Restoration News is a right-wing news site that is funded by a political action committee. The organization's main funder is Richard Uihlein, the owner and operator of Uline, the shipping-supply giant, and one of the largest Republican donors in the US.
Food production contributes to greenhouse-gas emissions, land-use change, freshwater use, and biodiversity loss. Unhealthy dietary patterns are helping drive rising rates of obesity, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and other chronic illnesses around the world. Food occupies a unique position among climate solutions because it influences both human health and environmental sustainability simultaneously.
The number of chemical accidents in the US has increased by at least 51% since 2021. Deaths and injuries were up at least 20%. The report comes on the heels of two high-profile emergencies, including a malfunctioning chemical tank in Garden Grove, California, which caused the evacuation of more than 40,000 residents and a chemical tank collapse in Longview, Washington, which killed 11 workers. The Clean Air Act requires more than 12,500 high-risk facilities to develop protocols to prevent catastrophes and limit fallout. The Biden administration strengthened the protections in 2024, but the Trump administration is pressing on with its controversial plans to dismantle the federal disaster management system.
Zheng Yuhuang was teaching a business seminar in Beijing when an attendee called the police. He was taken aside for questioning and his social media accounts were wiped clean. The episode renewed discussion about political surveillance in Chinese higher education. Chinese universities have expanded systems of student “information officers” and other political reporting mechanisms.
The US government has already paid back tens of billions of dollars in tariffs it collected before the supreme court ruled them illegal. The US has paid out $81bn (£61bn) in tariff refunds so far this fiscal year, which started in October 2025, compared with $5bn during the same period last year. Trump had pitched the tariffs as a catch-all fix for the economy, bringing factories back to the US and getting better trade deals.
The Enduata Women’s Group in Ilpolei received a grant of KES 1 million (EUR 6,800) to invest in livestock. They bought heifers at KES 40,000 and breeding bucks at around KES 7,000 each. They also invested in their Village Savings and Loan Association, where each loan earns a 10% return. The investments have appreciated quickly. The group is one of 15 in Mukogodo West, East, East and West Ward supporting the RESTORE Project.
Colossal Biosciences and the Trump administration announce a partnership on June 25, 2026 to preserve cells, tissue and DNA from threatened and endangered species. Colossal and the Fish and Wildlife Service will collaborate to identify high-priority actions and the government will provide a list of which species it wants to prioritize.
Federal Reserve officials were split last month on whether to increase interest rates or keep them steady. Many members saw growing demand for artificial intelligence as a driver of inflation. AI-related inflationary pressure stems from the rising cost of semiconductors used by data centers and competition for energy.
This year, three MIT Press journals earned the highest impact factors in their disciplines. The Review of Economics and Statistics topped the Social Sciences, Mathematical Models category in Clarivate’s 2026 journal impact factor rankings. The achievement highlights the distinctive strength of MIT Press' journals program. The program is relatively small compared to other commercial and university press publishers, but it publishes widely cited scholarship across a broad range of disciplines.
Baptists from 65 countries gathered in Toronto last week for the annual gathering of the Baptist World Alliance. The event started just after Canada's team was knocked out of the World Cup. The gathering included a strong focus on working toward peace and justice. It also included reflections by Canadians about work in their nation to address injustices committed against Indigenous peoples.
The Information State by Jacob Siegel is one of the most important books of the twenty-first century. Siegel's account is an elegant and insightful panorama of the twilight of American liberalism. The information state has replaced the consent of the governed with control of the codes and protocols of the digital public arena. Social media platforms are at the center of a mode of governance that monitors the political expressions of millions.
Eating Behind Bars: Ending the Hidden Punishment of Food in Prison received the James Beard Media Award in Food Issues and Advocacy. The book highlights the work of Impact Justice's programs to provide incarcerated people with healthy, nutritious food as a gateway to successful reentry into society. Food served in prisons in the United States is often moldy, spoiled and sometimes contains rats or cockroaches.
