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Todd Blanche is sworn in as attorney general after bruising confirmation fight

Blanche is officially taking command of a Justice Department he has been leading in an acting capacity since Pam Bondi's firing in April

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Aug 10 • 4:50 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Bleacher Report Questions Nick Sirianni's Future Despite Eagles' Sustained Success

According to Bleacher Report’s Brent Sobleski, Philadelphia Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni may be on the hot seat depending on the result of this season. "If the Eagles falter because Sirianni fails to get his team back on track, the organization should consider a quick hook to take full advantage of the window with its current core." Philadelphia hired Sirianni ahead of the 2021 NFL season, after firing Super Bowl-winning coach Doug Peterson.

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Aug 9 • 4:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Josh Allen still feels guilty about Sean McDermott's firing
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Aug 8 • 12:04 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Trump won’t let the Supreme Court have the last word

The president moved this week to counter legal defeats on ending birthright citizenship and firing a Fed governor, while seeking the justices’ help with his ballroom.

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Aug 7 • 3:47 PM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Trump administration pursues efforts to fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook

Two months ago, the Supreme Court allowed her to retain her job

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Aug 7 • 3:04 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Trump administration pursues efforts to fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook

Two months ago, the Supreme Court allowed her to retain her job

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Aug 7 • 3:04 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Trump administration pursues efforts to fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook

Two months ago, the Supreme Court allowed her to retain her job

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Trump administration pursues efforts to fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook

Two months ago, the Supreme Court allowed her to retain her job

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Primary heat, Moody scrutiny & Daylight Saving Time: Florida Politics

Primary campaigning resembles a “circular firing squad,” US Sen. Moody under fire and President Trump weighs in on Daylight Saving Time.

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Aug 6 • 2:05 PM EDT • Politics • floridatoday.com
Few signs of talks between US and Iran as Trump hears from different corners on path forward

Despite President Donald Trump’s claims Iran is “begging” for a deal, some US officials fear regime figures appear more committed than ever to wielding leverage over the Strait of Hormuz and firing missiles toward American troops.

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Jul 31 • 9:07 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Curt Cignetti Says the SEC Whines Too Much

Indiana head coach Curt Cignetti isn’t backing down from his confidence—and SEC fans are already firing back. Speaking at Big Ten Media Days, Cignetti made a bold claim that is guaranteed to spark debate across college football. “The Big Ten is the best league in football… We don’t run a hype machine up here in…

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Jul 30 • 4:17 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Brian Kelly CBS Sports job, explained: What former college football coach will be doing in new broadcast role

Brian Kelly will be behind the microphone in 2026 after last year's LSU firing.

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Jul 27 • 3:46 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Protests, Political Rivalries Dog Ukraine's War Effort

Mass protests forced Zelensky to reverse course on the firing of a popular minister.

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Jul 24 • 3:41 PM EDT • Politics • foreignpolicy.com
49ers’ Nick Bosa Appears to Celebrate Ryan Clark’s ESPN Firing

San Francisco 49ers star pass rusher Nick Bosa hadn’t posted on X in four years — until Thursday evening.Bosa returned to the platform with a subtle reaction to ESPN’s decision to part ways with former NFL defensive back and longtime analyst Ryan Clark earlier this week during a round of layoffs.Nick Bosa’s ReactionBosa reposted The […] The post 49ers’ Nick Bosa Appears to Celebrate Ryan Clark’s ESPN Firing appeared first on HEAVY.

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Jul 24 • 12:42 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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US attorney who Trump fired minutes after he got the job sues to get it back

A former US attorney in Washington state is suing the Trump administration for firing him less than one hour after a panel of federal judges unanimously voted to appoint him to the role.

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Jul 21 • 5:14 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
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After Firing of Key Multnomah County Health Leader, Accusations Fly and Potential Litigation Brews

A major health institution that has gone through five leaders in six years must now find another.

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Jul 18 • 5:04 PM EDT • Health • wweek.com
8 Chicago officers face firing over federal small business loan fraud

The officers are among 28 cops accused of lying on government documents in order to receive funding meant to assist small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Jul 17 • 12:07 PM EDT • Business • police1.com
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Breaking Down the A's Alarming Trends Heading Into the Break

From Emerson's firing to Suarez's emergence, a look at what's driven the A's collapse since June 15 — and which storylines could carry into the second half

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Jul 14 • 9:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
VFW cartoon showing veterans facing a firing squad sparks calls for an investigation

A cartoon depicting a firing squad of bureaucrats and media with rifles aimed at US veterans has prompted a powerful congressman to call for an investigation into one of America’s oldest veterans advocacy groups, stoking a debate over free speech for political satire.

