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President Trump walks to board Marine One at Trump International Golf Links in Balmedie, Aberdeenshire, on Tuesday at the end of his trip to Scotland. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images President Trump offered new details Tuesday over what led to his falling out with Jeffrey Epstein some two decades ago, telling reporters aboard Air Force One that the rupture had to do with employees who worked at the spa at Mar-a-Lago. Trump has repeatedly said he kicked Epstein out of his club for hiring workers away from Mar-a-Lago. When asked if…

The Environmental Protection Agency has decided to revoke a key scientific finding it published 16 years ago that six greenhouse gases are a threat to public health and must be regulated under the Clean Air Act.Known as the “endangerment finding,” it is the 2009 scientific basis for which the EPA has regulated greenhouse gas emissions from new motor vehicles, as well as other sources of climate pollution, but Administrator Lee Zeldin announced on a conservative podcast Tuesday that the agency is revoking the finding, calling it, “the largest deregulatory action in the history of America.”Since it was signed by then-Administrator…

University of Colorado head football coach Deion Sanders got candid about the challenges he went through with his bladder cancer diagnosis, from dealing with a catheter to using adult diapers and more.In a news conference Monday, Sanders, 57, revealed he is now cancer-free, but didn’t shy away from sharing details on what he called his tremendous and tough journey.”I’m still dealing with going to the bathroom. It’s a whole life change,” he said. “I’m gonna be transparent. I can’t pee like I used to pee. It’s totally different.”With a smile, he added he has to “depend on Depend,” referencing the…

A family shops in a toy store in Princeton, N.J. Matt Slocum/AP hide caption toggle caption Matt Slocum/AP It’s the most common question asked about tariffs: When will prices start going up? For months, shoppers heard from manufacturers and retailers that President Trump’s barrage of new tariffs on virtually all imports would cost them dearly. But that hasn’t happened, and the full blow has yet to land. Here’s what’s going on. The biggest tariffs keep getting pushed back Back in April, Trump imposed new tariffs on nearly everything the U.S. imports, with Chinese goods facing a levy as high as…

The American Medical Association is expressing “deep concern” after a report that Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy may be planning to remove all members of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.The task force, also known as the USPSTF, is a panel of independent medical experts whose recommendations help guide insurance companies and doctors’ decisions about a range of preventive health measures, like cancer and diabetes screenings as well as HIV and cholesterol drugs. In a letter posted on Sunday, the AMA — the largest association of physicians in the U.S. — addressed Kennedy over a report published Friday in The…

Environment / StudentNation / July 29, 2025 Retreating water levels are exposing stretches of cracked, arsenic-laden lakebed in Utah. Future dust storms will carry an extra hazard. Ad Policy People wade in the waters of the Great Salt Lake at Antelope Island in August 2021.(Justin Sullivan / Getty) This story was produced for StudentNation, a program of the Nation Fund for Independent Journalism, which is dedicated to highlighting the best of student journalism. For more StudentNation, check out our archive or learn more about the program here. StudentNation is made possible through generous funding from The Puffin Foundation. If you’re a student and you…

Hurricane Iona strengthened to a Category 3 storm in the central Pacific Ocean on Tuesday, several hundred miles off the southern coast of Hawaii, forecasters said.Iona was located about 790 miles south-southeast of Hawaii’s capital city of Honolulu on Tuesday morning, with maximum sustained winds near 115 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center based in Miami. Forecasters said the storm didn’t pose an immediate threat to the Hawaiian Islands and no coastal watches or warnings are in effect.Map shows Hurricane Iona’s projected path A map shows the projected path of Hurricane Iona in the Pacific Ocean on July 29,…

As public school districts prepare for a new school year, there are concerns about dwindling resources stemming from federal funding cuts, with many states sounding the alarm about grants for mental health counselors and social workers.   Andrea Tarsi, one of 19 mental health staffers serving 6,500 students in a rural northwest Connecticut district, may soon be out of a job.”Without that support staff in the building, students are unable to get the mental health services that they need,” said Tarsi, who has been working in the district for the last three years. “And when it comes to crises, not having…

President Trump is embraced by media mogul Rupert Murdoch during a 2017 dinner in New York to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Battle of the Coral Sea during WWII. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images/AFP hide caption toggle caption BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images/AFP President Trump’s defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal and its powerful owner has taken a personal turn. In the legal filings — and on social media — Trump says he personally told media mogul Rupert Murdoch that that the racy birthday greeting he had supposedly sent two decades earlier to the late disgraced financier Jeffrey…

A New York City police officer and three other people were shot and killed inside a Midtown Manhattan office building on Monday evening by a gunman armed with a high-powered rifle, police confirmed.The suspect, identified as Shane D. Tamura, 27, of Las Vegas, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said.NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said surveillance video shows the suspect exiting a double-parked black BMW alone on Park Avenue between 51st and 52nd streets just before 6:30 p.m., carrying an M4 rifle in his right hand. He then entered the 44-story building at 345 Park Ave., turned right and immediately…