Amy Massey used ketamine for years and suffered from severe bladder damage. Mat Southwell introduced her to ketamine harm reduction strategies pioneered by drug-user activists. After adopting these approaches, Massey's symptoms improved and her surgery was cancelled. Massey is now a peer trainer and a member of the Ketamine Peer Advisory Group (K-PAG).
Kuwait and Bahrain say they have intercepted Iranian aerial attacks. Iran carried out separate attacks on US targets in Kuwait and on the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain after US forces struck the Islamic republic. Israel imprisons a soldier for sending missile intercept videos to an Iranian agent. Jordan's army says it shot down three missiles from Iran.
On July 6, a Chinese strategic nuclear submarine fired a missile into a designated area of the Pacific. Australia, Japan, the United States and Pacific nations raised concerns about the lack of notification and the politics of nuclear-free zones. The test was read through several lenses: evidence of Beijing’s maturing second-strike capability, a challenge to US allies and partners, and a signal to states already reassessing nuclear weapons policy.
After the war against Iran, Israel's approach to its security is undergoing a significant transformation. Israel no longer relies on international forces, ceasefire agreements, or neighboring governments to keep hostile actors away from its frontier communities. Israel seeks physical depth, direct operational freedom, and the ability to shape the terrain on the other side of the border before threats can be reconstituted. In Lebanon, the same logic is adapted to a different political and military terrain.
Dr. Orlando J. Pérez, professor of political science at the University of North Texas at Dallas, explains the scope of China's involvement in Cuba. He explains the impact of the U.S. removal of Venezuela’s former president, Nicolas Maduro, on Cuba's political leadership.
The Trump administration reversed decades of longstanding environmental law protecting endangered species on Friday. The change redefines what constitutes "harm" to endangered species and habitats under the 1973 Endangered Species Act. Environmental groups decry the move and say they will challenge it in court imminently.
As China's birth rate plunges to record lows, the country's leaders have responded by offering childcare subsidies, expanded maternity leave, free preschool, and cash incentives for young families. For many Chinese families, the more pressing financial concern lies at the opposite end of the life cycle. Elderly parents lack adequate pension income, so their adult children become their safety net.
Kairos Power broke ground on the first advanced nuclear reactor plant in the U.S. in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. It will be operational in 2030. Google runs two data centers in the area. Google signed a development agreement with Kairos for 500 MW from multiple advanced reactors.
Iran has warned that its campaign to throttle global energy markets could be expanded from Strait of Hormuz to the vital Red Sea route if U.S. attacks continue. Closure of the Bab el-Mandeb strait would open a new front in the energy crisis and Iran’s conflict with the United States. Red Sea is a critical alternative outlet for Gulf oil and other products.
Daisy Dixon is an assistant professor in philosophy at Cardiff University, UK. She wrote Depraved: The Story of Dangerous Art, which charts the most immoral art ever produced by humanity. Her PhD thesis argued that artworks can perform speech acts. She takes a strong stance on the immoral artist problem and takes a nuanced take on censorship and the freedom of speech.
Amnesty International investigated three Israeli air strikes in southern Lebanon in March 2026 that killed 24 civilians, 12 of them children. They destroyed civilian homes in al-Thakana neighbourhood in Tyre district, Irkay village in Saida district, and al-Rahbat neighbourhood in Nabatieh district on 6, 12, and 13 March. Those killed included 12 children, six women, a pregnant woman, six men and 18 people injured.
Data Center Opposition Report documents the rise in grassroots opposition to hyperscale AI data centers across the U.S. According to the report, more than 525,000 Americans have joined groups to resist the construction of the facilities across at least 40 states. Ohio had the largest number of opposition groups, with 47 groups focused on data center issues and a combined membership of nearly 42,000 people. Pennsylvania ranked second with 46 groups and more than 48,000 members. Missouri has the largest membership base with 141,000. There are almost 4,500 data centers nationwide.
