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F.T.C. Chair Warns Apple Against Bias in Apple News

✇NYT: Technology
By:Cecilia Kang
13 February 2026 at 13:59
Andrew Ferguson of the F.T.C. said in a letter to Apple that it might be violating consumer protection law by stifling conservative speech in its news aggregation service.

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Trump-appointed leaders of federal agencies have been using consumer protection laws to punish media and tech companies for perceived left-leaning bias.

RFK Jr. Allies Target States to Overturn Vaccine Mandates for Schools

✇NYT: Science
By:Christina Jewett
13 February 2026 at 05:02
Proponents of vaccines warn that the efforts will further dismantle the immunization infrastructure and lead to more outbreaks of disease.

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An empty classroom at the high school in Williston, N.D., during an outbreak of measles there last year.
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Gail Slater Leaves Role as Justice Dept.’s Antitrust Chief

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By:David McCabe
12 February 2026 at 14:30
Her departure follows months of mounting tension over her division’s work to determine whether companies violated antitrust laws.

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Abigail Slater was in the job as assistant attorney general for the antitrust division for roughly a year, after her confirmation in March.

Trump Repeals Key Greenhouse Gas Finding, Erasing EPA’s Power to Fight Climate Change

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By:Lisa Friedman
13 February 2026 at 09:27
The Environmental Protection Agency rejected the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse gases threaten human life and well being. It means the agency can no longer regulate them.

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Rigorous scientific findings since 2009 have shown that greenhouse gases and global warming are harming public health.

What to Know About the E.P.A.’s Big Attack on Climate Regulation

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By:Lisa Friedman and Maxine Joselow
13 February 2026 at 21:03
The Trump administration has repealed the scientific determination that underpins the government’s legal authority to combat climate change.

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E.P.A. administrator Lee Zeldin has claimed that previous administrations used the endangerment finding to justify “trillions of dollars” in regulations on polluting industries and its reversal will help the economy.

Anthropic Donates $20 Million to Super PAC Operation to Counter OpenAI

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By:Theodore Schleifer
12 February 2026 at 09:33
Anthropic and OpenAI now have their own well-funded political groups that will square off in the midterm elections over artificial intelligence safety and regulation.

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Dario Amodei, a co-founder and chief executive of Anthropic, formerly worked at OpenAI.

Bans on Many CBD Products Loom This Year

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By:Jan Hoffman
12 February 2026 at 05:00
A federal law taking effect in November severely limits the amount of THC, the euphoric cannabis compound, allowed in over-the-counter items. Many groups are fighting back.

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Four States Sue Administration Over Loss of Public Health Funds

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By:Apoorva Mandavilli
11 February 2026 at 19:45
The states, all led by Democrats, claim the cuts were intended as retribution and will harm efforts to control H.I.V. and other sexually transmitted infections.

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The headquarters of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. The agency administered block grants for H.I.V. prevention that were allocated to public health departments in California, Colorado, Illinois and Minnesota.

Trump Orders Dept. of Defense to Buy Electricity From Coal Sources

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By:Brad Plumer
11 February 2026 at 18:11
Mr. Trump is trying to revive coal, the dirtiest fossil fuel. At the White House, coal executives awarded him a trophy as the “Undisputed Champion of Beautiful Clean Coal.”

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President Trump signed an executive order. On the desk beside him is a trophy labeled “Undisputed Champion of Beautiful Clean Coal.”

Behind the E.P.A.’s Rush to Repeal the Endangerment Finding

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By:Maxine Joselow and Lisa Friedman
10 February 2026 at 15:17
The agency is racing to repeal a scientific finding that requires it to fight global warming. Experts say the goal is to get the matter before the justices while President Trump is still in office.

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Lee Zeldin, the E.P.A. administrator, at the agency’s headquarters in Washington last year.

Newly Unbound, Trump Weighs More Nuclear Arms and Underground Tests

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By:David E. Sanger and William J. Broad
9 February 2026 at 18:46
It remains to be seen whether the three big nuclear powers are headed into a new arms race, or whether President Trump is trying to spur negotiations on a new accord now that a last Cold War treaty has expired.

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An underground atomic test at the Nevada Test Site near Yucca Flats in 1955. The last U.S. explosive test of a nuclear weapon was in 1992.

TrumpRx: What to Know About Insurance Benefits, Pricing and Savings

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By:Rebecca Robbins
6 February 2026 at 13:18
People may be able to pay less for prescriptions with their insurance rather than via the new government website. The Trump drugstore is meant to help people buy medications using their own money.

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President Trump; Dr. Mehmet Oz, who oversees Medicare and Medicaid; and Joe Gebbia, who oversees the design of government websites, unveiled TrumpRx at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on Thursday.

Google Workers Demand End to Cloud Services for Immigration Agencies

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By:Tripp Mickle
6 February 2026 at 13:52
More than 800 employees delivered a petition to management, condemning the Trump administration’s use of Google technology in immigration enforcement.

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Federal agents leaving the area where Renee Good was killed in Minneapolis.

