Links for you. Science:

Renewal of NIH grants linked to more innovative results, study finds. Survey of hundreds of scientists’ work suggests that cutting off funding disrupts focus and reduces the novelty of research.
USGS Bee Lab at the Eastern Ecological Science Center (The 2026 budget proposal defunds the Ecosystem Mission Area, which supported the lab)
First, do no harm. Second, withhold no benefit. The when and why of placebos in vaccine trials.
Combo flu-COVID vaccine shows good immune response, safety in older adults (paper here)
The Very Grisly Caterpillar
Multi-species blaNDM outbreak in multiple tertiary and a primary healthcare facility in Merseyside, UK, driven by a combination of multi-species plasmids and small clonal outbreaks

Other:

How the US president and his clan ushered in a new golden age of corruption
D.C.-area economy starts to show deep impacts of federal spending cuts
Being a mom in the federal government wasn’t easy. Trump made it “impossible.”
Trump used pencils to sell tariffs. This factory in ‘Pencil City’ is split.
David Souter Made the Supreme Court More Ideological by Refusing to Be an Ideologue
Amid DOGE cuts, families struggle with bills, consider leaving D.C.
Tesla Reportedly Has $800 Million Worth of Cybertrucks That Nobody Wants (the protests are effective)
D.C. Mayor Bowser’s approval rating recovers as Trump worries emerge, poll finds
ICE raids have ‘overwhelmed’ coastal California communities
The price of a plea bargain (a cop was a pimp)
Trump fires top US copyright official
Hegseth escalates targeting of race, gender in military’s academic settings
Thousands of layoffs to hit Interior, National Parks imminently
Is a revolution coming to your iPhone apps, or a nothingburger?
International students get an education in fear
Americans are worried about affording the necessities. Not dolls.
Trump’s Immigration Horror Stories Are Breaking Through. Here’s How.
See how Shein outfits cost more under Trump’s trade war
It’s fascinating to watch Trump supporters realize they screwed up
Summer could be about to get a lot more expensive, thanks to tariffs (Trump take summer)
The DOGE Fencing Hearing Was Stupid And Pointless Even By Congressional Standards
Did McDonald’s price itself out of a market it dominated for decades? (Trump take hamberder)
Trump’s massive corruption, Part Deux: So much more bigly this time!
How a little-known Japanese American battalion freed Jews from a Nazi death march
The Mess At Newark Airport Is Only The Beginning
100,000 People Are Using a Telegram Bot That Makes AI Cumshot Videos of Anyone
An Interview With A Fired Web Content Manager At The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Elon Musk’s Grok AI Will ‘Remove Her Clothes’ In Public, On X