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Jul 13 • 6:30 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Trump called ‘irresponsible and dangerous’ over election commission firings

Politicians and advocates say dismissals are ‘deeply concerning and part of president’s ‘relentless efforts to interfere with elections’

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Jul 10 • 6:40 AM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com
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Trump fires federal election commissioners ahead of midterms

The firings cripple a key bipartisan agency just months before the midterms.

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Jul 9 • 7:53 PM EDT • Politics • nbcnews.com
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Phillies Eyeing Padres Closer Mason Miller to Strengthen Struggling Bullpen

Despite the disappointing start to the 2026 MLB season, which led to the firing of manager Rob Thomson, the Philadelphia Phillies are right back in postseason talks. While interim manager Don Mattingly and the current roster have put the team back into contention, there are several areas of concern. The bullpen has been a clear weakness, which the Phillies are expected to address before the Aug. 3 trade deadline.

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Jul 9 • 4:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Grand Theft Auto workers seek union recognition after mass firings

Exclusive: Staff at Rockstar Games hope move can be completed before release of GTA VI scheduled for November

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Jun 30 • 6:32 AM EDT • Technology • theguardian.com
John Roberts fought for decades to get rid of the 1935 precedent that had limited a president’s firing authority

For more than 40 years, since his service as a young Reagan administration lawyer, Chief Justice John Roberts has pressed for an exceptionally powerful US president, one who could fire the heads of independent agencies at any time.

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Jun 29 • 6:53 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Supreme Court hands Trump new power to tighten his grip on the federal government

Trump lost a Supreme Court case over his attempted Fed firing. But he won a bigger fight for presidential power.

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Jun 29 • 6:26 PM EDT • Politics • nbcnews.com
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Takeaways from the Supreme Court’s decisions expanding Trump’s firing power but preserving Fed for now

The Supreme Court handed President Donald Trump a significant win Monday by allowing him to remove the leaders of once-independent federal agencies at will, toppling a 1935 precedent in the process that could reorder the way the government functions.

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Jun 29 • 3:09 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
From mail voting to firings, SCOTUS verdict on Trump agenda is mixed

The Supreme Court dealt the Trump agenda major blows on economic regulation and mail-in voting, but also expanded Trump's power over federal agencies.

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Jun 29 • 3:06 PM EDT • Politics • usatoday.com
Supreme Court says Fed's Lisa Cook can keep her job for now, but it upholds other Trump firings

The Supreme Court on Monday dramatically expanded presidential power, upholding President Donald Trump’s firings of the heads of independent federal agencies with one important exception, the Federal Reserve.

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Jun 29 • 10:49 AM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
Supreme Court Expands Presidential Power by Allowing Trump to Fire F.T.C. Official

President Trump’s firing tested a precedent that had insulated independent regulators. But the justices carved out the “unique role” of the Federal Reserve.

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Jun 29 • 10:33 AM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Source: Mass firings underway at agency to prevent terror attacks
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Jun 22 • 10:59 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Source: acting DNI Bill Pulte has begun mass firings
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Jun 22 • 7:30 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Firings now underway at Office of Director of National Intelligence, source says

The large-scale cuts that President Donald Trump’s acting director of national intelligence had been considering imposing at his own office started on Monday, a source familiar with the matter told CNN.

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Jun 22 • 5:32 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Congressional Democrats Warn Pulte Against Mass Firings

Current and former officials say the acting director of national intelligence is planning to announce major cuts to his office as early as Monday.

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Jun 22 • 11:27 AM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Scheffler praises Clark's resolve in gutsy US Open triumph

World number one Scottie Scheffler praised playing partner Wyndham Clark for defying New York hecklers as well as formidable Shinnecock to win his second US Open title on Sunday.Scheffler settled for a share of fourth after firing a one-over par 71 to finish on 280 while Clark edged fellow American Sam Burns by one stroke for the title.

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Jun 21 • 8:42 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Trump’s new acting intel chief Bill Pulte arrives early, eyes firing hundreds

President Donald Trump’s pick for acting director of national intelligence, Bill Pulte, showed up at his new job a day early on Thursday after asking for a list of every employee in the office so he could assess whether to fire them, two sources familiar with the matter told CNN.

