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AI Spurs Agricultural Innovation but Faces Challenges Amid Funding Cuts

AI Spurs Agricultural Innovation but Faces Challenges Amid Funding Cuts

by Huiyan Li | Jun 4, 2025 | Business & Tech, Environment, Featured, Food, Topics

WASHINGTON––Emerging uses of AI are transforming innovation in agricultural chemicals, helping to increase food production. However, experts told a House subcommittee on May 20 that the core of AI-driven innovation happens at universities, which now face threats from...
Coalition of Nonprofits, Research Institutions Fight Against Proposed Cuts at CDC Injury Center

Coalition of Nonprofits, Research Institutions Fight Against Proposed Cuts at CDC Injury Center

by Ismael M. Belkoura | Jun 3, 2025 | Featured, Health

WASHINGTON–Shayna Raphael started promoting infant safety 10 years ago after her daughter Claire passed away due to an unsafe sleeping environment at her daycare. The Claire Bear Foundation, which Raphael created with her husband, teaches parents about unsafe...
Lawmakers accuse medical residency matching program of violating antitrust laws

Lawmakers accuse medical residency matching program of violating antitrust laws

by Khaleel Rahman | May 31, 2025 | Politics, Topics

WASHINGTON, May 14 — Members of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform and Antitrust debated Wednesday whether the program that matches new doctors with residency opportunities violated antitrust laws and should have its...
Lawmakers Press USDA Secretary on ‘Illegal’ Freezing of Funding & Disaster Relief Grants

Lawmakers Press USDA Secretary on ‘Illegal’ Freezing of Funding & Disaster Relief Grants

by Khaleel Rahman | May 31, 2025 | Politics

WASHINGTON—Members of the House Appropriations Committee questioned USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins last Wednesday over the freezing of $20 billion in federal funds. President Trump signed several executive orders at the beginning of his term, halting funds that require...
U.S. to eliminate conflict response, war crimes investigation programs

U.S. to eliminate conflict response, war crimes investigation programs

by Khaleel Rahman | May 31, 2025 | Featured, National Security

WASHINGTON (AN) —  The U.S. State Department has announced a major reorganization plan that would eliminate its ability to document alleged war crimes in Ukraine and Russia. Among the targets is a program critical to the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrants...

Dept. of Education Secretary McMahon defends cuts to 2026 budget

by Jordan Owens | May 28, 2025 | Education

  Education Department Secretary Linda McMahon testified at a House appropriations committee on the department’s proposed budget for the 2026 Fiscal Year. McMahon says the department is looking at cutting Head Start programs and mental health services for...
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