India has cut off water flow to Pakistan from the Baglihar dam on the Chenab river and is also preparing to taper down runoffs from the Kishanganga project on the Jhelum following through on its decisions not to allow a “single drop” from going to the neighbouring country from the Indus rivers India begun de-silting operations in the Baglihar dam and lowered sluice gates reducing downstream flow to Pakistan by up to 90% (ANI) After a week of discussions and hydrological testing India began de-silting operations in the Baglihar dam and lowered sluice gates while similar operations have been planned for the Kishanganga dam an official from the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation said on Sunday “We have closed the gates of the Baglihar hydel power project We had done de-silting of the reservoir and it has to be refilled The process was started on Saturday,” said a second official India’s actions came within hours of Pakistan’s testing its surface-to-surface ballistic missile on Saturday including banning of the docking of ships bearing the Pakistani flag in all ports of the country ALSO READ | Plans afoot to create 12 GW from new Indus projects the first mega hydropower plant located in the north western Himalayas in the Gurez valley will also undergo massive maintenance work “very soon” and all flow from it downstream will be halted Pakistan has objected to the designs of both these dams India paused the six-decade-old Indus water treaty with Pakistan a day after terrorists had killed dozens of tourists in Kashmir’s Pahalgam on April 22 we are exploring all possible ways to use our river waters for the benefit of our citizens” authorities of the Jal Shakti ministry updated the Union home ministry on a raft of measures being planned to augment water supply to northern states from the Indus system rivers “We are ready with stringent punitive measures against Pakistan and nearly 50 engineers from the NHPC are already in the UT of Jammu and Kashmir to oversee the operations,” the first official said he said that India has made steady progress on four ongoing hydel power projects over the Chenab river and its tributaries in Jammu and Kashmir and they are likely to be commissioned in 2027-28 and Ratle (850 MW) -- are being implemented through a joint venture between NHPC and the Jammu and Kashmir State Power Development Corporation (JKSPDC) Prime Minister Narendra Modi had laid the foundation stones of Pakal Dul Kiru and Kwar hydel power projects on May 19 “Pakal Dul project has made 66 per cent progress Kwar 19 per cent and Ratle has made 21 per cent progress,” he said he said that following a memorandum between JKSPDC and NHPC “There’s 21 per cent physical progress made so far We expect to complete it by November 2028,” he added The official informed that the work on the Ratle project gained momentum after 2023 ALSO READ | Pahalgam attack: How Indus Waters Treaty suspension by India will impact Pakistan Pakistan had protested against the Ratle and Kishenganga projects alleging that their designs violated the Indus waters treaty a five-member Pakistan delegation and World Bank-appointed neutral expert Michel Lino inspected the Ratle power project at Drabshalla in Kishtwar and Ratle have a total capacity of 3,014 MW of hydel power These projects are expected to generate over 10,541 million units (MU) of electricity annually Jammu and Kashmir has an estimated hydropower potential of 18,000 MW with 11,283 MW identified in the Chenab basin alone only 23.81% of the total identified capacity has been harnessed to date 3,084 MW in the Jhelum basin and 500 MW in the Ravi basin The courts may get the last word on the Trump administration’s high-profile feud with Harvard University alleging that the move represents a violation of the First Amendment The case landed in Massachusetts federal court where a judge scheduled oral arguments for July 21 That means the dispute won’t be resolved until at least the summer it will more 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Columbia) if an appropriate challenge were to come before it.” who served as a lawyer and federal prosecutor before getting elected argued to Semafor that Trump generally has broad discretion over federal funding and can withhold it when he decides recipients are not meeting the necessary requirements: The executive has not only the power but the responsibility to make sure that the law is administered faithfully And insofar as he sees an entity otherwise entitled to receive federal funding not meeting the requirements for that funding he’s got discretion to make adjustments to that Those adjustments tend to be sort of in the moment If there were large swaths of funds in the abstract that he just didn’t spend then you get into a possible violation of the Impoundment Control Act “I’ve become less and less enamored with the Impoundment Control Act over time in part because of the fact that I think it runs into conflict with what I understand had always been the practice prior to [its passage] which was — presidents viewed appropriated sums as a ceiling if they could spend less than that sum they were permitted to So that’s why I think we’d be better off without the Impoundment Control Act Sign up for Semafor .css-w8sqnb{text-transform:capitalize;}principals Energy Secretary Chris Wright said on Friday that his agency plans to cut billions in grant funds for Biden-era loans as the Trump administration conducts a review of the department’s $400 billion clean energy investments a decision that energy policy experts who spoke with the Daily Caller News Foundation cheered on “We’ve got a lot of reasons to be worried and suspicious about that,” Wright told Bloomberg in response to a question about the LPO “Some of these loans will go forward but that’s a very careful review process that we’ve just put in place and just got a team to execute on.” Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) following a speech at Prince William Forest Park on April 22 “[The LPO] may have been 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Others speculated the pair may have simply been planning a surprise or private moment for Gomez Gomez and Theresa's friendship spans several years stating: 'She has shown me how to be a strong and fearless woman.. I love you and I am so proud of you.' Their relationship now appears uncertain under public scrutiny and the speculation continues to play out across social media platforms ShareSaveCommentMoneyPersonal FinanceRepublicans Will Cut Off Student Loan Forgiveness For Medical Residents Under New PlanByAdam S. Minsky Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights Adam Minsky is an attorney and writer focusing on student loans.Follow AuthorMay 01 08:31am EDTShareSaveCommentUNITED STATES - FEBRUARY 5: Chairman Tim Walberg attends the House Education and Workforce .. The committee passed a significant higher ed reform bill this week that would cut off student loan forgiveness for medical and dental residents (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call Nearly every element of the federal student aid system from grants to aid disbursement to repayment plans and loan forgiveness programs And buried deep in the bill is a major change that would cut off a popular federal student loan forgiveness program for medical residents and interns “This bill set forth by Committee Republicans not only would save taxpayers over $330 billion but also bring much-needed reform in three key areas: simplified loan repayment, streamlined student loan options and accountability for students and taxpayers,” said Education and Workforce Committee Chair Tim Walberg (R-Mich.) in a speech on the House floor on Tuesday it simplifies and improves the system going forward by streamlining repayment options and providing targeted assistance to struggling borrowers who need it rather than blanket bailouts for those who don’t." While not expressly called out in Walberg’s speeceh the bill explicitly cuts off medical and dental residents from key student loan forgiveness benefits suggesting that the legislation’s authors believe these individuals don’t need the relief The proposal is intended to become part of a massive reconciliation “mega-bill” that Republican lawmakers hope to enact this summer which allows legislation to pass with simple party-line majorities in Congress without crashing into a Senate filibuster would facilitate the GOP’s expansion of expiring tax cuts and slash government spending to cover the associated costs Public Service Loan Forgiveness allows borrowers to qualify for a discharge of their federal student loans after making 10 years of qualifying payments a qualifying payment is one made on a Direct federal student loan under either a 10-year Standard plan or one of several income-driven repayment options while the borrower is employed full-time by an eligible public service employer This includes 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations and government or public entities Many nonprofit and public hospitals and community health centers are PSLF-eligible employers which was passed by Congress and signed into law by President George W does not distinguish between different types of public service work as long as the entity is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit or public organization and the borrower is meeting all of the program’s eligibility criteria could qualify for PSLF regardless of whether they are a medical technician While doctors and nurses may earn significantly more income than other employees at the same organization they likely would be earning comparatively much less than they would in a private practice setting These borrowers also likely carry significantly higher student loan balances due to their education and would have much higher monthly payments under income-driven repayment plans as a result But for the first time in the PSLF program’s history the House Republican bill – if enacted – would target a specific group of public service employees and cut them off from student loan forgiveness under the program “The term ‘public service job’ does not include time served in a medical or dental internship or residency program (as such program is described in section 428(c)(3)(A)(i)(I)) by an individual who has not borrowed a Federal Direct PLUS Loan or a Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loan for a program of study that awards a graduate credential upon completion of such program," reads the legislative text under the heading This essentially would mean that if the bill becomes law doctors and dentists would receive no PSLF credit during their residencies and internships medical and dental residents work long hours (often at nonprofit or public hospitals) for very low pay for several years at the beginning of their careers Many medical residents repay their student loans under income-driven repayment plans during that time and interest accrual often means significant balance increases by the time the borrower completes their residency Residency periods historically have counted toward student loan forgiveness under PSLF as long as the borrower is meeting all of the program’s eligibility rules The good news for PSLF borrowers is that the House Republican draft reconciliation bill would not make other significant changes to the program such as by capping loan forgiveness or cutting off borrowers at certain income levels Some