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Jun 19 • 4:00 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
OHSU sues OPB, seeking to withhold records about fired executive

Oregon’s flagship research hospital and medical school on Tuesday sued Oregon Public Broadcasting to prevent the release of records about its firing of a prominent executive four months into his job.

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Jun 16 • 9:32 PM EDT • Health • opb.org
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Mike Brown is an NBA champion coach with Knicks, 18 months after controversial Kings firing
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Jun 14 • 1:38 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Leadership vacuum plaguing U.S. health agencies

A wave of firings and resignations at the highest levels of the CDC and the FDA suggests the Trump administration may be pivoting away from facets of the "Make America Healthy Again" movement. NBC News' Aria Bendix reports.

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Jun 11 • 2:17 PM EDT • Health • nbcnews.com
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Soldiers have a new app for mortar firing solutions

Picatinny Arsenal says troops are finding the app easy to use and modern, picking up the upgraded system with little training.

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Jun 11 • 1:23 PM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
After shakeups at the CDC and FDA, is Trump moving away from MAHA?

A wave of firings and resignations at the highest levels of the CDC and FDA suggests the Trump administration may be pivoting away from facets of the MAHA movement.

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Jun 10 • 5:00 AM EDT • Health • nbcnews.com
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Lesley Stahl says Paramount boss David Ellison promised editorial independence for '60 Minutes'

Veteran journalist Lesley Stahl says Paramount boss David Ellison promised editorial independence for '60 Minutes' during a phone call following Scott Pelley's firing.

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Jun 9 • 7:14 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Paramount Searches For Business-Side Partner For Bari Weiss: Axios

This comes as CBS News has been under intense scrutiny following a wave of firings at "60 Minutes."

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Jun 9 • 8:01 AM EDT • Business • yahoo.com
FCC chair calls Scott Pelley ‘out of touch’ for claiming '60 Minutes' firing was unexpected

FCC chair Brendan Carr called Scott Pelley 'completely out of touch' after the veteran journalist claimed he wasn't expecting to be fired from '60 Minutes' for criticizing new CBS News leadership.

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Jun 8 • 11:12 AM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Ferrari Drops Massive Two-Tenths Aero Upgrade For Barcelona Survival

Just hours after Lewis Hamilton brutally exposed Ferrari’s massive 10-month engine deficit, Maranello is aggressively firing back with the only ammunition they currently have: a massive, season-defining aerodynamic overhaul. If the Scuderia cannot match the raw horsepower of Red Bull…

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Jun 8 • 2:30 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Why Britain and America Can't Stop Firing Their Leaders

In both countries, political revolts keep toppling leaders without solving the deeper crisis.

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Jun 8 • 12:01 AM EDT • Politics • politico.com
Israeli forces kill a Palestinian baby after firing at car in the West Bank, health ministry says
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Jun 6 • 7:02 AM EDT • Health • cbsnews.com
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Israeli forces kill a Palestinian infant in the occupied West Bank, say health officials

HEBRON, West Bank (AP) — Israeli troops killed a seven-month-old Palestinian baby boy after firing at his parents’ vehicle in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said. Sam Fahd …

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Jun 6 • 4:58 AM EDT • Health • thehill.com
Israeli forces kill a Palestinian infant in the occupied West Bank, say health officials

HEBRON, West Bank (AP) — Israeli troops killed a seven-month-old Palestinian baby boy after firing at his parents’ vehicle in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said.

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Jun 6 • 3:53 AM EDT • Health • wral.com
Last 3 '60 Minutes' correspondents are staying, read the memo

"60 Minutes" is keeping its veteran correspondents after the firing of Scott Pelley and the departure of Anderson Cooper under CBS News' Bari Weiss.

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Jun 5 • 12:23 PM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
Kupcho seizes slim lead in US Women's Open at Riviera

Jennifer Kupcho made a hot start in firing a five-under-par 66 for a one-shot lead in the first round of the US Women's Open at Riviera Country Club on Thursday.The American finished with seven birdies and two bogeys and a one-shot lead over South Korean Kim Sei-young.