The study investigated how a diet change and easy exercise regimen affected 48 overweight men between the ages of 50 and 74 over a three-month period in Japan. The men who consumed probiotic yogurt, adjusted their diets and exercised showed a statistically significant reduction in their biological aging by 2.2%.
Trump signed executive orders on Monday dramatically shrinking Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments in southern Utah. The orders remove nearly 3 million acres from monument protection and go further than the previous reductions Trump ordered during his first term. Environmentalists and tribal groups condemned the move and said a fresh legal fight is likely.
Marilyn Shuler has worked as a utilization review nurse for 39 years at Montefiore hospital in the Bronx in New York City. She and 12 other nurses were laid off on Sunday after being replaced with AI-powered software. The layoffs come in the wake of a massive nurses strike across several New York hospitals in January 2026.
Neville Roy Singham is a notorious funder of outfits like the crypto-communist People’s Forum and Code Pink. American Priorities supported nearly all the recent Democratic primary wins of far-left House candidates. The PAC gets much of its cash from techies made rich by Beijing-favored mobile-ad and data company AppLovin. The company tried to sell itself in 2016 to a state-backed Chinese private equity firm, but the feds blocked the deal on national-security grounds.
Vietnam wants to become an indispensable player in the physical layers underpinning artificial intelligence. The government plans to train 50,000 semiconductor engineers by 2030, launch a $100 million venture capital fund, increase public spending on science and technology, attract foreign investment, and secure domestic supplies of rare earth minerals. Vietnam is using economic statecraft to position itself within global value chains to fuel economic growth and sovereignty.
Kristine Fifer's son, Eddie, has cerebral palsy, feeding tube, and other medical conditions. He didn't qualify for around-the-clock nursing care. Fifer spiraled as she sought to pay for the care. She lost her job, took on heaps of debt, and eventually called a lawyer about filing for bankruptcy.
NFL players are four times more likely to die from neurodegenerative diseases than the general population. This includes a 3.94-times higher overall rate of all-cause dementia and 3.88- times higher rate of Parkinson’s disease. Under 60-year-olds who died before the age of 60 had a 12-fold (1,200%) increase in brain-related mortality. NFL veterans with longer careers (5 or more seasons) had double the risk of neurodegenesis.
New York-Presbyterian is the dominant hospital chain in Manhattan with $11.5 billion in sales and a half billion in profits last year. It claims to be a rural hospital under Medicare rules, but it's an urban hospital under different Medicare rules that offer more money to hospitals in high-cost cities. This “dual classification” grift has exploded since 2016.
This week's episode of "The Readout LOUD," STAT's weekly biotech podcast, features Bob Herman's new series, "Out of Pocket, Out of Reach" and the latest news in life sciences, including Anthropic's push into drug development and Vertex's largest-ever acquisition.
The Iran war has pushed some countries away from oil and toward clean energy. The effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz cut off more than a fifth of liquified natural gas supplies. China exported more than 2 million electric passenger vehicles between January and May. The Philippines imported more than $400 million in solar panels from February to May. Chinese solar and battery imports have changed the calculus for investments in global renewable projects.
Cottonwood fire in Utah has burned more than 96,000 acres and is 58 percent contained. Up to 150 structures have been destroyed and Eagle Point Ski Resort reported losing more than 100 condos and 30 cabins. NASA’s Fire Events Data Suite tracked the fire's progression as it expanded. Nearly three dozen large early-season wildland fires were burning across parts of the western U.S. and Utah.
A Skydio X10 quadcopter hovered 200 feet over a San Francisco apartment complex, watching police chase a man hiding behind a parked car. It was one of four drones that followed him across the city in one hour, following him through traffic and following him as he exited the car and ran into an apartment complex. He was tackled by police as half a dozen more police arrived on the scene. The footage was accidentally uploaded to the open internet via Skydia's website. Security researchers Sam Curry and Maik Robert discovered it and shared it with WIRED.