advocates had been concerned that additional restrictions on student loan forgiveness under the program would be included in the GOP bill Advocacy groups have warned this is not allowable under the PSLF statute passed by Congress and that the definition of “illegal” in the president’s order is so vague and broad that it could wind up sweeping up untold numbers of nonprofit organizations and government entities whose mission or actions the Trump administration simply disagrees with the Department of Education began a process called negotiated rulemaking or ‘neg reg’ that will decide the future of student loan programs including Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF),” said the Student Debt Crisis Center in an email this week “The current Trump Administration is seeking to end PSLF eligibility for public service workers working at certain non-profits or serving certain communities.” Often characterized as a “divorce settlement” more than a cooperative agreement the IWT divides the Indus Basin physically splitting custody of the six major tributaries it allots control of the three Western rivers and the Indus main stem (together amounting to about 80 percent of the Indus system’s average annual flow) India must let these rivers run freely through its territory except for specific restricted uses India receives rights to the three Eastern rivers Yet despite the river’s importance, Pakistan has scant capacity to manage against sustained shortfalls in water availability. All Pakistan’s Indus Basin reservoirs combined provide water storage equivalent to less than 10 percent of the river’s annual flows far below storage capacities in other countries and regions worldwide Q3: Can India block the Indus River flows to Pakistan and constructing new hydro dams free from the IWT’s constraints would take even longer committing considerable sunk costs—and lots of poured concrete—that could be onerous to undo should improving relations with Pakistan warrant changing course hydroelectric dams can only hold back rivers temporarily since generating power necessarily requires releasing water through the turbines Operating hydropower infrastructure to deliberately derail river flows to Pakistan—rather than for delivering economical and reliable electricity to Indian consumers—would risk proving a costly and policy impacts of such efforts unclear in part because significant flows from underground aquifers seep back into surface rivers Barring an immediate ability to leverage control of Indus flows against Pakistan, some authorities propose India could take steps such as flushing sediments from major dams silting the river during the upcoming cropping season Though prospectively damaging to Pakistani agriculture this tactic would also impact Indian water users downstream Unable for now to block water flows to Pakistan this could be India’s most powerful current card The IWT requires the parties to share a good deal of data on project development prospectively hampering the nation’s water management and potentially imperiling Pakistani lives and livelihoods Q4: What ramifications could the Indus conflict have for wider regional security If India actively pursues a plan to disrupt Pakistan’s water supplies Pakistan might feel compelled to strike at Indian infrastructure to demonstrate its reach and its resolve countries that have often felt strong-armed by the larger power next door Delhi’s demonstrated willingness to abandon an established water treaty may set alarm bells ringing in Dhaka and Kathmandu.  India’s use of the water weapon to cut Pakistan’s Indus lifeline could prove to be a double-edged sword David Michel is the senior fellow for water security with the Global Food and Water Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington Critical Questions is produced by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) tax-exempt institution focusing on international public policy issues Its research is nonpartisan and nonproprietary CSIS does not take specific policy positions and conclusions expressed in this publication should be understood to be solely those of the author(s) © 2025 by the Center for Strategic and International Studies See Media Page for more interview ©2025 Center for Strategic & International Studies An Ohio.gov website belongs to an official government organization in the State of Ohio A lock or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website Share sensitive information only on official and personal information are protected by federal and state digital security standards Simple safety steps make every day on the water safer Ohio – As Ohioans prepare to head to the water this spring and summer the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) urges boaters to prioritize safety this National Water Safety Month by being aware of two key pieces of boating safety gear: life jackets and engine cut-off switches "Every time you head out to paddle or enjoy a day on a boat safety needs to come first," said ODNR Director Mary Mertz "Wearing a life jacket and using an engine cut-off switch are two simple steps that can prevent tragedies and save lives We want everyone to enjoy Ohio’s waterways — and that means making smart choices before your adventure begins." 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Meyers Published 5 May 2025 in Leadership • 9 min read • Audio available How much of the language in our day-to-day business interactions is wrapped in jargon: the over-used buzzwords that provide a linguistic shortcut to what we want to say From boots on the ground or low-hanging fruit to blue-sky thinking and defending our position We all use this surface lexicon that spares us the effort of bringing original thinking to our interactions In our relentless pursuit of efficiencies – a corner-cutting that extends to the way we speak –we’re creating a world where interaction becomes superficial, meaning muddied, and inspiration and engagement are swapped out for utilitarianism. Just look at the stats. Workforce engagement has sunk to less than 23% globally, according to Gallup with less than half of employees understanding what is expected from them at work The same survey reveals that less than 30% of workers feel any real sense of mission or purpose in their jobs The language of leadership is a contributing factor that needs to be addressed In my work with leaders from Fortune 500 companies over the past 25 years in 32 countries I’ve asked what percentage of the time people find themselves disconnected from a conversation or meeting Consider the loss of investment from our most precious resource – time and talent – if we’re unable to listen to each other at least half of the time The problem is getting worse: holding someone’s focus for any length of time feels like a heroic act Communication at work is about more than sharing goals and targets It is about connecting with people and elevating their work so they aspire to achieve more and make a difference in the world we not only risk robbing that work of its soul but it becomes more difficult for people to stay engaged and focused We don’t realize that we’re reaching for the same worn-out phrases we fail to notice that fewer people are listening we eschew the granularity of communication and think more creatively – let alone feel inspired and motivated How many times have you heard a team member praised with phrases like “good job” but failed to go into what specifically was so effective How often do you take the time to explain to someone what they are doing well (or poorly) and what it means to the work and their career progression or to the impact you seek to have through the work Do you think about the message that people are receiving How do you or the tone you adopt come across to others If we erode language and settle for linguistic shortcuts aren’t we in danger of eroding our thinking and the quality of our leadership We have hundreds of conversations every week But how often do we fail even to make a connection Communication is as much a core leadership skill as any other In a world where purpose and meaning are missing leaders need to dig deeper to find the words not just to inform (or “tick a box”) but to inspire Reading expands your vocabulary: the work of great authors will expose you to more nuanced ways of expressing yourself Then there’s the magic of reading a classic aloud There is a kinaesthetic response within your mouth and tongue as you form the words This creates neural pathways that run parallel to the author’s thinking It’s like following in the tracks of a great sprinter or cooking a meal with a master chef Try picking an author whose work you love – for me that would be a David Foster Wallace or a Ralph Waldo Emerson – and walk around your study or a room reading their work out loud as if it were your own thoughts It doesn’t have to be anything specific: automatic writing is ideal review your writing and see if new words and syntactical structures are available to you how often do you pause and ask yourself: what does this person need from me What are their psychological and emotional needs we miss an opportunity to inspire or lift another person In my book, As We Speak We all want to hear things that matter to us and us alone you risk having your interlocutor switch off and disengage cognitively Using the pronoun “you” shows other people that you consider and care about their concerns and needs we bring an energy that determines how well we engage with or inspire our audience or dancers and the exercises they do – the psychological and emotional warm-up that ultimately decides how they perform If you know you are going to speak to someone Find a way to access a state of mind that is resourceful and optimistic you are primed to show up with a sense of purpose with a gift that you have prepared that you want to share with others Make it a habit to warm up before communicating with others and find ways to drop into a zone where you feel resourceful: primed to choose words hundreds come blasting out of our mouths like linguistic bombs: let’s set the world on fire; we destroyed the competition; take your best shot; let’s bite the bullet; bring out the big guns The language of violence pervades the way we communicate: micro-aggressions that infiltrate our common vocabulary we’ve made progress in banishing abusive terminology – slurs that tie to gender or sexual orientation – we still need to pause and re-examine the way we communicate or body and voice as “tools?” As we aspire to gender equality do we want to refer to women as “working moms?” And when leadership sits at that inflection point between motivation and demoralization do we want to stick to the vernacular of war I’m not suggesting you must formulate a new lexicon but I would challenge you to think more about the language you use in your leadership practice and technology will take over mundane tasks and the onus will be on leaders to bring out the best in people Getting this right will require us to find a new language that speaks to the deeper and richer possibilities of humans That will require a serious improvement in our thinking One of the curiosities of management speak is the pervasiveness of war terminology and the language of violence I’ve assembled some examples in the mock monologue – some of the most common phrases we hear and use daily like knotweed Being aware of it is the first step toward communicating more effectively How many are synonymous with war or violence How could you say the same things in a more human and relatable way “We’ve been on the front lines for this client for a long time They were hitting their targets but wanted more bang for their buck and it’s been an uphill battle for the last six months The client has always been a real straight shooter We had a new idea and decided to pull the trigger with a killer presentation We had established a beachhead in the company and came armed with intel about dissension among the ranks We had a plan of attack to halt what looked like a coup they were shooting holes in every bullet point saying our strategy had created a ton of collateral damage to their brand They hammered us with a barrage of questions All we could do was shoot from the hip and try to keep them at bay It’s not our fault there’s a trade war going on we’re not pulling our punches anymore: we’re armed with the facts – locked and loaded We’re going in with more boots on the ground Peter J. 