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There are “two different Americas” when it comes to birth control, family planning experts say. A new report finds that only a third of states protect access to affordable contraception through their policies, such as Medicaid expansion or requiring health insurers to pay for prescriptions for months at a time. The report, released Wednesday, analyzed […]
Major US trading partners scrambled over the weekend to finalize trade deals or lobby for extra time as President Donald Trump said he’s notifying about a dozen countries on Monday of the new tariff level on their shipments to the US. “I signed some letters and they’ll go out on Monday – probably 12,” Trump […]
The US Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear cases over state policies concerning the public school-funded sports teams that transgender students may join. The plaintiffs, two transgender women students named Lindsay Hecox and Becky Pepper-Jackson (BPJ), sued Idaho and West Virginia officials, respectively, on the basis of Title IX and
Researchers from the University of Oxford’s Oxford Internet Institute and Aalto University’s Department of Computer Science have published a report on AI infrastructure, cloud providers, and accelerators. Using publicly available data, they compiled a list of each provider’s cloud regions as of November 2024. The public cloud providers included in the study are Amazon […]
Donald Trump’s crackdown on immigration upended lives on inauguration day when he abruptly closed the border for many who were just on the Mexican side of the border planning to cross . . .
By Sterling Davies | Special to The OBSERVER Since Donald Trump retook office for his second term, he has invoked several executive orders to eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) initiatives. While only federal organizations and agencies are required to abide by the orders, countless private businesses and […]
By Ben Jealous (Trice Edney Wire) – My grandmother taught me we are all born into a great, unfinished struggle. She meant the struggle for justice. For truth. For dignity. Next week is Juneteenth, a time of year I always think about this lesson. I think about all the freedom fighters – famous and forgotten […]
The very public and nasty feud between billionaire Elon Musk and President Donald Trump has garnered major reactions and elicited much fodder—and jokes—on television and social media timelines. “The girls are fighting, aren’t they?” said U.S . . .
Border czar Tom Homan warned Monday that he’s “convinced” the US will suffer a major terrorist attack as a direct result of former President Joe Biden’s immigration and border policies. “It’s coming,” Homan said of the possibility of a 9/11-style attack conducted by migrants who illegally snuck across the southern border under Biden. The
Peter Hoskins Business reporter, BBC News Watch: Trump slams “Taco” acronym given to tariff flip-flops A US federal court has blocked President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs, in a major blow to a key component of his economic policies. The Court of International Trade ruled that an emergency law invoked by the White House did not […]