Restoration News is a right-wing news site that is funded by a political action committee. The organization's main funder is Richard Uihlein, the owner and operator of Uline, the shipping-supply giant, and one of the largest Republican donors in the US.
Food production contributes to greenhouse-gas emissions, land-use change, freshwater use, and biodiversity loss. Unhealthy dietary patterns are helping drive rising rates of obesity, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and other chronic illnesses around the world. Food occupies a unique position among climate solutions because it influences both human health and environmental sustainability simultaneously.
The number of chemical accidents in the US has increased by at least 51% since 2021. Deaths and injuries were up at least 20%. The report comes on the heels of two high-profile emergencies, including a malfunctioning chemical tank in Garden Grove, California, which caused the evacuation of more than 40,000 residents and a chemical tank collapse in Longview, Washington, which killed 11 workers. The Clean Air Act requires more than 12,500 high-risk facilities to develop protocols to prevent catastrophes and limit fallout. The Biden administration strengthened the protections in 2024, but the Trump administration is pressing on with its controversial plans to dismantle the federal disaster management system.
Zheng Yuhuang was teaching a business seminar in Beijing when an attendee called the police. He was taken aside for questioning and his social media accounts were wiped clean. The episode renewed discussion about political surveillance in Chinese higher education. Chinese universities have expanded systems of student “information officers” and other political reporting mechanisms.
The US government has already paid back tens of billions of dollars in tariffs it collected before the supreme court ruled them illegal. The US has paid out $81bn (£61bn) in tariff refunds so far this fiscal year, which started in October 2025, compared with $5bn during the same period last year. Trump had pitched the tariffs as a catch-all fix for the economy, bringing factories back to the US and getting better trade deals.
The Enduata Women’s Group in Ilpolei received a grant of KES 1 million (EUR 6,800) to invest in livestock. They bought heifers at KES 40,000 and breeding bucks at around KES 7,000 each. They also invested in their Village Savings and Loan Association, where each loan earns a 10% return. The investments have appreciated quickly. The group is one of 15 in Mukogodo West, East, East and West Ward supporting the RESTORE Project.
Colossal Biosciences and the Trump administration announce a partnership on June 25, 2026 to preserve cells, tissue and DNA from threatened and endangered species. Colossal and the Fish and Wildlife Service will collaborate to identify high-priority actions and the government will provide a list of which species it wants to prioritize.
Federal Reserve officials were split last month on whether to increase interest rates or keep them steady. Many members saw growing demand for artificial intelligence as a driver of inflation. AI-related inflationary pressure stems from the rising cost of semiconductors used by data centers and competition for energy.
This year, three MIT Press journals earned the highest impact factors in their disciplines. The Review of Economics and Statistics topped the Social Sciences, Mathematical Models category in Clarivate’s 2026 journal impact factor rankings. The achievement highlights the distinctive strength of MIT Press' journals program. The program is relatively small compared to other commercial and university press publishers, but it publishes widely cited scholarship across a broad range of disciplines.
Baptists from 65 countries gathered in Toronto last week for the annual gathering of the Baptist World Alliance. The event started just after Canada's team was knocked out of the World Cup. The gathering included a strong focus on working toward peace and justice. It also included reflections by Canadians about work in their nation to address injustices committed against Indigenous peoples.
The Information State by Jacob Siegel is one of the most important books of the twenty-first century. Siegel's account is an elegant and insightful panorama of the twilight of American liberalism. The information state has replaced the consent of the governed with control of the codes and protocols of the digital public arena. Social media platforms are at the center of a mode of governance that monitors the political expressions of millions.
Eating Behind Bars: Ending the Hidden Punishment of Food in Prison received the James Beard Media Award in Food Issues and Advocacy. The book highlights the work of Impact Justice's programs to provide incarcerated people with healthy, nutritious food as a gateway to successful reentry into society. Food served in prisons in the United States is often moldy, spoiled and sometimes contains rats or cockroaches.