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InstagramYouTube iconYouTubeFacebook iconFacebookTwitter iconTwitterI by IMD is produced by the Institute for Management Development Explore first person business intelligence from top minds curated for a global executive audience You may have heard the term "cutoff low" or seen posts about it this weekend on social media and how is it impacting our weather here in West Michigan A cutoff low is a low pressure system in the upper atmosphere that has been cut off from the main jet stream flow The jet stream is the fast wind stream that pushes weather systems from west to east in our part of the world so it ends up sitting in the spot where it was cut off until the jet stream picks it back up again Usually it takes several days for the jet stream to pick the cutoff low back up and move it out The jet stream's current location is hundreds of miles north This is the current setup in the United States right now: one in the Southwest and one in the Ohio Valley The Ohio Valley low is what's impacting us in West Michigan now Weather conditions typically experienced in the area of these lows include extensive cloud cover and waves of rain on the north and east side of the low The low pressure is sitting and spinning in western Kentucky Cloud cover and rain extends from Michigan to Tennessee The rain we got today (and rain we will get through Tuesday) is due to the low and creates waves of rain that move from east to west This low is going to be cut off from the jet stream through Tuesday and it will be meandering around the Ohio Valley during that time That means we will get more of the same: cloud cover This system is the only one of the week bringing active weather Once it gets picked up again by the jet stream on Tuesday another half an inch to over an inch of rain is possible The heavier totals will be along and east of highway 131 For the latest details on the weather in West Michigan, head to the FOX 17 Weather page Follow FOX 17: Facebook - X (formerly Twitter) - Instagram - YouTube Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker cancel or divert dozens of flights at its hub airport just outside New York City "Technology that FAA air traffic controllers rely on to manage the airplanes coming in and out of Newark airport failed – resulting in dozens of diverted flights hundreds of delayed and canceled flights and worst of all thousands of customers with disrupted travel plans," Kirby said in an email to customers the technology issues were compounded as over 20% of the FAA controllers for (Newark) walked off the job." A union representing the controllers declined to comment as did the Federal Aviation Administration The FAA last year relocated control of the Newark airspace area to Philadelphia to address staffing and congested New York City area traffic who intends to propose a plan this week to fix badly crumbling air traffic control infrastructure visited the FAA Terminal Radar Approach Control at Philadelphia on Friday That’s what is causing the outages and delays we are seeing at Newark," Duffy said Want to be an air traffic controller? The FAA is sweetening the deal Acting FAA Administrator Chris Rocheleau said the agency has a team investigating the interruptions at Newark "We need to make sure the controllers have the proper equipment and that they're obviously appropriately staffed," he said Major U.S. airlines asked the FAA to extend cuts to minimum flight requirements at congested New York City-area airports through October 2027 citing severe air traffic controller staffing shortages airlines can lose their takeoff and landing slots at congested airports if they do not use them at least 80% of the time The FAA's waiver allows airlines to fly fewer flights and still retain slots The FAA is about 3,500 controllers short of targeted staffing A persistent shortage of controllers has delayed flights and controllers are working mandatory overtime and six-day weeks United in November said it was forced to reduce traffic there because of low FAA staffing on a dozen days disrupting more than 343,000 United travelers It had already reduced flights at Newark before Friday's announcement the parent company of Facebook and Instagram of launching a “negative” public relations campaign to put pressure on authorities by threatening to withdraw its apps from the country over a $220 million fine imposed last year by Nigeria’s consumer protection agency for an alleged breach of competition rules but a court in Nigeria’s capital Abuja dismissed its appeal The company was also slapped with other penalties by the country’s data protection commission and an advertising regulator Meta’s platforms, especially WhatsApp and Facebook, are among the most used apps in Nigeria, with an estimated 51 million users on WhatsApp. The apps have proven to be particularly useful for small business owners to sell to customers. Transparent news, distilled views, and global perspectives. Sign up for Semafor .css-w8sqnb{text-transform:capitalize;}africa First published in 1869, Nature is the world's leading multidisciplinary science journal. Nature publishes the finest peer-reviewed research that drives ground-breaking discovery, and is read by thought-leaders and decision-makers around the world. National Science Foundation Halts Funding Indefinitely National Science Foundation staff were told to freeze outgoing funding days after NSF leadership introduced a new policy that requires that grants be screened for “alignment with agency priorities” By Dan Garisto & Nature magazine Staff members at the US National Science Foundation (NSF) were told on 30 April to “stop awarding all funding actions until further notice,” according to an email seen by Nature The policy prevents the NSF, one of the world’s biggest supporters of basic research from awarding new research grants and from supplying allotted funds for existing grants such as those that receive yearly increments of money The email does not provide a reason for the freeze and says that it will last “until further notice” NSF leadership also introduced a new policy directing staff members to screen grant proposals for “topics or activities that may not be in alignment with agency priorities” Proposals judged not “in alignment” must be returned to the applicants by NSF employees The policy has not been made public but was described in documents seen by Nature If you're enjoying this article, consider supporting our award-winning journalism by subscribing By purchasing a subscription you are helping to ensure the future of impactful stories about the discoveries and ideas shaping our world today An NSF staff member says that although good science can still be funded the policy has the potential to be “Orwellian overreach” “They are butchering the gold standard merit review process that was established at NSF over decades” One program officer says they are resigning because of the policy Nature spoke with five NSF staffers for this story all on the condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to speak to the media An NSF spokesperson declined Nature’s request for comment The changes are hitting an agency already in crisis. In the past two weeks, the NSF has terminated roughly 1,040 grants that would have awarded US$739 million to researchers and their institutions. The agency’s director, Sethuraman Panchanathan, resigned last month Uncertainty is also being felt by scientists outside the agency. Colin Carlson, an expert in disease emergence at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, leads an initiative to predict viruses that pose pandemic threats which involves roughly 50 researchers across multiple universities The project’s latest round of funding was approved but Carlson worries about subsequent rounds the freeze “is going to destroy people's labs,” Carlson says the agency has received only about one-quarter of the funding that Congress appropriated to it for the current fiscal year It is not clear whether a funding shortfall is driving the latest grant freeze a specialist in administrative law at Emory University in Atlanta says that under a 1974 law called the Impoundment Control Act the NSF must give Congress special notice of the grant halt according to documents leaked to the media Republicans in Congress rejected many of the president’s requested cuts to science funding but it is not clear that they will do so again In the long term, severe reductions to science funding could damage the economy, according to new research. A report by economists at American University in Washington DC estimates that a 50% reduction in federal science funding would reduce the US gross domestic product by approximately 7.6% “This country’s status as the global leader in science and innovation is seemingly hanging by a thread at this point,” one NSF staffer says NSF staff expect hundreds more grants to be terminated Friday This article is reproduced with permission and was first published on May 1 Dan Garisto is a freelance science journalist First published in 1869, Nature is the world's leading multidisciplinary science journal Nature publishes the finest peer-reviewed research that drives ground-breaking discovery and is read by thought-leaders and decision-makers around the world Subscribe to Scientific American to learn and share the most exciting discoveries innovations and ideas shaping our world today Scientific American is part of Springer Nature which owns or has commercial relations with thousands of scientific publications (many of them can be found at www.springernature.com/us) Scientific American maintains a strict policy of editorial independence in reporting developments in science to our readers Staff members at the US National Science Foundation (NSF) were told on 30 April to “stop awarding all funding actions until further notice,” according to an email seen by Nature Dan Garisto is a freelance science journalist Nature is the world's leading multidisciplinary science journal A spewing wellhead at an abandoned oilfield in the Mississippi Delta has been successfully sealed after a week of effort a well intervention team working for Couvillion Group - on contract for the Coast Guard - cut the flange on the discharging wellhead then installed a flowback assembly to gain control of the source and shut off the leak The abandoned well had been spraying a mist of oil and gas into the air in a marsh near Pass a Loutre since April 26 releasing an unknown quantity of petroleum into the environment.  