TrumpRx, the President’s Online Drugstore, Opens for Business

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By:Rebecca Robbins and Margot Sanger-Katz
6 February 2026 at 03:57
TrumpRx is aimed at helping patients use their own money to buy medicines. But researchers who study drug pricing warned that many patients could pay too much if they use the site.

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The TrumpRx website is meant to be an entry point for consumers to search for their medicines and then direct them to manufacturers’ websites to buy the drugs directly.

F.D.A. Relaxes Rules on ‘Naturally Derived’ Dyes

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By:Sheryl Gay Stolberg
5 February 2026 at 12:23
Food makers will now be able to claim that their products have “no artificial colors,” so long as they use dyes that are not petroleum-based.

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“We’re asking people now, ‘Eat real food,’” Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said at the Tennessee State Capitol on Wednesday.

Senators Accuse Equifax of ‘Price-Gouging’ Medicaid Programs

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By:Sarah Kliff · Margot Sanger-Katz and Asmaa Elkeurti
5 February 2026 at 12:29
The company’s data will be essential for many states to comply with new work requirements for the health insurance program that take effect next year.

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Many states rely on an Equifax product to verify Medicaid applicants’ wages and work hours.

Trump Administration Is Delaying Hundreds of Wind and Solar Projects

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By:Brad Plumer and Rebecca F. Elliott
4 February 2026 at 17:01
Federal agencies are delaying approvals for renewable energy projects on both federal land and private property at a time when electricity demand is going up.

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The Trump administration has been halting or delaying federal approvals that were once seen as routine.

F.T.C. Settles With Express Scripts Over High Insulin Prices

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By:Rebecca Robbins and Reed Abelson
4 February 2026 at 16:40
The Trump administration announced that the company, a pharmacy benefit manager, had agreed to make significant changes to its practices.

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High insulin prices generated public outcry for years, though changes in the past few years have reduced patients’ costs to no more than $35 a month in most cases.

Congress Reins In Drug Middlemen in Effort to Lower Prescription Prices

✇NYT: Science
By:Reed Abelson and Rebecca Robbins
4 February 2026 at 05:00
The legislation will impose new restrictions on pharmacy benefit managers, giant companies like CVS Caremark, Optum Rx and Express Scripts that oversee prescription drug benefits.

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Executives at the largest pharmacy benefit managers testified before a congressional committee in 2023.

Netflix Leader Pushes Warner Deal Before Skeptical Lawmakers

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By:David McCabe
3 February 2026 at 18:47
Senators asked Ted Sarandos about whether the acquisition would raise prices, squeeze talent and degrade the moviegoing experience.

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Ted Sarandos, left, a co-chief executive of Netflix, and Bruce Campbell, right, chief revenue and strategy officer of Warner Bros. Discovery. Mr. Sarandos told a Senate subcommittee on Tuesday that “we’ll keep growing the American entertainment industry.”

Trump Unveils $12 Billion Critical Minerals Stockpile

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By:Alan Rappeport and Tony Romm
2 February 2026 at 19:57
The “Project Vault” initiative is intended to reduce U.S. reliance on China for key technology components.

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A rare earth mine in Mountain Pass, Calif. The United States is working to develop its own supply chain for critical minerals.

H.H.S. to Expand Faith-Based Addiction Programs for Homeless

✇NYT: Science
By:Ellen Barry
2 February 2026 at 20:33
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said addiction is a “spiritual disease” that calls out for the involvement of religious organizations.

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, said the federal government would open funding opportunities to faith-based organizations that hold to evidence-based standards.

N.I.H. Worker Who Criticized Trump Seeks Whistle-Blower Protection

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By:Sheryl Gay Stolberg
2 February 2026 at 20:21
Jenna Norton, a National Institutes of Health employee, has been an outspoken critic of the administration’s research cuts and has been on paid leave.

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Jenna Norton last spring organized The Bethesda Declaration, a public letter that denounced what its authors viewed as the administration’s dismantling of the federal biomedical research apparatus.

Judge Hands Trump a Fifth Loss in His Effort to Halt Offshore Wind Projects

✇NYT: Science
By:Maxine Joselow
2 February 2026 at 16:19
The court ruled that construction can restart on a wind farm off the coast of New York State. The Trump administration had ordered work to stop in December.

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A staging area for Orsted’s Sunrise Wind project at the Port of Coeymans south of Albany, N.Y., in 2024.

The Tech Arsenal That ICE Has Deployed in Minneapolis

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By:Sheera Frenkel and Aaron Krolik
31 January 2026 at 13:15
Agents use facial recognition, social media monitoring and other tech tools not only to identify undocumented immigrants but also to track protesters, current and former officials said.

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A Border Patrol Agent scanning the face of a driver in Minneapolis this month.

Kennedy Overhauls Federal Autism Panel in His Own Image

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By:Azeen Ghorayshi
29 January 2026 at 19:32
The new panel, which advises the government on research and service priorities for people with autism, includes many members who have argued that vaccines cause the disorder.

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Although the panel only serves an advisory function, many longtime autism advocates and researchers were alarmed by some of the new panel members.

