Vaccine situation will be complicated this year, experts warn

The ongoing drama in Washington over changes to national vaccine policy has many people wondering just how difficult and expensive it will be to get flu and coronavirus shots...

Harvard and the great Trump university shakedown

Presidents of wealthy, elite universities are in a pickle. On one hand, they have to balance faculty members demanding their institutions make no deals with what most professors likely...

Issues over new work rules for Medicaid recipients

Katheryn Houghton, Bram Sable-Smith, Tribune News Service When President Donald Trump signed a law adding work requirements for some Medicaid recipients, he may have undercut lawmakers in at least...

For Trump’s Harvard deal, $500 million is only starting point

The White House views a payment of $500 million by Harvard University as a floor in negotiations for a settlement, and the cost of a deal could climb far...

NIH budget cuts are a setback for American science

White House budgets, generally speaking, aren’t serious governing documents. Even so, they’re a declaration of national priorities — and by that measure, the latest blueprint is deeply troubling. What...

The need to focus on the economy’s significance

The size of the national debt has become a preoccupation across the political spectrum. Democrats have complained about the $3.4 trillion increase in the debt projected to result from...

Budget cuts

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Musk lashes out at Senate’s take on ‘beautiful’ megabill

Elon Musk has slammed the Senate version of President Donald Trump's 'Big, Beautiful Bill' as support for the motion to proceed with the legislation in the upper chamber comes...

Trump’s Nasa cuts would destroy decades of science

Michael Hiltzik, Tribune News Service Like all sponsors of science programs, Nasa has had its ups and downs. What makes it unique is that its achievements and failures almost...