What is pneumonic plague? : NPR
The old word “plague” is making headlines again. Charles Maynes, NPR Russia correspondent reported this week on what we know about a Russian researcher working in a lab studying plague who died last week of pneumonia of unknown origin. Maynes reports…
FBI says it foiled Minnesota terror attack by 18-year-old using AK-47 | FBI
FBI officials stopped a potential terrorist attack on the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota, authorities said Wednesday. An 18-year-old boy was arrested for obtaining a firearm to commit an act of terrorism. Sheikhdoon Abdullahi Mohamud had been…
Abdul El-Sayed’s criticism of Obama resurfaces ahead of campaign rally
Former President Barack Obama is expected to hit the campaign trail for Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed later this month, years after El-Sayed sometimes criticized Obama’s presidency as a failure, saying it didn’t leave…
Trump’s $90 Medicare rebate is rolling out, but millions aren’t eligible. Critics see it as a political stunt
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said his administration will make one-time payments of $90 per person to help more than 20 million Medicare enrollees pay their Part B premiums. It will cost about $2 billion. Less than a third of all Medicare…
Hurricane watches in effect along the Gulf Coast for Isaias
Tropical Storm Isaias will become the first Atlantic hurricane of the season before significantly hitting the northern Gulf Coast with storm surge, flooding and high winds. It will then distribute its heavy rains inland over the East this weekend. (MORE:…
Trump returns to Texas, where Republicans are in trouble
President Donald Trump delivered a pointed message to Texas voters for the second time in less than a week — and the third time in less than a month — as Republicans fear losing the support of blue-collar workers and Latinos who helped build their…
Trump’s SCOTUS succession dilemma: His favorite justices are also the court’s longest-serving
Regarding potential Supreme Court nominations, President Donald Trump is at an impasse. The two justices who have been most loyal to him and his agenda happen to be the oldest members of the court. Justice Claire Thomas78, is the oldest and…
Margaret Hamilton, computer pioneer who led software development for the Apollo program, dies at 90 | MIT News
“Defensive” programming and priority-driven software take humans to the moon Hamilton discovered a talent for leadership, as well as a keen instinct for problem solving and critical thinking that proved several times capable of saving the Apollo project.…
Trump’s two Texas stops: from the political office
Welcome to From the political officea daily newsletter bringing you the latest reporting and analysis from the NBC News Politics team from the White House, Capitol Hill and the campaign trail. In today’s edition, we look at another visit by the…
Leon Botstein resigns as bard as key Democrat demands investigation into Epstein ties | Jeffrey Epstein
A powerful Democratic lawmaker has called for a criminal investigation into former Bard College President Leon Botstein after congressional investigators discovered an email from Botstein to accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein in which he said…