Amy Massey used ketamine for years and suffered from severe bladder damage. Mat Southwell introduced her to ketamine harm reduction strategies pioneered by drug-user activists. After adopting these approaches, Massey's symptoms improved and her surgery was cancelled. Massey is now a peer trainer and a member of the Ketamine Peer Advisory Group (K-PAG).
Kuwait and Bahrain say they have intercepted Iranian aerial attacks. Iran carried out separate attacks on US targets in Kuwait and on the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain after US forces struck the Islamic republic. Israel imprisons a soldier for sending missile intercept videos to an Iranian agent. Jordan's army says it shot down three missiles from Iran.
On July 6, a Chinese strategic nuclear submarine fired a missile into a designated area of the Pacific. Australia, Japan, the United States and Pacific nations raised concerns about the lack of notification and the politics of nuclear-free zones. The test was read through several lenses: evidence of Beijing’s maturing second-strike capability, a challenge to US allies and partners, and a signal to states already reassessing nuclear weapons policy.
After the war against Iran, Israel's approach to its security is undergoing a significant transformation. Israel no longer relies on international forces, ceasefire agreements, or neighboring governments to keep hostile actors away from its frontier communities. Israel seeks physical depth, direct operational freedom, and the ability to shape the terrain on the other side of the border before threats can be reconstituted. In Lebanon, the same logic is adapted to a different political and military terrain.
Dr. Orlando J. Pérez, professor of political science at the University of North Texas at Dallas, explains the scope of China's involvement in Cuba. He explains the impact of the U.S. removal of Venezuela’s former president, Nicolas Maduro, on Cuba's political leadership.
The Trump administration reversed decades of longstanding environmental law protecting endangered species on Friday. The change redefines what constitutes "harm" to endangered species and habitats under the 1973 Endangered Species Act. Environmental groups decry the move and say they will challenge it in court imminently.
As China's birth rate plunges to record lows, the country's leaders have responded by offering childcare subsidies, expanded maternity leave, free preschool, and cash incentives for young families. For many Chinese families, the more pressing financial concern lies at the opposite end of the life cycle. Elderly parents lack adequate pension income, so their adult children become their safety net.
Kairos Power broke ground on the first advanced nuclear reactor plant in the U.S. in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. It will be operational in 2030. Google runs two data centers in the area. Google signed a development agreement with Kairos for 500 MW from multiple advanced reactors.
Iran has warned that its campaign to throttle global energy markets could be expanded from Strait of Hormuz to the vital Red Sea route if U.S. attacks continue. Closure of the Bab el-Mandeb strait would open a new front in the energy crisis and Iran’s conflict with the United States. Red Sea is a critical alternative outlet for Gulf oil and other products.
Daisy Dixon is an assistant professor in philosophy at Cardiff University, UK. She wrote Depraved: The Story of Dangerous Art, which charts the most immoral art ever produced by humanity. Her PhD thesis argued that artworks can perform speech acts. She takes a strong stance on the immoral artist problem and takes a nuanced take on censorship and the freedom of speech.
Amnesty International investigated three Israeli air strikes in southern Lebanon in March 2026 that killed 24 civilians, 12 of them children. They destroyed civilian homes in al-Thakana neighbourhood in Tyre district, Irkay village in Saida district, and al-Rahbat neighbourhood in Nabatieh district on 6, 12, and 13 March. Those killed included 12 children, six women, a pregnant woman, six men and 18 people injured.
Data Center Opposition Report documents the rise in grassroots opposition to hyperscale AI data centers across the U.S. According to the report, more than 525,000 Americans have joined groups to resist the construction of the facilities across at least 40 states. Ohio had the largest number of opposition groups, with 47 groups focused on data center issues and a combined membership of nearly 42,000 people. Pennsylvania ranked second with 46 groups and more than 48,000 members. Missouri has the largest membership base with 141,000. There are almost 4,500 data centers nationwide.
