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The International Space Station serves as an orbiting scientific laboratory where astronauts conduct experiments. The Trump administration has proposed cutting its budget by roughly $500 million and reducing research at the outpost. AP/Roscosmos Space Agency Press Service hide caption toggle caption AP/Roscosmos Space Agency Press Service When Casey Dreier saw President Trump’s proposed budget for NASA, he couldn’t believe the numbers. “This is the worst NASA budget I’ve seen in my lifetime,” says Dreier, the chief of space policy for the Planetary Society, a nonprofit that advocates for space exploration. The budget proposes deep cuts for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate,…

When Gov. Glenn Youngkin of Virginia found out that Republican research had linked the G.O.P.’s nominee for lieutenant governor to a blog featuring photos of naked men, he tried to save his party from an embarrassing situation.Mr. Youngkin called the candidate, John Reid, a longtime conservative talk radio host in Richmond, and told him he needed to abandon his campaign because the website was certain to be discovered and would tank the party’s entire ticket.“I need you to drop out,” Mr. Youngkin said, according to two people briefed on the call.Then a funny thing happened. Mr. Reid did not quit.…

The deadly storms that tore through eight U.S. states in early April, killing at least 24 people, were made significantly worse by climate change, according to a study released this week. Analysis from World Weather Attribution, a climate science group, found that human-caused global warming made the record-breaking downpours about 9% heavier. The powerful storms destroyed homes, roads and farmland. From April 3 to April 6, the storms swept across the Midwest and South, dumping record amounts of rain across Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, and other states. The study found the four days of rainfall was the heaviest ever recorded for the region.…

Jon Wiener: From The Nation magazine, this is Start Making Sense. I’m Jon Wiener. Later in the show, Dahlia Lithwick says “The tide is turning.”  She will analyze three key court cases where Trump suffered major defeats, defeats which are likely to have an “exponential effect”on other judges.  But first: Sherrod Brown talks about winning back the working class – That’s coming up, in a minute.[BREAK]It’s time to talk politics with Sherrod Brown. Of course, he was the senior senator from Ohio, served 18 years, first elected in 2006, re-elected twice. For years, he was the only Democrat to win…

A lawyer for Smokey Robinson said late Wednesday that the sexual assault allegations against the Motown singer were “vile” and “false” and that a lawsuit filed by the four women making the accusations was an attempt to extract millions of dollars from him.The women worked as Mr. Robinson’s housekeepers, and their lawsuit accuses him of abusing them dozens of times. The suit, which identifies the women only as Jane Does 1 through 4, says Mr. Robinson raped them repeatedly while his wife, Frances, who is a co-defendant, turned a blind eye.In a statement provided to The New York Times, Mr.…

Reporter’s Notebook: Who pays for tariffs? – CBS News Watch CBS News As officials debate who pays for tariffs, small business owners say the answer is on their import bill. “CBS Evening News” co-anchor John Dickerson explains. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On Source link

The National Archives released on Wednesday a second tranche of documents related to the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy of New York, though the documents are unlikely to change scholars’ views of his murder.The release of 60,000 additional documents was announced by Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence.“After the initial release of 10,000 documents three weeks ago, we searched F.B.I. and C.I.A. warehouses for any records not previously turned over to The National Archives,” Ms. Gabbard wrote on social media. “More than 60,000 documents were discovered, declassified, and digitized for public viewing. Today’s release is an important step…

Voice of America, a U.S.-funded international news broadcaster that was muted by the Trump administration in March, may sound quite different when it returns to the air.Kari Lake, the former news anchor whom President Trump put in charge of overhauling Voice of America, said Tuesday that it would be fed with content from One America News Network, or OAN, a reliably pro-Trump television channel that has propagated falsehoods about the 2020 presidential election.Ms. Lake, who in recent years mounted unsuccessful campaigns for governor and senator in Arizona, said OAN had offered to provide free news reports to Voice of America…

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President Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office on May 7, 2025. Jim Watson/AFP hide caption toggle caption Jim Watson/AFP President Trump on Thursday is set to announce his first trade agreement since his steep tariffs last month roiled stock markets, teasing the announcement in a social media post late Wednesday night. Trump did not reveal the name of the country, nor the terms, saying only that it was “A BIG, AND HIGHLY RESPECTED, COUNTRY” and that representatives would join him for the announcement at 10 a.m. ET in the Oval Office. The White House declined comment. It normally…