Progressive group targets GOP lawmakers over Musk, health cuts

Many in small business were jubilant over Trump’s victory. They’ve since grown very uncertain about the U.S. economy.

Small-business owners — a group that emphatically cheered the election of President Donald Trump and a Republican Congress — now have nearly historic levels of uncertainty about the future.

MarketWatch - 5d

Senate Democrats struggle with funding dilemma as shutdown deadline looms

Senate Democrats are staring down a major dilemma as they agonize over how to handle the GOP’s stopgap spending bill in the face of a potential government shutdown by the end of the week. ...

The Hill - 4d

7 stand trial over cyber death threats against Paris Olympics artistic director

The trial of seven people charged in connection with alleged cyberbullying targeting the artistic director of last summer’s Paris Olympics’ opening and closing ceremonies has started in a Paris court

ABC News - Mar. 5

Democratic Attorneys General Sue Over Gutting of Education Department

The Trump administration cut about half the agency’s work force, saying the move would enable it to deliver services more effectively. The attorneys general called the layoffs “reckless and illegal.”

The New York Times - 3d

Trump administration's climate rollbacks spark concerns over environmental fallout

The Trump administration is moving forward with what EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin calls the "largest deregulatory action in U.S. history," aiming to undo 31 environmental regulations. The changes ...

CBS News - 2d

OpenAI to See Fast-Tracked For-Profit Trial

Elon Musk and OpenAI have agreed to a quick trial over the company’s move away from being nonprofit.

Inc. - 1d

These 10 Democrats voted to advance the GOP funding bill

Ten Senate Democrats helped Republicans advance a GOP-crafted stopgap spending bill, paving the way for it to pass ahead of the midnight deadline despite concerns from scores of their colleagues. ...

The Hill - 2d

Is daylight saving time bad for your health? A neurologist explains.

Researchers are discovering that "springing ahead" each March for daylight saving time is connected with serious negative health effects.

CBS News - Mar. 8

Hinge Health to go public as soon as April, source says

Hinge Health could file for an initial public offering as soon as next week, CNBC has learned.

CNBC - 6d

Digital physical therapy provider Hinge Health files for IPO

Digital physical therapy startup Hinge Health filed its IPO prospectus with the SEC on Monday.

CNBC - 6d

Kennedy Links Measles Outbreak to Poor Diet and Health, Citing Fringe Theories

In a recent interview, the health secretary also suggested that the measles vaccine had harmed children in West Texas, center of an outbreak.

The New York Times - 5d

Labour councillor guilty of indecent exposure should quit, says health secretary

The health secretary calls for his former aide to resign after the aide admitted indecent exposure.

BBC News - 4d

Fact-Checking Dr. Oz’s Health Advice on Supplements, Weight Loss and More

We evaluated his claims about probiotics, weight loss, heart health and more.

The New York Times - 2d

Donatella Versace steps down as creative director of namesake fashion house

Italian designer hands over to Dario Vitale after nearly 30 years as group nears sale

Financial Times - 3d

There are four finalists to be the new majority owner of the Boston Celtics

Who are the groups still in the running to take over that status from current majority owners?

Yahoo Sports - 1d

Uefa to discuss penalty rules after Alvarez 'miss'

Uefa says it will enter discussions with football's lawmakers over rules around penalties after Julian Alvarez's spot kick was controversially disallowed in Atletico Madrid's Champions League exit.

Yahoo Sports - 3d

French lawmaker who uses a wheelchair wins a change in voting rules that discriminated against him

French lawmakers have agreed unanimously to change the way they vote, opting to eliminate a balloting method that discriminated against a parliamentarian who uses a wheelchair because it required ...

ABC News - 4d

An airstrike in Myanmar kills nearly 30 people, an opposition group says

An opposition group in military-ruled Myanmar says an airstrike on a central village under the control of a pro-democracy resistance group has killed at least 27 civilians and injured 30 others

ABC News - 1d

Trump Targeting Law Firms Raises Constitutional Concerns

The way Trump targeted the firms could go against of the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment.