the response team has recovered 70,000 gallons of oily water mixture from the site more than 20,000 feet of standard containment boom has been rolled out to encircle the wellhead and the work site Cleanup and damage assessment efforts continue “Gaining control of the discharge is a vital milestone but it marks only the beginning of our work The Unified Command is fully committed to an exhaustive cleanup effort and will remain on site for as long as necessary to ensure the removal of oil and the safety of both the community and the ecosystem,” said Capt which is a unit of Houston-based Spectrum Energy Spectrum OpCo was the responsible party; on Thursday the Coast Guard decided to federalize the response and tap the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to ensure "continuity of operations." Rain interrupted play after Delhi Capitals posted 133/7, and fans are now eagerly awaiting updates on the SRH vs DC cut off time, Hyderabad weather, and chances of a result in this crucial IPL 2025 clash Heavy rain in Hyderabad right now and there appears to be a shortened game on the cards The cut-off time for a 5-over chase is approximately 11:11 PM IST The IPL 2025 clash between Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Delhi Capitals (DC) has been disrupted by heavy rain after the first innings Delhi Capitals made 133/7 in their 20 overs recovering from 29/5 thanks to a gritty effort by Tristan Stubbs (41 off 36)* and Ashutosh Sharma (41 off 26) just before the second innings was set to begin all eyes are now on the SRH vs DC cut off time and whether a shortened match will be possible With time running out due to persistent rain the focus has shifted to whether a 5-over chase can begin before the cut-off time the match will be called off and both teams will share a point each There is currently no official confirmation on restart time as the rain continues to hover over the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium Ground staff have kept the covers in place the match could be reduced to a shortened format depending on when the rain stops and how quickly the outfield dries Here are the IPL 2025 rules in case the match between SRH and DC gets shortened: This means the SRH vs DC shortened match conditions will kick in depending on how much time is lost due to the ongoing weather delay The Hyderabad weather had remained overcast throughout the evening but light showers turned into persistent rain just after the innings break rain was expected in patches through the evening which now threatens the completion of the second innings but outfield wetness and visibility concerns have further delayed ground preparations That’s the question on every fan’s mind right now: Is SRH vs DC abandoned but if the weather does not improve within the allowed buffer time which would be a major blow to SRH’s push for the playoffs The SRH vs DC cut off time will be critical in deciding if the second innings can begin If there’s no play by around 11:10 PM IST Fans will hope the Hyderabad rain relents in time to allow a shortened match so that this playoff-race clash doesn’t end without a conclusion Stay tuned for more updates on when will SRH vs DC resume and live coverage of the game if it restarts President Trump has repeatedly promised to "make America affordable again." But for those Americans most in need, his administration's latest budget plan would dramatically shrink the federal rental aid that helps keep millions of people housed In its request for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) the White House called the current system of federal rental assistance "dysfunctional" and proposed essentially ending Section 8 and other housing voucher programs Its plan calls for cutting rental aid by about 40% and sending that money to states "to design their own rental assistance programs based on their unique needs and preferences." It would also impose a two-year cap on rental assistance for able-bodied adults which it said would ensure an even bigger share of federal subsidies went to the elderly and disabled The budget does include $25 million in housing grants for young people aging out of foster care HUD Secretary Scott Turner called the budget request "bold" for reimagining aid programs that have become "too bloated and bureaucratic to efficiently function." The proposal comes as nearly half of all renters are considered cost-burdened and as homelessness is at a record high Advocates say that if millions of poor people barely making ends meet were to suddenly see their rental aid shrink — or even end altogether — it would tip many over the edge homelessness escalate in a way that has been really unprecedented policy manager with the National Low Income Housing Coalition federal rental aid falls far short of need It's available for only about a quarter of all people eligible for it "Cutting that really feels like cutting into bone," said Ann Oliva CEO of the National Alliance to End Homelessness The president's budget is only a suggestion since Congress holds authority over spending and will create its own budget But lawmakers are under pressure to find deep savings to enact Trump's larger agenda Some congressional Republicans have already targeted healthcare and food aid for next year's budget but "I don't think Congress has the appetite to enact cuts to the housing programs," says Kevin Corinth with the conservative American Enterprise Institute He sees the White House getting a kind of "free pass" to propose more ambitious HUD cuts that likely will not actually happen While the White House budget blueprint would significantly shrink federal rental aid that helps millions of people it said states could choose to pitch in with their own funding to make sure the same number of people are covered The plan does give states more flexibility on how they can use that smaller pool of money, by sending it in the form of block grants. Welfare funding works this way. Over time, however, many states have diverted much, if not most of that money to things other than cash aid for poor families Housing advocates noted all this would be disruptive not only for tenants but also for the millions of landlords who receive federal rental aid Another part of Trump's budget calls for shrinking HUD funding for homelessness by 12% and putting a two-year cap on people's eligibility for aid It also proposes a fundamental shift in how homelessness funding is allocated that would bypass thousands of local nonprofits and give the money directly to states "That is very concerning to us," said homelessness advocate Oliva it happens on city blocks and in city streets." Oliva said states simply don't have the infrastructure or expertise to ensure homelessness funding can go to where it's most effective This change would also upend decades of federal policy by moving money away from permanent housing and toward shelters and shorter-term housing Local advocates said the fallout from HUD cuts would affect much more than housing "We're talking about a massive impact across communities," said Jessica Kubicki with the Housing Collective in Connecticut people who may no longer be able to afford health insurance would be more likely to seek care in emergency rooms And children in school could suffer if their parents were forced to leave their housing and squeeze in with family or friends "Because you've got maybe three kids sleeping in the same room The cuts would also come on top of another impending loss of HUD funding as part of the COVID-era American Rescue Plan Act the Biden administration funded 70,000 emergency housing vouchers for people without housing or at risk of losing it That money was supposed to last until 2030 But it's running out faster than expected because of how much rents have spiked in recent years HUD has told local housing authorities to prepare for emergency voucher funding to end next year — and possibly sooner Kubicki is hoping the state can pick up that extra funding to give emergency voucher holders more time But deep cuts to HUD's broader budget would make that even more difficult "This is not fixing anything," she said."This is making everything so much worse." While Corinth of AEI does not believe Congress will slash HUD's budget he does think it's worth asking whether federal housing programs are fair "It makes sense to get people aid when they need it," he said "but we don't necessarily want them to stay on it forever." Many people receive housing subsidies for well over a decade "If the median or fair market rent is around your income can get really high and you're still going to be getting those subsidies," he said Corinth also said when there's such a severe housing shortage like now federal subsidies can goose the market and push up prices for everyone He'd prefer to help people through other benefits Another way he thinks rental aid is not fair: There's not nearly enough to help most people who are eligible for it "So I think it's very reasonable to say we should lower amounts or have some kind of time limits," he said "to kind of share around the resources to others." Corinth suggested a five year time limit Housing Secretary Turner has said the agency's ultimate goal is to "get people off subsidies and live a life of self-sustainability." On a recent trip to Arkansas where the prospect of federal budget cuts came up he said HUD's job is to "maximize the budget that we do have." Beyond rental aid cuts, the White House budget for HUD would eliminate a program that creates more affordable housing, and another that funds nonprofits to enforce fair housing laws Also on the chopping block: community development grants that cities can spend on everything from childcare services to home repair for seniors The White House said that money has been used for things the federal government should not fund Johnson, with the low-income housing coalition, said shrinking HUD funding could undermine the Trump administration's pledge to build affordable housing on federal lands "How are you going to build affordable housing if you're also cutting the programs that make those deals pencil out for developers?" she said Advocates worry that HUD funding for disaster recovery could also be disrupted folks who can get out of a disaster shelter on their own do so," said Oliva But those who were already precariously housed or who have disabling conditions they will end up in the homeless services system." and targeted housing and community development programs at other agencies In a recent report on those moves even before the White House's budget proposal came out the National Association of Affordable Housing Lenders warned of far-reaching consequences "These disruptions would ripple through the broader economy and potentially destabilizing housing finance markets that depend on the certainty and liquidity provided by federal programs," the report said Become an NPR sponsor WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order aiming to slash public subsidies to PBS and NPR as he alleged “bias” in the broadcasters’ reporting The order instructs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and other federal agencies “to cease Federal funding for NPR and PBS” and further requires that they work to root out indirect sources of public financing for the news organizations in a social media posting announcing the signing