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Jun 4 • 10:58 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
President Trump says he will nominate Todd Blanche to serve as attorney general

Blanche sought quickly to position himself as the favorite for the permanent job after Pam Bondi's firing in April

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Jun 4 • 7:15 AM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
President Trump says he will nominate Todd Blanche to serve as attorney general

Blanche sought quickly to position himself as the favorite for the permanent job after Pam Bondi's firing in April

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Jun 4 • 7:15 AM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
President Trump says he will nominate Todd Blanche to serve as attorney general

Blanche sought quickly to position himself as the favorite for the permanent job after Pam Bondi's firing in April

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President Trump says he will nominate Todd Blanche to serve as attorney general

Blanche sought quickly to position himself as the favorite for the permanent job after Pam Bondi's firing in April

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Trump says he will nominate acting AG Todd Blanche to permanently lead Justice Department

President Trump announces plans to nominate acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to permanently lead the Department of Justice after Pam Bondi's firing.

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Jun 4 • 12:17 AM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com
What smart people are saying about CBS News firing Scott Pelley

Scott Pelley, the veteran "60 Minutes" correspondent, was fired from CBS News on Tuesday after reportedly criticizing Bari Weiss.

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Jun 3 • 8:03 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
Oil prices rise as new Middle East hostilities flare and talks stall

Oil prices climbed more than 1% in early trade on Wednesday as hostilities in the Middle East erupted anew with ​Iran firing missiles at Kuwait and Bahrain, while diplomatic talks ‌between Iran and the United States showed little progress.

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Jun 2 • 8:36 PM EDT • Business • reuters.com
Steelers already looking to replace fired coach, says Mike McCarthy

Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike McCarthy discussed the firing of Derius Swinton II and revealed that the team was in the process of replacing him.

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Jun 2 • 1:01 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Vikings Hire New GM — and Fans Love It

The Minnesota Vikings haven’t employed an official general manager since before the Super Bowl, firing Kwesi Adofo-Mensah on January 30th. […]

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May 30 • 11:38 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
John Tortorella Returns to Stanley Cup Final After Flyers Firing
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May 27 • 1:21 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Red Sox Analyst Shares Theory For Alex Cora Firing

Lou Merloni explains why he thinks Cora was dismissed.

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May 26 • 11:06 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Experts Fear Key Federal Firings Undercut Public Health

The dismissal of the entire National Science Board breaks down guardrails that protect public health, says epidemiologist Brian Castrucci.

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May 26 • 12:00 AM EDT • Science • governing.com
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Experts Fear Key Federal Firings Undercut Public Health

The dismissal of the entire National Science Board breaks down guardrails that protect public health, says epidemiologist Brian Castrucci.

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May 26 • 12:00 AM EDT • Health • governing.com
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Do You Think The Jays Will Make The Playoff?

Tonight, we are at the 1/3 mark of the season. The team is 25-28, which, rather amazingly, puts them just one game back of a Wild Card playoff. The AL is not exactly firing on all cylinders this year. A year ago, the Jays were 26-27, which had them two games back of a Wild […]

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May 25 • 12:06 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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White House gunman had criminal record, history of mental health issues

The gunman killed after firing at a White House checkpoint had a history of mental health concerns and prior Secret Service encounters, officials say.

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May 24 • 8:06 AM EDT • Health • foxnews.com
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Opinion | Firing Prevention Experts Will Not Make Us Healthy Again

The future of health advice is uncertain.

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May 23 • 7:00 AM EDT • Health • nytimes.com
Man accused of firing pellet gun at real estate business 5 times causes $40K+ in damages, SAPD says

Investigators arrested a San Antonio man they believe is responsible for shooting a pellet gun at a Northwest Side real estate firm on five different occasions.

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May 22 • 9:08 PM EDT • Business • ksat.com
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RFK Jr. Fires Leaders of Key Health Task Force

The health secretary has undermined the work of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force over the past year.

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May 20 • 11:46 AM EDT • Health • nytimes.com
Georgia mayor who fired town’s entire police force resigns, citing family ‘health concerns’

Ron Shinnick did not mention the firing of the Cohutta police force, which was later rehired, in resignation letter

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May 20 • 5:00 AM EDT • Health • theguardian.com
Op-ed: Trump Fires All Governing Members of the US National Science Foundation Amidst Major Cuts to Research

Trump Administration efforts to erase the independence of federal agencies, and roll back research, continue in the firing of all 22 National Science Foundation board members

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May 18 • 8:16 AM EDT • Science • irinsider.org
As global crises multiply, scores of US diplomats say they have been forced out

Amid ongoing foreign policy crises around the globe and as the Trump administration struggles to reach a deal to end the war with Iran, the State Department last week finalized the firings of nearly 250 foreign service officers in a brief, impersonal email.

