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The FAA is expanding its intense air traffic controller training to universities as part of an effort to alleviate a shortage of about 3,000 controllers.
Graduates of Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government celebrate during commencement exercises in Cambridge, Mass.
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A Índia disse que suspenderia o tratado crucial que rege o fluxo de rios na disputada Caxemira. O Paquistão disse que qualquer interrupção no fornecimento de água seria considerado “um ato de guerra”.
The Indus River Valley in the cold desert of Ladakh, India.
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India has said it would suspend crucial treaty governing river flows in disputed Kashmir. Pakistan has said any disruption to water supply would be ‘an act of war.’
The Mayall 4-meter Telescope at the Kitt Peak National Observatory houses the DESI instrument.
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Scientists have conflicting theories on why the universe is expanding at an accelerating rate. New measurements from a massive collaboration complicate these ideas.
A Southern California Edison employee measures radiation at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station on March 10, 2020.
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The decades-long struggle to find a permanent place to dispose of nuclear waste will continue, probably for many years to come.
Director of Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard testifies during a House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence hearing on March 26, 2025, in Washington.
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Government officials with classified information clearance typically have a range of secure ways they can view or discuss classified information.
A terminated federal worker leaves the offices of the U.S. Agency for International Development in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 28, 2025, after being fired.
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A US district judge says that the Trump administration has to pay USAID the billions it owes in already completed work. The Supreme Court agrees − for now.
Pharmacists do more than fill prescriptions.
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Thousands of American pharmacies have shuttered over the past five years.
Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert Kennedy Jr., on Capitol Hill on Jan. 9, 2025.
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Attacks on scientific expertise have been increasing, especially in politics. Health and Human Services nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is among the more prominent people who have done that.
In many U.S. communities, eviction moratoriums that were in place during the pandemic have expired.
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A first-of-its-kind study documents the scope and impact of evictions on Black women and families in metro Detroit.
One of the Office of Management and Budget’s biggest roles is writing an administration’s federal budget – but that’s far from its only job.
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Scientific R&D drives economic competitiveness, military technology and national security. Governments are trying to balance research security with protecting the openness that makes science work.
Portland International Airport uses all-wood construction with wood that is sourced locally.
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More architects are using wood construction for large buildings. A resource economist argues any increase in demand for wood will push commercial growers to better manage forests.
The thoughtfulness counts more than the timeliness.
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Under normal circumstances, Trump’s criminal record and other aspects of his life, including financial history, would disqualify him from getting access to classified information.
The total value of assets held by donor-advised funds is soaring.
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