said the outlets “receive millions from taxpayers to spread radical woke propaganda disguised as ‘news.’” WATCH: PBS CEO weighs in on the potential impact of cutting public media funding It’s the latest move by Trump and his administration to utilize federal powers to control or hamstring institutions whose actions or viewpoints he disagrees with placed staff on administrative leave and cut off hundreds of millions of dollars in funding to artists Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities Trump has also pushed to withhold federal research and education funds from universities and punish law firms unless they agreed to eliminate diversity programs and other measures Trump has found objectionable The broadcasters get roughly half a billion dollars in public money through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and have been preparing for the possibility of stiff cuts since Trump’s election as Republicans have long complained about them READ MORE: A look at the history of public media in the U.S. as Republicans target federal funding said in a statement last month that the Trump administration’s effort to rescind funding for public media would “disrupt the essential service PBS and local member stations provide to the American people.” and our work is only possible because of the bipartisan support we have always received from Congress,” she said “This public-private partnership allows us to help prepare millions of children for success in school and in life and also supports enriching and inspiring programs of the highest quality.” WATCH: A look at the Trump administration’s efforts to slash public media funding The Corporation for Public Broadcasting sued Trump earlier this week over his move to fire three members of its five-person board contending that the president was exceeding his authority and that the move would deprive the board of a quorum needed to conduct business Just two weeks ago, the White House said it would be asking Congress to rescind funding for the CPB as part of a $9.1 billion package of cuts which budget director Russell Vought said would likely be the first of several READ MORE: Trump administration plans to ask Congress to defund PBS, NPR The move against PBS and NPR comes as his administration has been working to dismantle the U.S including Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty which were designed to model independent news gathering globally in societies that restrict the press Those efforts have faced pushback from federal courts who have ruled in some cases that the Trump administration may have overstepped its authority in holding back funds appropriated to the outlets by Congress © 1996 - 2025 NewsHour Productions LLC PBS is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization Subscribe to Here's the Deal with Lisa Desjardins The head of PBS said Friday that President Donald Trump’s executive order aiming to slash public subsidies to public broadcasting institutions PBS and NPR was blatantly unlawful NPR’s chief also vowed to challenge the decision Public Broadcasting Service CEO Paula Kerger said the Republican president’s order “threatens our ability to serve the American public with educational programming as we have for the past 50-plus years.” WATCH: A look at the Trump administration’s efforts to slash public media funding “We are currently exploring all options to allow PBS to continue to serve our member stations and all Americans,” Kerger said alleging “bias” in the broadcasters’ reporting The order instructs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and other federal agencies to “cease Federal funding” for PBS and National Public Radio and further requires that they work to root out indirect sources of public financing for the news organizations said the outlets “receive millions from taxpayers to spread radical woke propaganda disguised as ‘news.'” which funnels public funding to the two services said that it is not a federal executive agency subject to Trump’s orders The president earlier this week said he was firing three of the five remaining CPB board members — threatening its ability to do any work — and was immediately sued by the CPB to stop it The corporation distributes roughly a half billion dollars of congressionally-appropriated money to PBS Congress forbade any federal agency or employee from direct control over educational television or broadcasting NPR’s president and CEO also promised Friday to contest the decision as well “We will vigorously defend our right to provide essential news information and life-saving services to the American public,” Katherine Maher said “We will challenge this executive order using all means available.” The vast majority of public money for the services goes directly to its hundreds of local stations which operate on a combination of government funding Stations in smaller markets are particularly dependent on the public money and most threatened by the cuts of the sort Trump is proposing Public broadcasting has been threatened frequently by Republican leaders in the past but the local ties have largely enabled them to escape cutbacks — legislators don’t want to be seen as responsible for shutting down stations in their districts But the current threat is seen as the most serious in the system’s history It’s also the latest move by Trump and his administration to utilize federal powers to control or hamstring institutions whose actions or viewpoints he disagrees with Since taking office in January for a second term Trump has also pushed to withhold federal research and education funds from universities and punish law firms unless they agree to eliminate diversity programs and other measures he has found objectionable Just two weeks ago, the White House said it would be asking Congress to rescind funding for the CPB as part of a $9.1 billion package of cuts The move against PBS and NPR comes as Trump’s administration has been working to dismantle the U.S. Agency for Global Media, including Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty which were designed to model independent newsgathering globally in societies that restrict the press which have ruled in some cases that the Trump administration may have overstepped its authority in holding back funds appropriated to the outlets by Congress AP Congressional Correspondent Lisa Mascaro contributed to this report SHELBY TOWNSHIP – Police are looking for a Texas man who was extradited to Michigan and reportedly cut off his tether after posting bond He was extradited to Michigan in April to face charges for his alleged role in the theft of a truck and the failed theft of an ATM in Shelby Township Police said they were able to identify the getaway vehicle as a rental out of Texas. Responding officers found the Ford in the parking lot and identified it as stolen out of Shelby Township. Police said they found burglary tools at the scene that they tracked to local stores, which had surveillance footage of the suspects buying the tools. Three possible suspects from Texas were identified. Two days after the attempted ATM theft, the suspects reportedly were pulled over by police in Arkansas and had their identities confirmed. Warrants were approved by the Macomb County Prosecutor’s Office for three suspects. The suspected driver, Keith Collins, was arrested in Texas and was extradited to Michigan. Collins was charged on April 17 with safe breaking, receiving and concealing a motor vehicle and malicious destruction of property over $1,000. He was given a $50,000 bond and was ordered to wear a GPS if he was able to post bond. Five days later, he reportedly cut off his tether and his location is unknown. Copyright 2025 by WDIV ClickOnDetroit - All rights reserved. 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Click here to take a moment and familiarize yourself with our Community Guidelines TV Listings Email Newsletters RSS Feeds Contests and Rules Contact Us Careers at WDIV Closed Captioning / Audio Description Public File Current EEO Report Terms of Use Privacy Policy Do Not Sell My Info FCC Applications Copyright © 2025 ClickOnDetroit.com is managed by Graham Digital and published by Graham Media Group 2025 US Treasury wants to cut off Huione over ties to crypto crime The US Treasury has proposed cutting the Huione Group's access to the US banking system accusing it of being involved in laundering crypto News COINTELEGRAPH IN YOUR SOCIAL FEEDThe US Treasury Department is seeking to bar the Cambodia-based Huione Group from accessing the American banking system accusing the company of helping North Korea’s state-sponsored Lazarus Group launder cryptocurrency The Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) proposed on May 1 to prohibit US financial institutions from opening or maintaining correspondent or payable-through accounts for or on behalf of the Huione Group Huione Group has set up a network of businesses, which includes payment service platform Huione Pay PLC, the crypto exchange Huione Crypto, and Haowang Guarantee, an online marketplace offering illicit goods and services Although the conglomerate does not hold correspondent accounts with US financial institutions, it maintains accounts with foreign firms that do, FinCEN noted in its rulemaking submission The proposed rule is subject to a 30-day public comment period before it can take effect FinCEN claimed that Huione Group has laundered at least $4 billion worth of illicit proceeds between August 2021 and January 2025, including more than $36 million from crypto pig butchering scams At least $37 million worth of the crypto laundered has been linked to North Korea’s “cyber heists,” the Treasury said Haowang Guarantee has made Huione Group a “one-stop shop” for criminals to launder crypto obtained through illicit activities and ultimately convert it to fiat currency Related: North Korean crypto attacks rising in sophistication, actors — Paradigm The conglomerate has also created a US dollar-pegged stablecoin, the US dollar Huione (USDH) which FinCEN said cannot be frozen and helps to carry out money laundering activities The National Bank of Cambodia has stated that payment firms aren’t allowed to deal or trade digital assets in the country and revoked the company’s local banking license in March Magazine: Crypto wanted to overthrow banks, now it’s becoming them in stablecoin fight PBS’s Paula Kerger and NPR’s Katherine Maher say they’re looking at legal options to defend against White House PBS’s chief executive, Paula Kerger, told CBS News’s Face the Nation that Republican-led threats to withdraw federal funding from public broadcasters had been around for decades but are “different this time”. Kerger said: “They’re coming after us on many different ways … we have never seen a circumstance like this, and obviously we’re going to be pushing back very hard, because what’s at risk are our stations, our public television, our public radio stations across the country.” Read moreDonald Trump last week issued an executive order blocking NPR and PBS from receiving taxpayer funds through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) the media landscape is now filled with news options and the concept of government funded news media was “not only outdated and unnecessary but corrosive to the appearance of journalistic independence” The order added: “Which viewpoints NPR and PBS promote does not matter What does matter is that neither entity presents a fair or unbiased portrayal of current events to taxpaying citizens.” Kerger warned that some stations in smaller communities across the US could lose 40 to 50% of their funding and that’s what’s at risk if this funding goes away,” she said who like Kruger was grilled by Republicans on Capital Hill last month over claims that programing at both operations was politically biased said her organization is “looking at whatever options are available to us” But she added: “I think it’s a little preliminary for us to speak to the specific strategies that we might take.” Maher warned that the impact to local radio stations was immediate “especially in a time where we’re seeing an advance of news deserts across the nation 20% of Americans don’t have access to another local source of news The impact of this could really be devastating But the NPR boss also sought to resist the US president’s claims that her operation is left-leaning and pointed to reluctance by Trump administration officials to come on NPR shows. 