Federal job cuts continue under Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency with the Federal Reserve planning to cut 10 percent of its workforce (approximately 2,000 people) over the next few years through a voluntary deferred resignation program.
The Environmental Protection Agency announced last week that it will reconsider Biden-era drinking water standards on four types of “forever chemicals,” and postpone the compliance deadline for two chemicals, including one known to cause cancer in humans.
KindlyMD, a healthcare company best known for helping people fight opioid addiction, watched its stock jump by 250 percent last week after it announced that it will merge with a bitcoin investment firm owned by David Bailey, U.S. President Donald Trump’s crypto advisor, according to CNBC.
President Donald Trump announced last week that he will lift all sanctions against Syria, which was a major win for Syria’s President Ahmed al-Sharaa, the former commander of Al Qaeda offshoot Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), who once had a $10-million U.S. bounty on his head.
U.S. President Donald Trump toured the Middle East last week and praised his relationship with Arab leaders and promised them that Washington will step back from interfering in the way they govern.
The Zionist Trump administration announced last week that it will cut another $450 million in grants from Harvard as the White House makes good on its promise to smash any criticism of Israel on college campuses to protect the feelings of Jewish students.
On 16 May, Moody’s Ratings became the last of the three major credit rating agencies to lower its estimate of the U.S. government’s creditworthiness.
Steve Witkoff, U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy, told officials last week that the administration will not force Israel to stop its genocide in Gaza, despite the worsening humanitarian conditions inside the enclave.
On 12 February 2025, President Donald Trump held a phone conversation with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that gave hope that the new U.S. leader was taking the initiative to end the Ukraine War.
The U.S. is losing ground to other peer countries in life expectancy over the past decade, and researchers blame the prevalence of chronic disease for the lack of momentum.