Taking the helm at the Coast Guard
Adm. Linda Fagan, the new leader of the Coast Guard and the first woman in American history to head a military service, was, by her own account, not the most impressive cadet while coming up in the Coast Guard Academy. “When I went over for the interview” — for her current position earlier this year with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks — “one of them asked: ‘Hey, did you ever think as a cadet you could be here interviewing to be commandant?’ I laughed. I was like, I was kind of an unremarkable cadet, I was just kind of averag
Read More5 things to watch in Nevada, South Carolina primaries
Republican voters in South Carolina will decide on Tuesday whether to show the door to two GOP House members over their past criticism of former President Trump, while Nevada Republicans appear poised to hand a victory to his preferred Senate candidate. The nominating contests in South Carolina and Nevada have drawn significant national attention, in no small part because of the former president’s deep involvement in several key races. Two other states, Maine and North Dakota, are also set to hold primaries on Tuesday. Here are five things to watch for in thi
Read MoreJan. 6 panel delves into Trump’s motives with eye to DOJ
The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on Monday sought to establish a key element of its public case against former President Trump — that he knew his claims of election fraud had little merit or likelihood of success but sought to overturn the election anyway. Pulling back the curtain on the internal machinations of the 2020 Trump campaign, the panel showed testimony from official after official who worked both on the campaign and in the administration who said the former president was repeatedly advised that his claims of widespread election fraud were unsupported
Read MoreParticulate pollution is reducing global life expectancy by more than two years: analysis
Particulate air pollution is reducing life expectancy by 2.2 years globally compared to a hypothetical world that meets international health guidelines, a new report has found. Worldwide exposure to fine particulate patter — PM 2.5, or particles with a diameter of 2.5 microns or less — has an impact on par with that of smoking, more than three times that of alcohol use and unsafe water, according to the University of Chicago’s 2022 Air Quality Life Index. The life expectancy ef
Read MoreHarris to convene privacy experts to talk stakes of Roe v. Wade
Vice President Harris is slated to meet with privacy, constitutional law, and technology experts to discuss what is at stake if the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion ruling is overturned by the Supreme Court. A White House official said the discussion on Tuesday will focus on real-world implications should the landmark ruling be overturned, touching on topics such as privacy, contraception, and in vitro fertilization. Participants in the latest meeting include the New York University (NYU) School of Law professors Peggy Cooper Davis and Melissa Murray, Harvard Law School pr
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