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May 16 • 11:00 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
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Why Trump (rightly) Fired the National Science Foundation Board

President Trump’s recent firing of all 22 members of the National Science Foundation board ignited the sort of institutional panic one normally associates with medieval villagers spotting a comet.

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May 15 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • maciverinstitute.com
Pierre LeBrun Reveals Oilers' Coaching Plans After Kris Knoblauch's Firing

The Oilers exited the 2026 playoffs after a first-round loss following back-to-back trips to the finals.

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May 14 • 11:42 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
A year of Trump is backfiring on the religious right

Americans don’t really want “Christian nationalism.”

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May 14 • 10:35 AM EDT • Politics • vox.com
Thousands of Scientists Sign Letter to Combat Science Board’s Firing

Thousands of Scientists Sign Letter to Combat Science Board’s Firing: The signatories, including more than 35 Nobel laureates, decry the “alarming attack on the ability of the US to engage in basic and applied research”

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May 12 • 6:00 PM EDT • Science • nautil.us
Dem lawmakers question Trump firing of science advisers

Senate Democrats have requested records of communication between the White House and National Science Foundation leadership by May 29.

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May 12 • 4:17 PM EDT • Science • eenews.net
Celebrate National Burger Month with "smashing" fusion recipe

The warmer weather might have many firing up the grill, but Angie Horkan with the Wisconsin Beef Council offers up a recipe good for all seasons.

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May 11 • 8:44 AM EDT • Entertainment • wxow.com
National Academy of Sciences experts denounce Trump’s NSF board purge

In an open letter, thousands of researchers criticized the White House’s firing of the research agency’s board as ‘an alarming attack’ on U.S. science

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May 11 • 5:30 AM EDT • Science • scientificamerican.com
Trump’s Attack on Science Escalates With Firing of Entire National Science Board

The impact of the loss of knowledge and research will be felt for decades — a legacy of Trump’s war on science.

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May 7 • 2:33 PM EDT • Science • truthout.org
Science diplomacy lessons from a North Korean volcano