Michigan Sues Oil Giants, Saying They Collude to Make Energy Costlier

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By:Karen Zraick
27 January 2026 at 14:36
The lawsuit accuses the companies of raising prices by working against solar and wind power and by downplaying the risks of climate change.

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ExxonMobil is among several major companies and groups named in the Michigan lawsuit.

U.S Has Officially Withdrawn From the Paris Climate Accord

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By:Lisa Friedman
27 January 2026 at 10:55
The United States is the only country to pull out of the global agreement among nations to fight climate change. European diplomats say the U.S. reputation is suffering.

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Moves by the Trump administration underline America’s isolation in the effort to control the greenhouse gases, mostly from the burning of fossil fuels, that are dangerously heating the planet.

S.E.C. Drops Case Against Cryptocurrency Firm Founded by Winklevoss Twins

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By:Ben Protess and Sharon LaFraniere
23 January 2026 at 18:35
The agency says that victims of an investment offering involving Gemini Trust got their money back, though after a regulatory action brought by the New York attorney general.

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Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss at a digital assets summit at the White House last March.

William H. Foege, Key Figure in the Eradication of Smallpox, Dies at 89

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By:Keith Schneider and Sheryl Gay Stolberg
24 January 2026 at 21:21
His containment strategy helped wipe out the disease in the 1970s, one of the world’s greatest public health triumphs. He also led the C.D.C. and promoted childhood vaccination worldwide.

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William H. Foege in 1985. He played a critical role in making smallpox the first infectious disease to be altogether eliminated. He stood beside a bust of Hygeia, the Greek goddess of health, at C.D.C. headquarters in Atlanta.

U.S. Automakers’ Foreign Troubles Now Extend to Canada

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By:Jack Ewing
24 January 2026 at 05:01
U.S. trade policy has devastated the Canadian auto industry and pushed the country to reach an agreement that will make it easier for Chinese companies to sell cars there.

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Canada could serve as an important test market for Chinese automakers, like Geely, which is producing vehicles at a plant in Hangzhou, China.

Here’s Who Just Bought TikTok

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By:Emmett Lindner
22 January 2026 at 22:32
Several big companies and investment firms are part of the new American TikTok. Many have ties to one another and President Trump.

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Vaccine Panel Chair Says Polio and Other Shots Should Be Optional, Rejecting Decades of Science

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By:Apoorva Mandavilli
23 January 2026 at 20:15
Dr. Kirk Milhoan, a pediatric cardiologist who leads the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, said a person’s right to refuse a vaccine outweighed concerns about illness or death from infectious diseases.

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Dr. Kirk Milhoan, a pediatric cardiologist who leads the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, speaking at a meeting of the committee in Chamblee, Ga., in September.

Increased Scrutiny Leads to an Improved Organ Transplant System

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By:Brian M. Rosenthal
23 January 2026 at 05:03
A crackdown on problems with fairness and safety is achieving results, including a big drop in the number of sick patients being passed over for transplants.

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A medical worker holding a recovered kidney.

Big Insurers Try to Shift Blame for High Health Costs to Hospitals and Drug Makers

✇NYT: Science
By:Reed Abelson
22 January 2026 at 18:28
At two congressional hearings, lawmakers slammed executives of major companies, saying they were failing to rein in the cost of medical care for consumers.

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Stephen Hemsley, chief executive of UnitedHealth Group, left, defended insurers’ practices, along with other companies’ executives, during congressional hearings on Thursday.

Energy Dept. Says It Is Canceling $30 Billion in Clean Energy Loans

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By:Brad Plumer
22 January 2026 at 17:41
Many of the cancellations had been known for months, but the announcement underscored the drastic change in the energy landscape under President Trump.

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The Energy Department canceled a partial loan guarantee to Sunnova Energy, a residential solar panel installer that was experimenting with a novel way to link home solar and battery systems.

Trump Administration Cuts Off Funding for Fetal Tissue Research. Again.

✇NYT: Science
By:Roni Caryn Rabin
22 January 2026 at 16:10
The prohibition halts support for projects both inside and outside the N.I.H. President Biden had restored funding after an earlier ban by President Trump during his first term.

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Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, the N.I.H. director, said that the agency will look to make additional investments in “validated emerging technologies” that could “reduce or potentially replace reliance on human embryonic stem cells.”

What’s a Human Life Worth? The E.P.A. Says Zero Dollars.

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By:Maxine Joselow
21 January 2026 at 05:03
The Environmental Protection Agency has stopped estimating the dollar value of lives saved in the cost-benefit analyses for new pollution rules.

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Los Angeles smog in 1979. For decades, government agencies have used a theoretical value of human life when calculating the costs and benefits of new regulations.

AI Attack Ad in Texas Senate Race Shows John Cornyn Dancing With Jasmine Crockett

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By:Reid J. Epstein
16 January 2026 at 19:29
A video from Ken Paxton, a Republican primary challenger to Senator John Cornyn of Texas, depicted A.I.-generated imagery of the senator twirling with Jasmine Crockett, a Democratic Senate candidate.

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Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general, is challenging Senator John Cornyn, a fellow Republican.
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