As President Donald Trump pulls back on green funding, state officials are lobbying Congress to retain those dollars for other infrastructure projects that would be more palatable to the current administration and Republicans, like road and bridge repairs. Republicans negotiating the nation’s next big infrastructure bill seem amenable to the idea, as long as it
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The Past and Future of Greenland
When President Donald Trump addressed a joint session of Congress last week, people in Greenland listened very closely. Greenland, a semi-autonomous territory of Denmark, is holding a general election on March 11th, and Trump’s interest in annexing or purchasing the Arctic island has shaped the campaign, forcing politicians to take a position on whether they
Republicans to put government funding bill up for House vote ahead of looming shutdown deadline – live
Department of Education’s ‘final mission’ starts with laying off nearly half its workforce, secretary says“As part of the Department of Education’s final mission,” the new education secretary, Linda McMahon, announced on Tuesday evening, “the Department today initiated a reduction in force (RIF) impacting nearly 50% of the Department’s workforce.” On social media, McMahon, the former
Leaky ribosomal scanning enables tunable translation of bicistronic ORFs in green algae
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 122, Issue 9, March 2025. SignificanceTextbook dogma states that nucleus-encoded genes are monocistronic, producing transcripts with a single translated open reading frame (ORF). However, highly conserved bicistronic loci are pervasive in green algae that are separated by several …
Columbia protest leader’s arrest alarms free-speech advocates
Federal agents’ arrest of Columbia University protest leader Mahmoud Khalil — a lawful permanent U.S. resident with a green card — is being criticized by free-speech advocates who see it as a chilling escalation of President Trump’s immigration crackdown.Why it matters: The White House doesn’t see Khalil’s arrest as a First Amendment issue…
Can Trump Deport a Green-Card-Holding, Pro-Hamas Columbia Grad?
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Earth orbit is filling up with junk. Greenhouse gases are making the problem worse.
At any given moment, more than 10,000 satellites are whizzing around the planet at roughly 17,000 miles per hour. This constellation of machinery is the technological backbone of modern life, making GPS, weather forecasts, and live television broadcasts possible. But space is getting crowded. Ever since the Space Age dawned in the late 1950s, humans
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested a former Columbia University student over his involvement in the pro-Palestine protests that swept the campus over the past year, even though he has a green card and was never charged with a crime. Columbia, the site of a monthslong pro-Palestine encampment, became a particular obsession for right-wingers
Tether’s USDT Gains Regulatory Greenlight From Thailand’s SEC
Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Commission has officially approved Tether’s USDT as a recognized cryptocurrency, allowing its trading and potential use in payments, marking a significant step forward for stablecoin adoption in Asia. Thailand Approves Tether’s USDT, Paving Way for Stablecoin Payments Tether’s USDT, the world’s largest stablecoin by market cap…
What To Know About Mahmoud Khalil, and Why His Green Card Was Revoked
Buried in the trove of Executive Orders signed by President Donald Trump in his first weeks in office was a directive linked to last year’s campus protests over the Israel-Gaza war. The order called for the revocation of student visas for individuals suspected of sympathizing with Hamas. “To all the resident aliens who joined in