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It’s hard for us to be able to say we can speak for everyone when folks won’t join us.” And you can go out and take it down a new track ongoing arguments over media bias and threats to defund public broadcasters put children’s programming is at risk including those that are not enrolled in formal pre-K schooling “That was the idea of Sesame Street and Mister Rogers is to make sure that children that do not have an access to a full array of resources have the opportunity to learn … That’s what’s at risk.” she said Essential digital access to quality FT journalism on any device Complete digital access to quality FT journalism with expert analysis from industry leaders Complete digital access to quality analysis and expert insights complemented with our award-winning Weekend Print edition Terms & Conditions apply Discover all the plans currently available in your country See why over a million readers pay to read the Financial Times Posted in: Comics, Comics Publishers, Current News, Dynamite | Tagged: , Free Comic Book Day Gargoyles' snpinoff Demona #0 hits $10 on eBay as Demona #1 hits Final Order Cut-Off or FOC Today is the Final Order Cut-Off date or FOC for Demona #1, the new series spinning off from Gargoyles from Dynamite Entertainment, with Gargoyles' creator Greg Weisman and Frank Paur, one of the original cartoon's story board artists. It may be worth knowing that Dynamite sent 73,000 units of Demona #0 for Free Comic Book Day and multiple copies have been selling on eBay already for $10 plus. One store just sold twelve copies at that price Radio Free Asia is laying off about 90 percent of its staff and is shutting down many of its language services citing its inability to continue paying employees after the Trump administration cut off its funding "We are in an unconscionable situation," Bay Fang "Because we can no longer rely on [the U.S Agency for Global Media] to disburse our funds as Congress intended we will have to begin mass layoffs and let entire language services go dark in the next week." This past March, President Trump ordered the U.S the federal agency which distributes funds to RFA and other U.S to wind down their operations to the bare minimum in an effort "to reduce unnecessary governmental entities." RFA has broadcast in languages like Burmese Cambodian and Mandarin to a weekly audience of around 60 million listeners It and the other U.S. government-funded broadcasters were set up in the wake of World War II, to reach listeners and readers living in what the U.S considers repressive or authoritarian societies and to promote democratic values Now only one staff member of the broadcaster's Uyghur-language service remains the former deputy director of the Uyghur language service "This work is more than a job for me and so many of the people who are part of RFA They are immensely proud to be part of this team and see it as their life's work to shine a light into the dark corners of the countries we cover," Fang told NPR on Friday " So today was perhaps the most difficult in my career." "We've gone completely dark," says Mamatjan Juma the former director of RFA's Uyghur language service "Shutting down the Uyghur service doesn't just mean silencing our newsroom It means surrendering the information space to the Chinese state propaganda machine and its millions of bots." After Trump's directive in March, Kari Lake, a Trump senior advisor who effectively runs USAGM, promptly terminated congressionally-appropriated grants to Radio Free Asia and the other nonprofit news outlets funded by the U.S including Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and Middle East Broadcasting Networks (MBN) VOA and the Office for Cuba Broadcasting, which runs Spanish-language programs, were forced to suspend more than 1,000 of their employees RFA put about three fourths of its staff on unpaid leave In April, a federal judge in Washington D.C. ordered the administration to reinstate RFA and MBN's funds and employees saying the White House's order to dismantle the broadcasters was "arbitrary and capricious." appeals court granted an administrative stay RFA formally laid off many of its staff who were already on unpaid leave RFA's Fang says a skeleton crew still remains to update RFA's much-pared back programming Victims have had fingers chopped off by attackers in crimewave targeting entrepreneurs and their families French police are investigating a series of kidnappings of investors linked to cryptocurrency after a 60-year-old man had a finger chopped off by attackers who demanded his crypto-millionaire son pay a ransom In the latest of several kidnappings of cryptocurrency figures in France and western Europe who owned a cryptocurrency marketing company with his son was freed from a house south of Paris on Saturday night One of the man’s fingers had been chopped off and investigators feared further mutilations could have happened if he had not been rescued was abducted in broad daylight at 10.30am on Thursday morning as he walked down a street in Paris’s 14th arrondissement Four men in ski masks forced him into a delivery van He was freed by armed police in a raid at 9pm on Saturday night from a house 20km (12 miles) south of Paris Five suspects in their 20s were arrested at the house The state prosecutor said in a statement: “The victim appears to be the father of a man who made his fortune in cryptocurrencies with the crime involving a ransom demand.” The victim’s wife told investigators that her husband and wealthy son who both owned a crypto marketing firm in Malta Le Parisien reported that the attackers had demanded a ransom of €5-7m (£4-6m) were still being questioned by police on Sunday The kidnapping is the latest in a series of abductions of cryptocurrency figures in France and neighbouring countries was abducted with his partner on 21 January at their home in Méreau The attackers arrived at Balland’s house in the early hours of the morning taking him and his partner and separating them Balland was taken to a house in the town of Châteauroux Police were contacted by Balland’s business partner who received a video of the finger alongside a demand for a large ransom in cryptocurrency Balland was freed in a police raid soon after His partner was found tied up in the boot of a car in a carpark in the Essonne area south of Paris the next day Nine suspects are under criminal investigation in that case who has a police record for a previous kidnapping the 56-year-old father of a French cryptocurrency influencer based in Dubai was the target of an alleged kidnapping in eastern France tied up his wife and daughter and forced him into a car The man’s influencer son received a ransom demand and contacted police The father was only discovered 24 hours later in the boot of a car in Normandy tied up and showing signs of physical violence Other abductions of cryptocurrency figures or their partners were reported in Spain and Belgium in the past five months Which language would you like to use this site in In response to Israel cutting off the electricity supply to a desalination plant for drinking water in the occupied Gaza Strip a week after it blocked the entry of vital humanitarian aid to the Strip Amnesty International’s Senior Director for Research “Israel’s decision to cut off electricity to Gaza’s main operational desalination plant a week after it halted the entry of all humanitarian aid and commercial supplies violates international humanitarian law and is further evidence of Israel’s genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip “These inhumane and unlawful actions are a clear indication that Israel is continuing its policy of deliberately imposing on Palestinians in Gaza conditions of life calculated to bring about their physical destruction – an act prohibited under the Genocide Convention They are also a reminder of the control Israel has as occupying power allowing it to turn life-critical services on and off at any given point “Israel must not be allowed to use water as a weapon of war shelter and other supplies critical to the survival of the civilian population are a matter of life and death not a means to exert pressure in negotiations “Gaza has been under an electricity blackout since 11 October 2023 following the decision of then-energy Minister Israel Katz to cut off electricity supply through the Israeli Electric Corporation which is paid for by the Palestinian Authority This forced Gaza’s only power plant to shut down the South Sea desalination plant became the only facility in Gaza to be reconnected to Israel’s electricity grid The decision to disconnect it again now will reduce its capacity to produce drinking water by 85% – from 18,000 cubic metres of drinking water per day to just 3,000 – which will have devastating consequences for civilians in central and southern Gaza “The Gaza Strip is already experiencing a water and sanitation catastrophe following overwhelming damage and destruction of water and sanitation infrastructure due to Israel’s military operations and the ongoing unlawful blockade The complete blocking of fuel supplies also threatens to shut down other water facilities “Israeli authorities must immediately and fully restore Gaza’s electricity supply – not only to the desalination plant – and allow civilians unfettered access to essential goods and services Israel has a legal obligation under international humanitarian law to the fullest extent of the means available to it medicine and other supplies essential to the survival of civilians in Gaza.” Together we can fight for human rights everywhere Your donation can transform the lives of millions If you are talented and passionate about human rights then Amnesty International wants to hear from you I was on the phone with my boyfriend when it unexpectedly cut off I continued walking down the street in Granada Oblivious to the nonfunctioning traffic lights "Apagón," a frustrated woman behind the counter said Granadians are famous for being a little grumpy but this was different; she looked alarmed I picked out "No hay luz," which translates to "no power," and "fatal," which is self-explanatory Although it would be many more hours before I would find out a power cut had struck all of Spain and Portugal and hospitals switched to emergency generators I found a 2 euro coin in my pocket and bought the last baguette along with tense shopkeepers and