Inflation cooled slightly last month, but Americans’ paychecks are still losing ground to it, and a weakening job market is giving the Federal Reserve one more reason to hold off on raising interest rates. The Consumer Price Index rose 0.1% in July and 3.4% over the past year, down slightly from June’s 3.5% annual rate,… Continue reading Prices Rose Again in July. Wages Didn’t Keep Up.
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Nebraska Becomes the First State to Take Away Medicaid Over Work Requirements
Nebraska will remove roughly 200 people from Medicaid this weekend for failing to meet new federally mandated work requirements — the first coverage losses of their kind in the country, months ahead of the national deadline. Nebraska becomes the first state in the nation to strip Medicaid coverage from enrollees for failing to meet new… Continue reading Nebraska Becomes the First State to Take Away Medicaid Over Work Requirements
The Senate Has Voted Against Ending the Iran War 13 Times. One Democrat Keeps Making the Difference.
For the thirteenth time since February, the Senate rejected a measure that would have forced President Trump to seek congressional authorization for the war with Iran — and for at least the third time, one Democratic senator provided a deciding vote against his own party. The Senate voted 50-49 on Thursday to reject a War… Continue reading The Senate Has Voted Against Ending the Iran War 13 Times. One Democrat Keeps Making the Difference.
The Economy Grew 1.5% Last Quarter. Economists Expected 2.1%.
The U.S. economy slowed sharply in the second quarter, falling short of forecasts as a wider trade gap and softer government spending outweighed resilient consumer demand. Real gross domestic product grew at an annualized rate of 1.5% in the second quarter of 2026, down from 2.1% in the first quarter and below the 2.1% pace… Continue reading The Economy Grew 1.5% Last Quarter. Economists Expected 2.1%.
An AI Tool Made Every Country on This Map of Africa Wrong. The State Department Presented It Anyway.
A slide built with generative AI placed Nigeria in the middle of the Sahara Desert and moved Mozambique to the opposite end of the continent — and no one on the U.S. delegation caught the errors before showing it to African health officials. The State Department apologized this week after a presentation at the AIDS… Continue reading An AI Tool Made Every Country on This Map of Africa Wrong. The State Department Presented It Anyway.
Fourth-Graders’ Math Scores Ticked Up. The Federal Office That Measures Them Just Got Gutted.
The nation’s most comprehensive measure of student learning shows fourth-grade math scores climbing back toward pre-pandemic levels — even as the federal office that produces the data has lost more than half its staff. The National Assessment of Educational Progress, known as the Nation’s Report Card, found fourth-grade math scores rose 2 points nationally in… Continue reading Fourth-Graders’ Math Scores Ticked Up. The Federal Office That Measures Them Just Got Gutted.
America’s Infrastructure Just Got Its Best Grade Ever. It’s Still a C.
The nation’s civil engineers gave America’s roads, bridges, water systems and power grid the highest overall grade in the history of their report card this year. The grade was a C. The American Society of Civil Engineers raised the nation’s overall infrastructure grade to a C in its 2025 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure, up… Continue reading America’s Infrastructure Just Got Its Best Grade Ever. It’s Still a C.
Nobody Knows What to Do With This Patient
A Las Vegas resident has spent more than a decade calling doctors. Five different specialists, same problem, no answers. She is immunocompromised, on disability, and watching her monthly income drop as Medicare costs kick in. She spent two hours on hold with the welfare office just to learn she qualifies for a program that might… Continue reading Nobody Knows What to Do With This Patient
Congress Approved the Science Funding. Federal Agencies Still Aren’t Spending It.
Lawmakers rejected the White House’s push for the deepest cuts to federal science funding in decades, but a new bottleneck is now keeping much of that money from reaching researchers at all. Congress rejected the Trump administration’s fiscal 2026 budget request, which sought a 57% cut to the National Science Foundation and a 41% cut… Continue reading Congress Approved the Science Funding. Federal Agencies Still Aren’t Spending It.
More Than Half of Teachers Are Already Using AI. Most Have Never Been Trained On It.
Generative AI has moved into American classrooms faster than school districts have figured out how to manage it, according to the country’s most detailed ongoing survey of the trend. RAND Corporation’s nationally representative surveys of K-12 teachers, school leaders, district leaders, students and parents have tracked rising AI use in classrooms since generative tools like… Continue reading More Than Half of Teachers Are Already Using AI. Most Have Never Been Trained On It.
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