Trump Administration Unveils EPA Overhaul With Shift to Approving New Chemicals
The Environmental Protection Agency’s administrator, Lee Zeldin, announced the agency was “shifting its scientific expertise.” Source: Original News
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Newark Airport Is Experiencing Major Flight Delays. What’s Causing Them?
Staffing shortages at an air traffic control center have added to the effects of a runway closure, prompting United Airlines to cut flights at the hub. Source: Original News
Trump Seeks to Eliminate the National Endowment for the Arts
The president’s budget proposal also called for getting rid of the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Institute of Museum and Library Sciences. Source: Original News
Lawsuit Against Humanities Endowment Offers Details on DOGE
Three scholarly groups are challenging the recent cancellation of most grants by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Source: Original News
Trump Administration Settles With Maine to Restore Frozen Funds Over Trans Athlete Feud
The state’s attorney general said the federal dollars paid for food for schoolchildren and other essential services. Source: Original News
George Ryan, Illinois Governor Who Halted Prison Executions, Dies at 91
A Republican, he imposed a moratorium on capital punishment, saying he could not support a death-row system “so fraught with error” that it might end an innocent life. Source: Original News
C.I.A. Fires Top Doctor Targeted by Far-Right Activist
The director of the agency’s Center for Global Health Services was dismissed a month short of qualifying for full federal retirement benefits, according to a lawsuit. Source: Original News
M&S working ‘day and night’ over cyber attack
The boss of the retailer says he is “really sorry” for the disruption which caused it to pause its online operations. Source: Original News
Temu to stop selling goods from China directly to US customers
The online marketplace says it will move to a “local fulfillment model” in the US, with sales handled by locally based sellers. Source: Original News
US jobs grow by more than expected despite tariff turmoil
Employers added 177,000 roles in April as the jobs market continues to prove resilient. Source: Original News