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Senators spurn budget request for NIH overhead cost cap

​Key senators are already dismissing a renewed attempt by the White House to cap medical research overhead costs, well before they start drafting fiscal 2027 spending bills. Top Republican appropriators, including committee Chair Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Labor-HHS Appropriations Subcommittee Chair Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., said Tuesday that they do not support a uniform…

Roll Call · Apr 15

Trump is right: He is MAGA’s Jesus

The president's blasphemy exposes the truth about the Christian right

Salon · Apr 15

Texas cities try to address citizen anger over immigration crackdown without riling state leaders

For much of President Donald Trump’s second term, Texas city leaders have avoided opposing his immigration crackdown, but that’s changing — and sparking tensions with the state.

The Texas Tribune · Apr 15

Trump’s online store has peddled over 600 products since he returned to office – and made $8M off his name

The Trump Store reportedly brought in a whopping $8.8 million in 2024

The Independent UK · Apr 14

Trump's Reaction to the Jesus Flap Compounds Concerns About His Mental Acuity

The president claims he was oblivious to the picture's blasphemous implications, which is troubling if true.

Reason · Apr 14

NASA's Artemis 2 moonshot was just the 'opening act' for America's return to the moon, space agency chief says

Artemis 2 kicks off a lunar "relay race" that will lead the NASA and its international partners to a moon base and, eventually, Mars, NASA chief Jared Isaacman says.

Space · Apr 14

Trump’s ‘DoorDash grandma’ had lobbied for ‘no tax on tips’ policy

Sharon Simmons was photographed delivering McDonald’s to Trump on Monday but company admits it was a stunt

The Guardian - US · Apr 14

If Trump’s AI Jesus depiction isn’t a red line for his Christian supporters, is anything?

IN FOCUS: Trump pushes an already-fragile alliance of conservative Catholics and evangelicals to the breaking point, Alex Woodward reports

The Independent UK · Apr 14

Trump’s White House DoorDash grandma accused of being “staged”

President Donald Trump ‘ordered’ from DoorDash and had a chance encounter with a DoorDasher. The worker believes she’s taking home $11,000 through Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill. It sells as a heartwarming story, but speculations have been raised about the delivery person being a paid actor.

The Mary Sue · Apr 14

Trump’s macho MAGA economy is a bust. But there are plenty of high-paying jobs for men—in nursing and teaching

Tired: Blue collar. Wired: Pink collar.

Fortune · Apr 14