Federal job cuts continue under Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency. Government contractors are seeing slowdowns in government spending and cutting staff due to reduced business. Booz Allen, which relies heavily on government contracts, will lay off 2,500 people.
Microsoft admitted last week that it took action to prevent its employees from emailing large groups with keywords such as “Palestine,” “Gaza,” “genocide,” and “apartheid,” because “emailing large numbers of employees about any topic not related to work is not appropriate.”
A new article published in the journal Nature Medicine noted that there are up to 100,000 synthetic chemicals that can pass from packing to foods, which could help explain why ultra-processed foods have been tied to serious health issues.
The standoff between U.S. President Donald Trump and Harvard over his administration’s pressure campaign on universities to squash freedom of speech on campus when it is in opposition to the Gaza genocide escalated last week when a federal judge blocked the White House’s attempt to ban the Ivy League school from enrolling foreign students.
The White House last week approved a waiver submitted by Nebraska to allow the state to ban the purchase of soda or energy drinks with the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), better known as food stamps, prompting Brooke L. Rollins, secretary of the Agriculture Department, to call the move a “historic step to Make America Healthy Again.”
Bitcoin investors are bullish with U.S. President Donald Trump in the White House given his family’s tentacles in crypto and optimism that he will do everything he can to make sure there is a favorable regulation environment to spark further growth.
U.S. President Donald Trump reportedly told European allies that Russia and Ukraine will have to sort out their problems on their own after failed attempts to strike a deal to end the war that has been raging for over three years.
The Chinese military is prepared to launch its new drone “mothership” that can launch 100 UAVs at a time, which has been called a game changer in military aviation.
Last week, London signed a $4.6 billion deal to hand over the sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, while announcing a deal that will allow the U.K. to lease the strategic air base on Diego Garcia for £101m a year for “at least the next century,” which is also used by the U.S.
Russia’s Defense Ministry said last week that it shot down 485 drones launched from Ukraine in a two-day span that began on Tuesday evening and spanned across 14 regions.