Links for you. Science:

CDC faces backlash for cutting sickle cell, adult disability programs
An animal source of mpox emerges — and it’s a squirrel
NIH blocks researchers in China, Russia and other countries from multiple databases
Third measles death: This is not normal. For three reasons.
An Ancient Guidebook on How Not to Get Pregnant
What It Means To Fund Studies In Transition “Regret”

Other:

We Don’t Have Dictators In America. What’s missing from the fight over Trump’s tariff fiasco.
Inside a Powerful Database ICE Uses to Identify and Deport People
Time for Democrats to Pitch Their Own ‘Contract with America’
Who Gets the Trump Bailout This Time? You paid for a farm bailout in his first term. The line of outstretched hands will be longer.
Trump’s Additional 50% Tariff Against China and China’s Tit for Tat Retaliation: Trump Own-Goals Himself Into Where China Would Want Him
Destroying encampments won’t reduce homelessness in DC
Tariffs Are Bad, But Trump’s New Port Fees Are Also Shaping Up To Be A Disaster
Sex Workers Already Predicted There’s A Recession Coming — Here’s How They Know
The real reason Trump is destroying the economy
China Cuts The Legs Out Underneath The US LNG Industry
Lax oversight lets DC’s for-profit utilities raise residents’ energy costs without addressing climate
Patrons Visit a Smithsonian Museum Under Siege
Christian “TheoBros” Are Building a Tech Utopia in Appalachia
Second child dies of measles—anti-vaccine advocate reported it before officials. Another tragic death highlights growing power of anti-vaccine advocates.
Measles, MAHA, and “soft eugenics”
US’s biggest egg producer’s profits triple as prices soar (Trump take egg)
FDA reverses course on telework after layoffs and resignations threaten basic operations
US DOGE Service Agreement With Department of Labor Shows $1.3 Million Fee—and Details Its Mission
Trans pilot falsely blamed in D.C. plane crash sues conservative influencer
Why Can’t the New York Times Get Basic Numbers on Trade Right?
Inside Elon Musk’s Gleeful Destruction of the Government: The world’s richest man has blazed a staggering trail of destruction as Trump’s DOGE chief, firing tens of thousands of workers while cashing in
Boys Will Be Boys But Women Are Too Emotional for the Supreme Court
Why Trump Paused the Tariffs
Trump finally slapped his brand on a quality product: America
Trump revives his bizarre water pressure obsession—and it will cost you
Everything you need to know about the D.C. Council: Be it resolved, you will learn plenty about the city’s legislature.
Democratic senators call for probe into possible insider trading over Trump tariff reversal