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FEMA staffers accuse Trump of weakening disaster programs  Politico FEMA Employees Warn That Trump Is Gutting Disaster Response  The New York Times FEMA staff warn Trump officials’ actions risk a Katrina-level disaster  The Washington Post Some FEMA staff call out Trump cuts in public letter of dissent  AP News FEMA staffers warn Trump administration policies weakening disaster response  The Hill Source link

Weakening US jobs market hits center of Fed rate policy debate  Reuters U.S. added just 73,000 jobs in July and numbers for prior months were revised much lower  CNBC Cooling Job Market Opens Door to September Cut Despite Inflation Jitters  The Wall Street Journal US labor market cracks widen as job growth hits stall speed  Reuters Friday’s Jobs Report Looks Grim  Bloomberg Source link

A demonstrator holds an umbrella and a sign saying “STAND UP! PROTECT OUR VOTING RIGHTS” outside the U.S. Supreme Court in March in Washington, D.C. Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Legal Defense Fund hide caption toggle caption Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Legal Defense Fund The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday extended a pause, for now, on a controversial lower court ruling …

Using the largest catalog of exploding white dwarf vampire stars ever gathered has provided further evidence that dark energy, the mysterious force accelerating the expansion of the universe, is getting weaker. Hints at the evolution of dark energy, which accounts for around 70% of the universe’s mass and energy, were first delivered last year by the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument …

Last week, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority authorized President Donald Trump’s dismantling of the U.S. Department of Education. In another shadow docket ruling that lacks legal precedent, facts or justification, the court dealt an even more serious blow to separation of powers than to public education. The Education Department was established by federal statute in 1979 to “strengthen the Federal commitment to …

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Magnetic minerals locked inside artifacts from ancient civilizations reveal a snapshot of Earth’s magnetic field at the time. That, in turn, could give us insights into its future. | Credit: Wei-An Jin In 2008, Erez Ben-Yosef unearthed a piece of Iron Age “trash” …

In 2008, Erez Ben-Yosef unearthed a piece of Iron Age “trash” and inadvertently revealed the strongest magnetic-field anomaly ever found. Ben-Yosef, an archaeologist at Tel Aviv University, had been working in southern Jordan with Ron Shaar, who was analyzing archaeological materials around the Levant. Shaar, a geologist at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, was building a record of the area’s …

Supreme Court justice pauses ruling weakening Voting Rights Act  The Washington Post Supreme Court May Weaken 1965 Voting Rights Act Further  Newsweek Group challenges ruling that potentially weakens the Voting Rights Act  SCOTUSblog Appeals court rules against North Dakota tribes in voting rights case that could go to Supreme Court  AP News North Dakota legislative district map to remain in place for now, Supreme …