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Trump administration halts use of human fetal tissue in NIH-funded research
The Trump administration announced Thursday that human fetal tissue derived from abortions can no longer be used in research funded by the National Institutes of Health.The policy, long urged by anti-abortion groups, expands restrictions issued during President Donald Trump’s first term.
The government has funded research involving fetal tissue for decades, under both Republican and Democratic administrations. The tissue, which otherwise would be thrown away, has been critical for certain research, including ways to fight HIV and cancer. Opponents of fetal tissue use... Read More
The Latest: Jack Smith stands by his Trump investigation at congressional hearing
Former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith on Thursday defended his investigations of Donald Trump at a congressional hearing where he insisted that he had acted without regard to politics and had no second thoughts about the criminal charges he brought.Smith testified behind closed doors last month but returned to the House Judiciary Committee for a public hearing, where Republican lawmakers sought to undermine him and Democrats hoped to elicit new and damaging testimony about Trump’s conduct.
Smith told lawmakers that he stood behind his decision as... Read More
Rhode Island may ditch Mr. Potato Head license plates after Hasbro moves to Boston
PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) — It's been no small potatoes that Rhode Islanders have been able to choose the image of Mr. Potato Head as a specialty license plate for decades.Yet with Hasbro's decision to move its headquarters from the smallest state in the U.S. to Boston, two lawmakers say it's time to hash out whether Rhode Island should continue promoting one of the company's most iconic characters.
Under the proposal introduced earlier this month, Rhode Island's Division of Motor Vehicles would stop providing Mr. Potato Head as an option for a specialty license plate... Read More
Trump administration tells agencies to compile data on money sent to Democratic states
President Donald Trump's budget office this week ordered most government agencies to compile data on the federal money that is sent to 14 mostly Democratic-controlled states and the District of Columbia in what it describes as a tool to “reduce the improper and fraudulent use of those funds.”The order comes a week after Trump said he intended to cut off federal funding that goes to states that are home to so-called sanctuary cities that resist his immigration policies. He said that would start Feb. 1 but hasn't unveiled further details.
A memo to federal... Read More
Huge US winter storm to bring crippling snow, sleet and ice from Texas to Boston
ATLANTA (AP) — Bread was flying off the shelves, salt was being loaded into trucks and utility workers were nervously watching forecasts Thursday as a huge winter storm that could bring catastrophic damage, widespread power outages and bitterly cold weather was barreling toward the eastern two-thirds of the U.S.The massive storm system is expected to bring a crippling ice storm from Texas through parts of the South, potentially around a foot (30 centimeters) of snow from Oklahoma through Washington, D.C.; New York and Boston and then a final punch of bitterly cold air that... Read More
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- Trump administration tells agencies to compile data on money sent to Democratic states
- Smith defends his Trump investigations at a House hearing. 'No one should be above the law,' he says
- Trump sues JPMorgan for $5 billion, alleges the bank closed his accounts for political reasons
- 3 people involved in a Minnesota church protest are arrested, as judge refuses to charge Don Lemon
- US stocks climb some more after Trump calls off his tariffs for Greenland
- Vance lands in Minneapolis blaming the 'far left' for turmoil over White House deportation efforts
- Trump appointees ask about White House ballroom's design and scale--and want to see models
- Huge US winter storm to bring crippling snow, sleet and ice from Texas to Boston
- 'Sinners' makes history, setting Oscars nomination record
- Study shows how earthquake monitors can track space junk through sonic booms
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- 'Heated Rivalry' stars Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie to be torchbearers for Winter Olympics
- Sundance kicks off in Utah with powerful premieres and emotional tributes to Robert Redford
- Elizabeth Hurley describes 'monstrous' privacy invasion by Daily Mail in British media hacking case
- Ryan Coogler, Leonardo DiCaprio, Rose Byrne, Diane Warren react to Oscar nominations
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- Lawyer for fired Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore seeks to have the charges dismissed
- ACC men, UConn women among college hoops games affected by approaching winter storm
- Mets acquire ace pitcher Freddy Peralta from Brewers in trade
- Olympic ice dancers Zingas and Kolesnik lead American sweep in rhythm dance at Four Continents