Mount Paektu, a mythic, active volcano on the border between North Korea and China, is almost the epitome of a scientific challenge that crosses political lines. In 946 CE, it erupted in one of the five biggest volcanic events of the past 10,000 years, kicking up huge quantities of ash and sending destructive mud flows down river channels for hundreds of kilometres. Should this happen again, the entire region, including easternmost Russia, South Korea and even Japan could be hit. “It’s definitely got the potential to be big,” said James Hammond, a professor of geophysics at Birkbeck, University of London. An eruption on the scale of 946 would have “huge regional impact.” For the past 15 years, Hammond has helped lead a groundbreaking collaboration with North Korean scientists to study the volcano, navigating scientific sanctions, tough export controls on scientific equipment and a long, pandemic-enforced exodus from the country. Although he seems more at home on far-flung research expeditions – before speaking to Science|Business, Hammond was camping out on a Greenland ice sheet – he has also advised the European Commission on its changing science diplomacy strategy. His long experience with North Korea has made Hammond sceptical of blanket bans on science collaboration, no matter the country.This is a live question in Europe, where in the wake of Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, institutional ties with Russian universities were almost entirely severed, although some scientists fear this could undermine our understanding of climate change’s impact on the Arctic. Here, Hammond tells the story of the Mount Paektu mission and the policy lessons he takes from it. Ominous rumblingsThe genesis of Hammond’s collaboration came in 2002, when Mount Paektu began to rumble ominously. Earthquake activity picked up and the volcano began to emit unusual gases. North Korean scientists took notice. “People felt we need to know more about this volcano,” said Hammond. In 2011, North Korean vulcanologists put out a request for international expertise to help them learn more. At the time, Hammond and his collaborator, Clive Oppenheimer, were working on a vulcanology project in another sanctioned country, Eritrea, and so decided to answer the call. Within a month, they had flown into Pyongyang. “It was pretty incredible,” recalls Hammond (left). “We were made to feel like honoured guests, and invited to official celebrations.” The scientific opportunity was huge. Paektu is unusually positioned, a thousand kilometres from where tectonic plates rub against each other in the Pacific. “It was an incredibly interesting volcano, but not much research had been done, at least not in the international community,” he said. “There was so much we felt we could do. And we had these partners that were super keen to engage.”The mission received an unusual visitor in the form of volcano-obsessed filmmaker Werner Herzog, who accompanied Hammond and Oppenheimer while directing his 2016 film Into the Inferno about volcanos across the world. Four days into the trip, the German director delivered a long speech about reunification to his North Korean hosts, recalls Hammond. “He got to the heart of the Koreans and how they felt, and how they thought, in a way that I'm not sure I ever will,” he said. UN sanctionsHowever, Hammond realised he’d been “naïve” about how difficult it would be to collaborate with North Korea, which was sanctioned far more heavily than Eritrea. “We didn’t fully appreciate the all-encompassing nature of restrictions,” he said. In 2016, as tensions escalated over Pyongyang’s nuclear tests, a United Nations resolution banned all joint scientific work with North Korea. However, the UN sanctions did allow countries to request carve outs, and the UK successfully requested an exemption for Hammond’s work. Related articlesEU pushes for joint science diplomacy, but care needed to avoid gridlock, experts sayRussia severs its last ties with German scienceAnchor Greenlanders in Arctic climate research, experts tell EU ahead of policy updateExport controls have also delayed Hammond’s work. In one case, it took 18 months to get approval from the UK government to take seismometers, which measure earthquakes, to North Korea. “It was frustrating,” he said. “But they didn’t just say no.” However, one instrument, called an induction coil, used to measure how the earth conducts electricity, was blocked entirely because it can in theory be used to detect submarines. Karaoke bondingSince the collaboration started in 2011, Hammond has visited the country around 15 times, although the pandemic closed off North Korea for more than five years. A trip last November was Hammond’s first since the outbreak. Despite this lengthy interlude, Hammond has deep bonds in the country. The North Korean scientists Hammond works with are somewhat isolated, as they struggle to access the latest research papers and travel to international conferences. That said, they are “excellent geophysicists” and are “very well trained in the field,” he said. Over karaoke and chats about their families, “we’ve made friendships, for sure,” he said. The authorities have to sign-off things like the placement of seismometers, for example, but Hammond said these requests have been approved. “Everything that we've asked for within a scientific context has been delivered.”Scientific backchannels? These kind of personal links between scientists across political lines are one purported benefit of science diplomacy. During the Cold War, some historians argue, scientific contact between the US and Soviet Union laid a groundwork of trust for other cooperation, such as on arms control. Hammond agrees that backchannel contacts to North Korean geophysicists are hardly likely to defuse a military crisis on the Korean peninsula, but the simple fact of the scientific collaboration makes contacts between diplomats that little bit easier. “It creates opportunities to understand each other a little bit better,” he said. “When maybe you have those more difficult discussions as diplomats, it's coming from a slightly better place.” Cutting tiesDrawing lessons from the Mount Paektu mission for today’s links with Russian science isn’t simple. The analogy is far from exact, Hammond said, “because one is essentially a Cold War, versus a pretty hot war in the case of Russia.” But Hammond’s broader argument is that the challenges we face, such as climate change, pandemics, biodiversity loss, pollution and so on, have globalised in an unprecedented way, making blanket shutdowns in collaboration with any country unwise.He’s somewhat critical of the UN scientific sanctions imposed on North Korea in 2016, even though they did allow for exceptions. “I think a blanket halt to some of these things, when we face big global challenges [. . .] that’s quite a risky thing to do,” he said.Institutional endorsement?European academics are still by and large free to work individually with Russian counterparts. However, official, institutional partnerships have largely ended. Shortly following the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Russian university rectors wrote a public letter endorsing the war, meaning European universities fear official collaboration could also be seen as a kind of endorsement. Hammond acknowledges there is a risk of legitimising regimes, and state-controlled universities, through scientific cooperation. “That’s the trade off you have to make,” he said. Strategic projectsWith Russia, instead of giving a green light to restart all Arctic science, a middle ground might be firing up a few carefully selected “strategic” projects, said Hammond. After all, European countries are still collaborating with Russia on the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor, an experimental nuclear fusion plant in the south of France. However, even if Europe did try to revive Arctic science with Russia, there’s no guarantee Russian scientists would play ball. A series of high-profile arrests of physicists in Russia accused of sharing their findings with the outside world has made collaboration fraught. Even before the invasion of 2022, “the Russian regime made it increasingly difficult, and this sort of discouraged people,” Dag Rune Olsen, rector of the Arctic University of Norway, told Science|Business last year.

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National Science Board member with longtime New Mexico ties speaks out on firing

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With mass firing, Trump deals a fresh blow to American science

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Theetge firing is one big public relations stunt

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Scientists see Trump's firing of the National Science Board as an attack on research

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It’s business as usual for the Red Sox, but will firing Alex Cora bring a World Series?

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