The study investigated how a diet change and easy exercise regimen affected 48 overweight men between the ages of 50 and 74 over a three-month period in Japan. The men who consumed probiotic yogurt, adjusted their diets and exercised showed a statistically significant reduction in their biological aging by 2.2%.
Trump signed executive orders on Monday dramatically shrinking Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments in southern Utah. The orders remove nearly 3 million acres from monument protection and go further than the previous reductions Trump ordered during his first term. Environmentalists and tribal groups condemned the move and said a fresh legal fight is likely.
Marilyn Shuler has worked as a utilization review nurse for 39 years at Montefiore hospital in the Bronx in New York City. She and 12 other nurses were laid off on Sunday after being replaced with AI-powered software. The layoffs come in the wake of a massive nurses strike across several New York hospitals in January 2026.
Neville Roy Singham is a notorious funder of outfits like the crypto-communist People’s Forum and Code Pink. American Priorities supported nearly all the recent Democratic primary wins of far-left House candidates. The PAC gets much of its cash from techies made rich by Beijing-favored mobile-ad and data company AppLovin. The company tried to sell itself in 2016 to a state-backed Chinese private equity firm, but the feds blocked the deal on national-security grounds.
Vietnam wants to become an indispensable player in the physical layers underpinning artificial intelligence. The government plans to train 50,000 semiconductor engineers by 2030, launch a $100 million venture capital fund, increase public spending on science and technology, attract foreign investment, and secure domestic supplies of rare earth minerals. Vietnam is using economic statecraft to position itself within global value chains to fuel economic growth and sovereignty.
Kristine Fifer's son, Eddie, has cerebral palsy, feeding tube, and other medical conditions. He didn't qualify for around-the-clock nursing care. Fifer spiraled as she sought to pay for the care. She lost her job, took on heaps of debt, and eventually called a lawyer about filing for bankruptcy.
NFL players are four times more likely to die from neurodegenerative diseases than the general population. This includes a 3.94-times higher overall rate of all-cause dementia and 3.88- times higher rate of Parkinson’s disease. Under 60-year-olds who died before the age of 60 had a 12-fold (1,200%) increase in brain-related mortality. NFL veterans with longer careers (5 or more seasons) had double the risk of neurodegenesis.
New York-Presbyterian is the dominant hospital chain in Manhattan with $11.5 billion in sales and a half billion in profits last year. It claims to be a rural hospital under Medicare rules, but it's an urban hospital under different Medicare rules that offer more money to hospitals in high-cost cities. This “dual classification” grift has exploded since 2016.
This week's episode of "The Readout LOUD," STAT's weekly biotech podcast, features Bob Herman's new series, "Out of Pocket, Out of Reach" and the latest news in life sciences, including Anthropic's push into drug development and Vertex's largest-ever acquisition.
The Iran war has pushed some countries away from oil and toward clean energy. The effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz cut off more than a fifth of liquified natural gas supplies. China exported more than 2 million electric passenger vehicles between January and May. The Philippines imported more than $400 million in solar panels from February to May. Chinese solar and battery imports have changed the calculus for investments in global renewable projects.
Cottonwood fire in Utah has burned more than 96,000 acres and is 58 percent contained. Up to 150 structures have been destroyed and Eagle Point Ski Resort reported losing more than 100 condos and 30 cabins. NASA’s Fire Events Data Suite tracked the fire's progression as it expanded. Nearly three dozen large early-season wildland fires were burning across parts of the western U.S. and Utah.
A Skydio X10 quadcopter hovered 200 feet over a San Francisco apartment complex, watching police chase a man hiding behind a parked car. It was one of four drones that followed him across the city in one hour, following him through traffic and following him as he exited the car and ran into an apartment complex. He was tackled by police as half a dozen more police arrived on the scene. The footage was accidentally uploaded to the open internet via Skydia's website. Security researchers Sam Curry and Maik Robert discovered it and shared it with WIRED.