Extra, Extra
Sudan: “Sudan is now worse off than ever before. The largest humanitarian crisis, largest displacement crisis, largest hunger crisis … It’s breaking all sorts of wrong records.” Sudan in ‘world’s largest humanitarian crisis’ after two years of civil war. NPR: Photos: Two years of war in Sudan.
+ Prosecuting the Prosecutors: The latest retribution effort: Trump administration seeks criminal prosecution of New York attorney general.
+ Gender Rules: The UK “Supreme Court has ruled that the legal definition of a woman is based on biological sex, in a decision which could have far-reaching implications for who can access single-sex services and spaces.”
+ Tumor, Mass: A bizarre story is unfolding as six Massachusetts hospital workers who work on the same floor have reported getting brain tumors. All the tumors have been benign. Meanwhile, a new study suggests that getting CT scans could be more dangerous than people thought.
+ Meth and Taxes: “These are very fundamental policy changes. There isn’t a modern experience for how to think about this.” Fed Chair Powell gives starkest warning yet on potential economic consequences from tariffs. (Given the state of my portfolio, I don’t need a modern way to think about this. I’d settle for modern way to ignore it.)
+ MTG Force: Police use stun gun on two people at Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Georgia town hall. At least it wasn’t space lasers.
+ Silent Filmmaker: “It’s amazing that others [who have been] in this room underwrote electing a man who, in the last week, single-handedly destroyed all of American science.” Seth Rogen attack on Trump edited out of science awards show coverage.