Inc. - Mar. 9

7 fantasy baseball sleepers to target in the last round of 2025 drafts

Some late sleepers to target in 2025 fantasy baseball drafts.

Yahoo Sports - 2d

Bengals free-agent target set to visit another team

A Bengals target has decided to visit elsewhere in free agency.

Yahoo Sports - 1d

GOP senator says 'tariffs is a tax' and Trump understands 'completely'

A GOP senator says President Trump's tariffs are a tax on American consumers, and Trump knows but the goal is to create open markets and long-term fairness

The Hill - 3d

3/16: Sunday Morning

Hosted by Jane Pauley. In our cover story, Robert Costa looks at the influence of Elon Musk within the Trump administration and the effects of DOGE’s cuts on the federal workforce. Also: Conor ...

CBS News - 16h

Tensions rise in Middle East after U.S. strikes in Yemen

Houthi rebels in Yemen are claiming that they staged a counterstrike on the U.S.S. Harry Truman on Sunday in response to U.S. strikes that President Trump announced on Houthi military targets over ...

NBC News - 9h

Climate Group Funded by Bill Gates Slashes Staff in Major Retreat

Breakthrough Energy, an umbrella group for energy and environmental efforts funded by Mr. Gates, is resetting for the Trump era.

The New York Times - 4d

Kuwait frees a group of jailed Americans, including contractors held on drug charges

Kuwait has released a group of American prisoners, including veterans and military contractors jailed for years on drug-related charges.

NBC News - 4d

Keir Starmer scraps NHS England to put health service ‘into democratic control’

Health secretary says end of ‘biggest quango in world’ is final nail in coffin of Andrew Lansley’s 2012 reorganisation. . Keir Starmer has brought the health service back under the control of ...

The Guardian - 3d

Aid operations in Gaza imperiled as millions of promised USAID dollars do not arrive

The Trump administration’s cuts to USAID have frozen hundreds of millions of dollars in contractual payments to aid groups, leaving them paying out of pocket to preserve the fragile Gaza ceasefire, ...

ABC News - Mar. 7

Experts say EPA's rollback of regulations could affect Americans' health

This week the EPA announced the rollback of a wide swath of regulations, many of which could worsen air quality. Experts say that could have implications for health.

CBS News - 2d

The looming budget question: Will Medicaid cuts fund tax cuts?

Republicans should focus tax cuts on middle-income and lower-income households that would provide greater support to the economy than tax cuts for the wealthy.

The Hill - 2d

No. 4 UCLA finds new tough, aggressive approach delivers Big Ten title win over No. 2 USC

Coach Cori Close challenged UCLA to arrive at the Big Ten Tournament as a tougher, more aggressive group than the one that lost to its dreaded rival, USC, last weekend

ABC News - 6d

Alan Simpson, moderate GOP senator who bridged partisan gaps, dead at 93

Relatives and colleagues remember former GOP Sen. Alan Simpson of Wyoming as a figure who was "gifted in crossing party lines."

CBS News - 2d

Grassroots Democratic group calls for Schumer to resign as minority leader

Pass the Torch, a grassroots Democratic group that called for former President Biden to step out of the 2024 presidential race, is now calling for Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) to resign as minority ...

The Hill - 2d

Former lawmaker says Trump pardoned him 2 weeks into campaign finance scheme sentence

President Trump pardoned a former Tennessee Republican lawmaker who was two weeks into his 21-month prison sentence for a campaign finance scheme. Former state Sen. Brian Kelsey announced his ...

The Hill - 3d

The United States of Elon Musk Inc.

The degree to which Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s interests are intertwined is unprecedented—and ultimately unsustainable.

Wired - 3d

Elon Musk’s X suffers multiple outages

Elon Musk's social media platform X experienced several outages on Monday

CNBC - 6d

Emboldened by Trump, Serbia’s Leader Cracks Down on Activist Groups

Roiled by months of nationwide protests it blames on foreign meddling, Serbia has sent the police in to raid groups that received funds from U.S.A.I.D.

The New York Times - 5d