via US news | The Guardian — National Center for Education Statistics, which collects critical data to guide policy on learning, was decimated after Doge canceled crucial contracts As reading and math scores fall to their lowest point in the past quarter-century, the US now has fewer tools to understand and develop interventions for this troubling trend. When the Trump administration took a wrecking ball to the Department of Education last year, firing nearly half of its workers and allowing the so-called “department of gov

via US news | The Guardian — GAO report shows how use paid administrative leave rose by 435% from 2023 to 2025 and incurred a sixfold cost The US government paid federal workers $9.5bn not to work in 2025 as part of the Trump administration ’s attempts to shrink the federal workforce. As part of efforts by the “department of government efficiency” (Doge), spearheaded by Elon Musk , federal agencies’ use of paid administrative leave rose 435% from 2023 to 2025 – costing six times what the government spent in 2023 – according

via Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera — The US has recorded more than 160 food recalls this year, as a Cyclospora outbreak has sickened nearly 11,000 people.

Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. removed jalapeños from multiple stores in Minnesota after learning the peppers may be linked to a salmonella outbreak in the state that’s sickened 110 people.

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The CDC is investigating a growing number of cyclosporiasis cases now reported across at least 31 states. Here's the latest.

Meteorologists simply aren't able to gather as much data as they used to, and you're suffering for it.

As reporting increasingly suggests that the U.S. federal aid cuts spearheaded by trillionaire Elon Musk last year have led to preventable deaths abroad – and potentially millions by 2030 – the Tesla C...

The Johns Hopkins University said on Thursday it laid off 110 employees this week, citing cuts ​in federal research funding, with the layoffs impacting administrative ‌functions at the renowned academ...

Three brothers say their mother and father died after losing access to their HIV medications. Now the boys are figuring out how to navigate life.

Screwworms are on their way to becoming a billion-dollar international problem but can be contained if ranchers are vigilant, watch their herds and other wildlife, and quickly treat any infestations, ...

New World screwworm was confirmed in a Texas calf this week — the first US livestock case since 1966. DOGE cut the monitoring program a year ago. DOGEcuts #New

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