alarmed customers I used my change from the bread to pay cash for an avocado and hurried home I knew he was at his office and wondered if he could be trapped inside the electric doors A latent SMS had arrived: "You ok??" I couldn't reply No matter how often I switched my SIM card I couldn't get more than a second of glitchy signal Another one came through: "This is scary." Questions sprinted through my mind: Should I go looking for my boyfriend How could I contact my clients about deadlines due today how much of this bread and avocado would I need to save for us for dinner because there was nothing else and I only had 44 cents left I was working in London when I met my Andalucian boyfriend about six years ago we decided we'd have a better life in Spain We've lived in Granada for a year and a half and my freelance work hadn't been affected until Monday Fourteen hours of zero electricity unraveled my income faster than the pandemic When I heard my boyfriend's keys in the door He told me the only news was coming from car radios Sánchez had instructed people to use the emergency services sparingly and their staff sat outside on park benches — if not they were taking cash payments and writing receipts by hand The proprietor of a chain of ice cream stores frantically ran between shops as his profits melted down the sides of nonfunctioning freezers Our big local supermarket was accepting card payments using an emergency generator Shoppers loaded their carts in a hushed frenzy it felt like something out of "Black Mirror." Everyone was hunting for food that didn't need cooking or storing in a cold place Items like bread and candles were long gone and the canned goods shelves were getting bare People were also loading up on water and toilet paper as rumors spread that the power cut was a Russian attack and World War III was here my boyfriend translated conversations he overheard A competing theory was that the climate crisis was finally striking As an immigrant with just 44 cents in my pocket and no way to earn an income The panic in the streets was also interspersed with neighbors singing and clapping together we saw locals meeting in the squares around our block Where we live in Granada is famously alternative; a few people blasted car radios or brought out guitars Flamenco jams carried on long into the night I fell asleep admiring the stars through the open window more visible than I'd ever seen them in Spain swiftly followed by my boyfriend flipping the light on and many businesses stayed closed to take stock of their losses She told me that she'd been able to save most of her baked goods from the heat but couldn't sell hot drinks yesterday I'll work this weekend to make up some of the time I lost on Monday where it will remain as a new emergency fund I'm considering offering English lessons or transforming the guest room into a makeshift Airbnb One thing is for sure: I am not leaving Andalusia this place offers a sense of community and warmth that no power cut could ever put out Jenna Sundel is a Newsweek reporter based in New Jersey She has in-depth knowledge of crime and courts She is a graduate of Montclair State University You can get in touch with Jenna by emailing j.sundel@newsweek.com either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content A man accused of murdering his 13-year-old daughter in Ohio may face the death penalty after being indicted on a slew of new charges Darnell Jones-Ogletree was formally charged by a Lucas County grand jury in the killing of Kei'Mani Latigue whose body was discovered in an abandoned house in Toledo on March 24 The case is the first capital murder case in the city in over a decade Latigue was reported missing by family on March 18 Officials issued an abduction warrant for the child's father A murder warrant was also issued for Jones after Latigue was found dead in Toledo on March 24 The indictment against Jones-Ogletree includes charges of aggravated murder gross abuse of a corpse and tampering with evidence Prosecutors say Jones-Ogletree abducted and killed his daughter sometime between March 17 and March 18 leaving her body in an East Toledo home that was later destroyed by fire Lucas County Prosecutor Julia Bates said the facts of the case are among the most disturbing her office has ever seen "This case involves one of the most heinous sets of facts I've seen in more than 40 years," Bates said in a statement Jones-Ogletree initially told local reporters that Latigue had called him because she was scared to be home alone and that he had come to check on her. He had not been named as a suspect at the time. According to police affidavits obtained by WKYC he later admitted to dragging her to the abandoned house and killing her there The Toledo Blade reported that this marks the city's first death penalty case in more than ten years Ohio law allows for the death penalty in cases involving aggravated murder with aggravating circumstances president of the Columbus Fraternal Order of Police announced the arrest of Jones-Ogletree last month He told reporters that the victim in this case was a teenager who was "murdered The executive director of Lucas County Children Services (LCCS) said at a news conference that the agency has three reports of possible abuse involving the 13-year-old "At no point in our involvement with Kei'Mani was there any mention of Darnell Jones by anyone in the family by anyone involved with the family or by anyone associated with the schools," Muth said The reports stemmed from two separate allegations of "excessive physical discipline" from Kei'Mani's grandmother One of the investigations was initiated by a teacher who called the agency in a statement: "We will try this case not in the court of public opinion with a professional team defined by compassion integrity and commitment to the rule of law We are determined to deliver justice for Kei'Mani Latigue and for everyone in our community affected by this tragedy." in comments to reporters last month: "You've got not just a murderer—a violent murderer a sadistic murderer—in our neighborhoods A date for Jones-Ogletree's arraignment on the new charges has not been set yet The case is expected to proceed with a pre-trial phase in Lucas County Court where prosecutors will argue that the crimes meet the legal criteria for the death penalty Do you have a story that Newsweek should be covering Do you have any questions about this story Newsweek is committed to challenging conventional wisdom and finding connections in the search for common ground Newsweek is committed to journalism that's factual and fair Hold us accountable and submit your rating of this article on the meter. 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more frequent in spring over the land regions of the Northern Hemisphere Such an increase in Cut-off Low frequency could substantially increase related potential hazards An increase in Cut-off Low propagation velocity projected changes in the jet stream with possible dynamical linkages to Cut-off Lows corroborate the findings of this study unless there is an injection of new air into the cutoff low with high potential vorticity These recent findings have not only broadened our understanding of COLs but have also established the foundation for assessing the associated impacts in climate attribution studies that are not limited to single events a similar but all the more important assessment of future changes in impacts due to climate change is not possible as there is currently no information on changes in COL projections in the future To assess the influence of climate change on these characteristics the following questions have been formulated: How will climate change impact the frequency of COLs in the Northern Hemisphere How are the most intense and long-lasting COLs affected by climate change How will the propagation velocity of COLs change with climate change The chosen models had zonal/meridional wind data at 250 hPa pressure level necessary for relative vorticity calculation available at the time of writing this article The detected COLs are studied for projected changes in frequency and propagation velocity in the Northern Hemisphere To distill relevant information on the changes in potential impacts the focus of the investigation is on long-lasting and high-intensity COLs a–d Annual climatology of the spatial distribution of COLs in ERA5 reanalysis (1979–2014) e–h The bias in COL frequency in CMIP6 ensemble mean (1979–2014) compared to ERA5 (1979–2014) i–l Percentage change in COL frequency in CMIP6 SSP5-8.5 scenario (2071–2100) compared to CMIP6 historical dataset (1950–2014) m Absolute number of COLs per year identified within the regional boxes in (i–l) for the historical (empty) and SSP5-8.5 (shaded) datasets on a seasonal basis the edges of the box extend to the 25th–75th percentiles and the whiskers extend to the 5th–95th percentiles The number over the boxplot indicates the models projecting an increase in the future Stippling denotes statistical significance at the 5% level using the bootstrapping method given their exposure to COL-related hazards the two intensity maxima-based classes are— COLs with max intensity less than 10 × 10−5 s−1 (low intensity) and COLs with max intensity higher than 10 × 10−5 s−1 (high intensity) a–d Percentage change in COL frequency in CMIP6 SSP5-8.5 scenario (2071–2100) compared to CMIP6 historical dataset (1950–2014) for COLs lasting 3 days or less e Absolute number of COLs per year identified within the regional boxes in (a–d) for the historical (empty) and SSP5-8.5 (shaded) datasets on a seasonal basis f–i Percentage change in COL frequency in CMIP6 SSP5-8.5 scenario (2071–2100) compared to CMIP6 historical dataset (1950–2014) for COLs lasting over 3 days j Absolute number of COLs per year identified within the regional boxes in (f–i) for the historical (empty) and SSP5-8.5 (shaded) datasets on a seasonal basis a–d Absolute change in COL propagation velocity in CMIP6 SSP5-8.5 scenario (2071–2100) compared to CMIP6 historical dataset (1950–2014) for COLs lasting 3 days or less e Absolute propagation velocity of COLs per year identified within the regional boxes in (a–d) for the historical (empty) and SSP5-8.5 (shaded) datasets on a seasonal basis f–i Absolute change in COL propagation velocity in CMIP6 SSP5-8.5 scenario (2071–2100) compared to CMIP6 historical dataset (1950–2014) for COLs lasting over 3 days j Absolute propagation velocity of COLs per year identified within the regional boxes in (f–i) for the historical (empty) and SSP5-8.5 (shaded) datasets on a seasonal basis the propagation velocity of a COL is a relevant characteristic that may determine its impact Percentage change in zonal wind in CMIP6 SSP5-8.5 scenario (2071–2100) compared to CMIP6 historical dataset (1950–2014) a projected strengthening of the jet over the southeast Pacific in the winter/spring and over the Atlantic Ocean from winter through summer may be responsible for a decrease in COL frequency further southeastward (downstream) of these regions The strong jet over Europe is conducive for COL intensification and transport and may explain the widespread increase of COL frequency over Europe in spring The results suggest that COL propagation velocity will increase in spring which may partly compensate for the potential increase in hazard caused due to the increase in COL frequency as 80% of all models indicate a surge in severe COL frequency the