Because his stance on climate change conflicts with overwhelming scientific consensus, the president has removed climate information from federal websites, approved scientifically unsound reports that favor fossil fuels, and gutted key scientific agencies and boards.
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Joseph Bonasia,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 May 2026
The report argued that US export controls have slowed China’s ability to scale frontier AI development.
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Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
14 May 2026
Despite playing the seventh inning, White was replaced in the field in the eighth so he could be placed in concussion protocol.
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Jesús Cano,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
Daniel de Visé Americans who traveled on the MV Hondius cruise ship will have the option to return home, rather than to a national quarantine center, if safety protocols permit, a top health official told CNN on Sunday.
In front of the memorial, a small gray cat sits in the rain before wandering to the front door of the gray and white home, curling near the entrance where blood had been spattered just weeks earlier.
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Alaa Elassar,
CNN Money,
10 May 2026
Responders in Martinez first organized a memorial for the 20th anniversary in 1996, pitching in funds to build a monument and plaque.
Michael Dale lay in his Escondido home with a plastic bag wrapped around his head and sealed with duct tape for at least eight minutes as Michaela Rylaarsdam, vibrator in hand, kept the cameras rolling, according to an arrest warrant affidavit filed in San Diego Superior Court.
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Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2026
The son said police arrived within about 10 minutes.
In March 2024, law enforcement received a tip that Rutherford had sold 235 rare coins at a Liberty jewelry store, according to the sentencing memorandum.
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Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
14 May 2026
Balzano said the new suppression system was already under construction when the lawsuit was filed and stemmed from a memorandum of understanding signed in August 2025 with the city of Camden.
The memo lists areas to target Becerra, like his taking donations from Chevron, his former aide’s arrest in a federal corruption probe, and his vote for the 1994 crime bill while in Congress.
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Lia Russell,
Sacbee.com,
13 May 2026
Then, in April 2025, CBS News disclosed that the internal government memo governing the operation gave officials wide-ranging discretion to decide who to send to Guantanamo, including the ability to transfer non-criminal detainees there.
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