“The outcome of the race might hinge on whether they can keep the former president on script.” Six factors that will define the final stretch of the election. / Wake Up to Politics
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A veteran from Capitol Hill says if you want to take politics seriously, don't send money to candidates. / Matt's Five Points
This week in Chicago, a “Hotties for Harris” event was held for “the brat set,” with slogan…
A mutated form of mpox has been circulating for months in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The country still doesn't have a single vaccine. / Bloomberg [+]Former US national security adviser HR McMaster says Vladimir Putin deliberate…
President Biden approved a secret strategy in March to prepare the United States for possible coordinated nuclear confrontations with China, Russia and North Korea. / The New York Times [+]Condoleezza Rice: US-China relations badly need n…
China and the United States are making progress, albeit limited, in cutting their reliance on coal. / SemaforAt this point of the year, global wildfire burn is the highest it's been since 2012. / Sustainability by numbersSee also: A f…
Even as the GOP publicly lambastes Biden's Inflation Reduction Act, some Republican mayors in Ohio say it's making local energy projects possible. / Semafor
A researcher at a US agency developing moonshot health therapies suggest…
US officials say that Israel has done all it can militarily against Hamas in Gaza, and any further actions will only risk harming civilians. / The New York Times [+]
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Scientists discover “seismic signals” of liquid water on Mars. / BBC NewsChina is building a massive wall of solar panels to fight desertification. / SemaforAnalysts explain why Harvard canceled its solar geoengineering project. / The Ver…
David Wallace-Wells explains why we shouldn't be applying lessons learned from Covid to bird flu. / The New York Times [+]A British couple compares photos of a Swiss glacier taken in 2009 and 2024. / KottkeDemand in the United States …
Experts say Covid can now be considered endemic, although it may take another decade to reach the predictability associated with other endemic diseases. / NPR
“The CDC has likely been violating federal law for years by systematically del…