Scores of National Institutes of Health researchers and staffers have come forward to send their Trump-appointed leader a letter challenging policies they say undermine the NIH mission. The signers went public in the face of a "culture of fear and suppression" they say has been spread through the federal civil service by Trump's administration. Read More. |
Israeli naval forces, far from the country's shores, intercepted and seized a Gaza-bound ship carrying aid and international activists, including Greta Thunberg, in an early morning raid Monday. The operation sparked accusations that Israel's actions, apparently in the high seas, were a breach of international law. Read More. |
As President Donald Trump builds a crypto empire — including hosting a private dinner with top investors at his golf club — Democrats have united in condemning what they call blatant corruption from the White House. But the Democratic Party's own relationship with the emerging crypto industry is far less cut and dried. Read More. |
State legislatures are passing bills to ban weather modification and geoengineering based on decades-old "chemtrails" conspiracy theories, moving the fringe theory from online into actual public policy. Read More. |
California Attorney General Rob Bonta says the state's sovereignty was "trampled" by President Donald Trump when he ordered National Guard troops to the immigration protests in Los Angeles. Bonta announced plans Monday to sue the Trump administration. Read More. |
Southern Baptists meeting this week in Dallas will be asked to approve resolutions calling for a legal ban on pornography and reversing the U.S. Supreme Court's approval of same-sex marriage. Read More. |
Warner Bros. Discovery plans to separate into two public companies by next year as it makes a clearer split between its streaming and cable businesses. The move will create two independent companies as the number of people "cutting the cord" brings with it a sustained upheaval in the entertainment industry. Read More. |
ABC News has suspended correspondent Terry Moran, who interviewed President Donald Trump a few weeks ago, for calling Trump administration deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller a "world class hater" in a since-deleted social media post. Read More. |
A judge on Monday dismissed the lawsuit filed by actor and director Justin Baldoni against his "It Ends With Us" costar Blake Lively after she sued him for sexual harassment and retaliation. Read More. |
Filmmaker Dean DeBlois returns to the world of "How to Train Your Dragon" for a new live-action adaptation, in theaters Friday. In her review, AP Film Writer Lindsey Bahr writes that it's a thrilling fantasy adventure worthy of the big screen. Read More. |
