health concerns, more headlines

Virginia news July 27 2026

Jul 27 • 5:08 AM EDT • Health • virginiamercury.com

Pennsylvania budget boosts mental health funding. Will it be enough?

Pennsylvania increased funding in the 2026-27 budget for key mental health programs while communities continue to face service gaps.

Jul 27 • 4:55 AM EDT • Health • goerie.com

California Public Employees Retirement System Reduces Position in Tencent Music Entertainment Group Sponsored ADR $TME

California Public Employees Retirement System decreased its stake in shares of Tencent Music Entertainment Group Sponsored ADR (NYSE:TME - Free Report) by 18.1% during the first quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor

Jul 27 • 3:37 AM EDT • Entertainment • marketbeat.com

Jackson Thomson, son of Kevin, signs Hibs deal

Jackson Thomson, 16, son of former Dundee, Hibernian, Rangers and Scotland midfielder Kevin, has signed his first professional contract with Hibs. Sun) Manager Thomas Brdaric says Malisheva "need a strategy" to complete victory over Hibernian at Easter Road in the Conference League second qualifying round, having opened up a 2-0 first-leg advantage. (Edinburgh Evening News - subscription required)

Jul 27 • 3:31 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Dovbyk yet to give his OK for Bologna transfer

Artem Dovbyk will leave Roma, despite taking part in yesterday’s friendly draw against Cannes, where Gasperini’s team drew 3-3. The Ukrainian striker was already in Bologna’s sights during the w...

Jul 27 • 3:05 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

How new veteran leaders are transforming Rams at training camp

The Rams won the NFL offseason.

Jul 27 • 1:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

AI mental health chatbots feel empathetic, but safety evidence still lags

Immune dysregulation may contribute to depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and anxiety through chronic inflammation, altered neuroimmune signaling, genetic susceptibility, and stress-related epigenetic changes. Evidence also suggests that biologically defined patient subgroups may benefit from more precise, immune-informed approaches to diagnosis and treatment.

Jul 27 • 12:36 AM EDT • Health • news-medical.net

Fighting alleged automated AI robot health insurance claim denials

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — In a perfect world — and surely in the real world, even if reasonable people can disagree to what extent — the point of health insurance companies is clea…

Jul 26 • 11:13 PM EDT • Health • abc27.com

August’s Miniature of the Month and Collectable Coin Revealed

Find out what goodies you can grab next month in your local Warhammer store.

Jul 26 • 8:00 PM EDT • Technology • warhammer-community.com

Cleanse the Mortal Realms with the new Warhammer Heroes

The new season of Warhammer Heroes miniatures is revealed.

Jul 26 • 8:00 PM EDT • Technology • warhammer-community.com

Trump administration admits grants for clean energy were canceled based on politics

The Trump administration has again acknowledged in court documents that it terminated $7.6 billion in grants for hundreds of clean energy projects 'based solely on the political identity of the grant recipient’s state.'

Jul 26 • 7:18 PM EDT • Politics • latimes.com

Support group rallies during Minority Mental Health Awareness Month

Hampton Roads Virginia and Northeastern North Carolina News, Weather, Traffic and Sports.

Jul 26 • 6:43 PM EDT • Health • wavy.com

Kansas State Hoping Jaden Schutt's Experience Leads To More Wins

Kansas State Wildcats guard Jaden Schutt is finishing his career in Manhattan after stops at Virginia Tech and Duke

Jul 26 • 3:30 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Support group rallies during Minority Mental Health Awareness Month

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — A local non-profit hosted a walk at Mount Trashmore Park on Sunday to promote mental wellness through education and mentorship. It’s also in recognition of Minority Men…

Jul 26 • 3:07 PM EDT • Health • wavy.com

Iran war casualty count eclipses 600 as Pentagon quietly changes accounting

The Pentagon updated its war casualty database Saturday, recording more than 140 new wounded and restoring the four soldiers killed due to Iranian strikes last weekend.

Jul 26 • 2:02 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com

LANL: UC ‘AI Science At Scale’ Summit Showcases Landmark Innovations With Senior National Lab Leadership Including DDSTE Pat Fitch Present

Attendees of the UC ‘AI Science at Scale’ summit held on June 11 in Santa Fe. Courtesy/LANL LANL News: On June 11, 2026, the University of California (UC) convened researchers and leaders from across the UC system in Santa Fe, New Mexico, for the first annual “AI Science at Scale” summit. The summit was planned […]

Jul 26 • 12:48 PM EDT • Science • ladailypost.com

California leaders split over war in Iran

California lawmakers and leaders are divided over the war in Iran, now in its fifth month, as debates over funding and presidential authority continue in Washington D.C.

Jul 26 • 11:25 AM EDT • Politics • kcra.com

Backers of California voter ID measure to sue Attorney General Rob Bonta for ballot title change

Supporters of California's Prop 39 voter ID measure are preparing to sue Attorney General Rob Bonta, claiming his office altered the ballot title to mislead voters and sway them against the initiative.

Jul 26 • 11:25 AM EDT • Politics • kcra.com

Bob Chesney is going to do the impossible at UCLA

Times columnist Bill Plaschke was skeptical Bob Chesney was capable of finally leading UCLA to Rose Bowl victories and beyond, but the coach won him over.

Jul 26 • 11:24 AM EDT • Sports • latimes.com

Dallas Cowboys 2026 training camp: Key storylines to watch in Oxnard

The Dallas Cowboys are set to open 2026 training camp in Oxnard, California. Led by head coach Brian Schottenheimer, the Cowboys feel their offseason moves have them trending in the right direction. Here are some storylines as the Boys invade Oxnard.

Jul 26 • 11:14 AM EDT • Sports • ksat.com

Inside California Politics: Harder says ICE deeply broken, but supports ‘original agenda’

(Inside California Politics) — This week on Inside California Politics, host Nikki Laurenzo spoke with Rep. Josh Harder, D-Tracy, about an ICE facility in Stockton, the recently passed bipartisan h…

Jul 26 • 10:00 AM EDT • Politics • fox40.com

Open Thread, July 26, 2026: Whatcha doin’ today?

Your daily source for off topic chatter with the MMA Mania faithful.

Jul 26 • 9:05 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

U.Va. Health becomes first health system in Virginia to offer new melanoma treatment

U.Va. Health interventional radiologist Dr. Daniel Sheeran and U.Va. Health Cardiac Anesthesiologist Dr. Paul Gallo helped bring the treatment to U.Va. Health.

Jul 26 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • cavalierdaily.com