Climate Change Could Drastically Cut Grazing Land by End of Century The conditions some farm animals thrive under are disappearing, a new modeling study finds.

The conditions some farm animals thrive under are disappearing, a modeling study finds.

It will be the law of the jungle.

Market analysts are already predicting that rich countries will outbid poor countries for scarce oil and gas supplies. This means energy famine for the Global South.

Link: www.ft.com/content/6ca1...

“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas. Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.

ProPublica has found multiple cases of women with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.

Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old mother, was told by doctors there was no emergency before preeclampsia killed her.

(Published Nov. 2025)

Trump’s surgeon general pick faces mounting GOP opposition Add abortion and psychedelics to the list of reasons many Republicans oppose Casey Means.

The battle over Trump's surgeon general pick is shining a light on divisions within the Republican Party, pitting MAHA newcomers against old-guard anti-abortion and anti-drug conservatives. www.politico.com/news/2026/04...

Chavez-DeRemer stepping down as Labor secretary The scandal-ridden secretary is the latest member of President Donald Trump's Cabinet to exit.

BREAKING: Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer is stepping down from her Cabinet post amid a series of misconduct allegations against her and her top staffers.

Set on ousting Cassidy, MAHA faces first midterms test Movement leaders' efforts to sway the midterms, starting with defeating Sen. Bill Cassidy, will help determine whether MAHA outlasts Trump

Cassidy's reelection fight could reveal a lot about the future of #MAHA.

Will the movement be a major force this Nov. or was its 2024 boost for Trump an anomaly? Can it can assert its independence and make meaningful progress on policy issues or will it exist solely as a Trump-aligned group?

Americans Are Losing Confidence in Having Enough for Retirement, Survey Says Poll shows the lowest confidence in nearly a decade, partly because of concerns about inflation and government programs on which retirees rely.

Americans are getting more worried about having enough money for a comfortable retirement, because of rising costs and fears about the health of entitlement programs.

www.wsj.com/personal-fin...

MORGAN STANLEY: “.. The rise in gasoline prices, when viewed against data on tax refunds, keeps us comfortable with our prior downward revisions to our outlook for US GDP growth.”

My family tried to eat fewer ultra-processed foods for five years. Here’s what we learned Cutting UPFs from our grocery list was expensive, laborious and time-consuming

My family tried to eat fewer ultra-processed foods for five years. Here’s what we learned

The future of WIC’s fruit and veggie benefit A popular fruit and vegetable benefit for low-income moms and babies is on the chopping block. Will Congress follow through?

In Weekly Agriculture today ⬇️

🥦 The White House wants to cut a fruit and vegetable benefit for low-income moms and babies. Will Congress follow through?

🚢 The fertilizer crisis & the Strait

🧪 The coming pesticide battle at SCOTUS

🚜 A bid to save Illinois' soybean seedbank

I also do this on reporting trips where there's a lot of driving! I can't write if something comes to me while driving, so I record myself saying things so I don't forget an idea that -- at the very least -- has the potential to make it into the story. Ha.

Syrian Billionaires Needed a Favor in Washington. They Invoked the Trump Name.

NYT INVESTIGATION: As the Trump administration & Congress last year moved to repeal sanctions on Syria, the Qatar-based family that most stood to benefit was privately negotiating a real-estate partnership with Jared Kushner and proposing a Trump golf course in Syria www.nytimes.com/2026/04/19/u...

Editor’s Note | We Unknowingly Published an AI Column. The editorial team at the Mississippi Free Press discovered we published a column written by a fake author using artificial intelligence.

The editorial team at the Mississippi Free Press discovered we published a column written by a fake author using artificial intelligence.

Here’s what happened and what we're doing to prevent this from happening in the future.

www.mississippifreepress.org/editors-note...

White House’s push for flavored vapes hits roadblock after the FDA head gets in the way The FDA commissioner blocked new flavors like mango and blueberry despite scientific staff signoff.

The FDA commissioner blocked new flavors like mango and blueberry despite scientific staff signoff. on.wsj.com/4mEoopN

Severe drought has expanded into parts of DC area as record heat and low humidity increase the fire risk.

The latest US Drought Monitor, released Thu AM, shows S&E portions of the region in Severe Drought. That's one level worse than the Moderate Drought most of the region was under a week ago.

April Political cartoons from the desk of Matt Wuerker

A monument that Washington really could use....
www.politico.com/cartoons/202...

Employment Adjusts with Industry Shift The craft brewing workforce declined to 189,000 jobs, down 8,000 (-4%) year-over-year. Employment held up better than production, supported by the relative stability of hospitality-focused brewery models and the higher rate of employees per barrel produced in those models.

Craft brewing industry lost about 8,000 jobs last year, per Brewers Association's new annual report: www.brewersassociation.org/association-...

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A graph of weekly pollen averages showing big spikes in March and April compared to a later peak usually.

Pollen is surging again 🤧

Tree pollen hit 2,152 -- very high and up sharply. Oak leads, with sycamore, mulberry and pine adding to the mix. At these levels, most will feel it. Not far off peak seasonal intensity.

Details at cwg.live

Ohio’s nursing homes are dumping patients at homeless shelters Long-term care facilities in Ohio are increasingly discharging their residents to homeless shelters, according to interviews and facility inspections.

Shocking story: Ohio’s nursing homes are dumping patients at homeless shelters

Hello, Bluesky! We, the staff of Scientific American, are pleased to announce we have formed a union with @wgaeast.bsky.social. Just as mitochondria are the powerhouse of the cell, we are the powerhouse of the publication, and we’re excited to have a new way to contribute to its success.

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This week's mostly dry, increasingly warm, sometimes breezy, and worsening drought conditions will bring an elevated fire danger across the DC region starting Monday afternoon. The National Weather Service says to expect an elevated fire risk each afternoon this week.

They Came For Ibram X Kendi. He’s Still Here. How authoritarians wield racism as their favorite cudgel.

Grateful to @ibramxk.bsky.social for talking about his fame, his book, and a whole lot else: slate.com/podcasts/wha...

The Internet's Most Powerful Archiving Tool Is in Peril As major news outlets cut off the Wayback Machine, journalists and advocacy groups are rallying to protect the Internet Archive’s vast collection of web pages.

Journalists know that losing the Wayback Machine would be a nightmare: www.wired.com/story/the-in...

Former staffer says Rep. Eric Swalwell, candidate for California governor, sexually assaulted her “These allegations are false and come on the eve of an election against the frontrunner for governor,” Swalwell said in a statement.

A woman who worked for nearly two years for Rep. Eric Swalwell, a leading candidate for California governor, said she had sexual encounters with him while he was her boss and alleged he twice sexually assaulted her when she was too intoxicated to consent.

Swalwell campaign imploding amid sexual assault allegation Multiple people resigned in advance of a report that an ex-staffer accused him of sexual assault

Swalwell campaign imploding amid sexual assault allegation

US had hottest March on record as nation faced ‘unprecedented’ heat

The continental US registered its most abnormally hot month in 132 years of records, according to Noaa data

"Only 12% of those polled in March in Poland, Spain, Belgium, France, Germany and Italy saw the U.S. as a close ally while 36% saw it as a threat. By contrast, China was seen as a threat by 29 percent of those polled" @politico.com www.politico.eu/article/poll...

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