potential increase in hazard could still be severe during summer over North America and Asia-N.Pacific the potential decrease in hazard in the future due to the projected decrease in COL frequency may partly be offset by the projected slowing-down of COLs Overcoming these limitations in the next generation of models will substantially aid the confidence in the projected trends the analysis is based on the SSP5-8.5 scenario A similar analysis based on the SSP2-4.5 or SSP1-2.6 scenario focusing on the frequency changes in the middle of the century could also be useful the robustness of the trends observed here underscores their relevance even if the magnitude of the changes may be moderated under lower-emission scenarios In this study, ERA5 is used as the reanalysis dataset, which is the fifth and latest generation of reanalysis from the European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)59 ERA5 uses the Integrated Forecasting System (IFS) model and incorporates a 12-h 4DVar data assimilation process Relative vorticity is extracted from ERA5 at 6-h timesteps for the period 1979–2014 at 250 hPa The results drawn from ERA5 reanalysis are utilized to evaluate certain results against CMIP6 The CMIP6 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(NE/W004984/1) the UK collaborative data analysis facility Wegener Center for Climate and Global Research Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate tracking and postprocessing of cut-off lows with contributions from K.H had the idea for the study and designed the approach contributed to the analysis and the interpretation of the results The authors declare no competing interests Communications Earth & Environment thanks the anonymous reviewers for their contribution to the peer review of this work Publisher’s note Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations Download citation DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-02078-7 Anyone you share the following link with will be able to read this content: a shareable link is not currently available for this article Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science The team at Mars Badminton Horse Trials have extended the wait list cut-off time to give the final rider on the reserve list the possibility of competing at this week’s five-star (7-11 May) The change means New Zealand’s Tayla Mason and Centennial can be added to the start list if anyone withdraws before noon tomorrow (Tuesday The FEI schedule for the event states that wait-listed entries will be “accepted in order as and when there are withdrawals Tayla would definitely have been unable to compete as she was still on the waiting list at 2pm yesterday But at midday yesterday event director Jane Tuckwell told Tayla she will be accepted if anyone withdraws before noon on Tuesday “We hope this gives Tayla every chance of competing in the unfortunate event that another athlete has to withdraw,” said the notification on Badminton’s social media No one has withdrawn from the event since midday yesterday the New Zealand rider still remains on the wait list Tayla will be making her Badminton debut if she gets the chance to compete Tayla and Centennial were 14th on the Badminton Horse Trials wait list originally and the other 13 pairs above them have all now been accepted The two riders below Tayla on the waiting list Ireland’s Fred Scala (Everon Vivendi) and New Zealand’s Hollie Swain (Solo) An unusually small number of horses has been withdrawn from Badminton this year – since the waiting list system was brought in in 2008 between 14 and 43 pairs have been accepted from it in the years when there has been a wait list (there was no waiting list last year; all those entered were accepted straight away) The small number of withdrawals is perhaps partly due to the good weather and conditions this spring which have meant riders have been able to give horses the required preparation runs for the five-star If you are already a ClipMyHorse.TV premium member Badminton TV is included in your subscription you can enjoy the documentary programme Legends and Legacy a fly-on-the-wall insight into the 2024 event and preview of 2025 India has threatened to suspend the Indus Water Treaty, which governs how water in the Indus basin is being shared between India and Pakistan. That could wreak havoc on Pakistan's agriculture and economy. Water shortage is a recurring problem for farmer Homla Thakur Rain has been scant in recent years.  He owns a 2-hectare farm in the southeastern province of Sindh in Pakistan And the news that neighboring India has vowed to cut water supplies from this critical river has left farmers like Thakur in shock India walked away from the Indus Water Treaty after a shocking attack on tourists in the Indian-administered Kashmir on April 22 India linked the attack to Pakistan.  The Indus is a river system with numerous tributaries that stretch from Tibet to the southernmost tip of Pakistan.  signed by Delhi and Islamabad in 1960 and brokered by the World Bank has to let most of the waters of those rivers flow freely to Pakistan.  Pakistanis are concerned India is "weaponizing" water Bilwal Bhutto Zardari, Pakistan's former foreign minister: "My biggest concern is we're already locked in generations of conflict and we hope to work together to be able to address all those issues through the past I believe we're locking future generations into a brand-new context of conflict between India and Pakistan Experts argue it's nearly impossible for India to block the flow of water over night with new dams and hydro power plants and canals Pakistan’s water supply could significantly dwindle The suspension also means that India will stop sharing crucial information on the release of water and on flood alerts An alarming development for a region that is among the most affected by extreme weather events and where working together could benefit more than a billion people who are bearing the direct consequences of climate change AZ — A family is on a mission for change following the loss of their mother to extreme heat last year after APS shut off her power due to missed payments Temperatures soared to 102º in the days after 82-year-old Kate Korman's air conditioning was shut off by the utility company on May 13 The Sun City West woman was found dead six days later Kate's death was a private family tragedy for a year Arizona Corporation Commission Vice-Chair Nick Myers posted on X that he was "sure the family doesn't want made public what we found" when it came to an investigation into Korman's death That post caught the attention of Kate's son kicking off a series of posts from Myers that ended with the key figure tasked with regulating APS blaming Kate's children for her death I'm more blaming you for not looking out for your elderly mom," Myers wrote "I refuse to tell utilities that they have to provide power to people that do not pay their bills I'm not even happy about many of the programs that they have in place to help "I don't feel it is a utilities [sic] responsibility to keep everyone alive," that Korman's death is "not a problem that the rest of society should shoulder," and that Kate's sons had "failed to protect their mother." The posts have left both Adam and his brother Jonathan shaken up tell ABC15 their mother never told them she hadn't paid her APS bill or that her air conditioning had been shut off "We did not understand that this happened because her power had been cut off until we arrived at her house and discovered how hot it was," Jonathan explained Jonathan says Myers's posts have restarted the grieving process "It's like the first day we knew all over again," he said The brothers had initially chosen to shield others from the details of Kate's death "We told our friends and family a comforting lie about how our mother died in her sleep and that wasn't really true," Jonathan said Myers claimed the A/C shutoff "was not the cause of death" for Kate the official medical examiner's report says "environmental heat stress" contributed Her official cause of death is complications of chronic ethanolism "If her power had not been cut during 100º weather she would not have died when and how she did," Adam wrote in a text "I think in my exchange on X with Nick Myers his words speak volumes about his character and interests Instead of using his position of power to help prevent future heat-related deaths he's more invested in attacking a grieving family." My comments on social media were intended to address my views on the current termination of service rules I apologize for any harm my comments may have caused the family The views and opinions I expressed on my personal social media account were my own and not those of the Arizona Corporation Commission.” Jonathan doubts the sincerity of the message "It sounds like he's embarrassed and he's got some kind of publicist telling him what to say," he said he wrote on X: "Living rent free in people's heads because you told the truth and they don't like it is proof that the old saying 'truth hurts' is still very valid." That post remains up as of the posting of this article along with the rest of his posts targeting the Kormans Jonathan is calling for utility companies to change their approach by basing shutoffs on temperature on not seasonal dates and to make direct contact with customers before cutting power "And I hope they stay concerned until we can create a change that protects people who are vulnerable." APS says it contacted Kate ten times with past due and disconnect notifications including through door hangs and by sending mail after she stopped paying her bills in January 2024 The contacts included "details of assistance options and encouraged the customer to contact us." However the company says it did not speak with her APS adds that Kate did not contact the company at all at any time after January 2024 Jonathan said his mother likely did not understand that her power would be shut off as she had the money to pay for her air conditioning during that period We care about the safety and wellbeing of our customers and we encourage those who need help to reach out so we can connect them to assistance and resources We take extensive steps both to communicate with customers who don’t pay their bills and provide them with support our customer notification practices exceed the requirements established by the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) We make numerous attempts to let the customer know the status of their account and offer assistance through a variety of channels Our records show this was true with this customer.    We regularly work with customers to find solutions to pay down their bill including giving them more time to pay with flexible payment arrangements as well as other programs listed below.   Customer Support For those customers who need assistance with their bill APS has programs to help them monitor their account and provide financial help.  For those who have vulnerable loved ones APS offers two programs that allow customers to authorize that individual to monitor their accounts by providing notifications if bills are unpaid We also have programs that provide financial support and other assistance for customers struggling to pay their bills:  and do not pay their current monthly charges and payment arrangement amount by the due date may have their electric service disconnected; but only after we make many attempts to connect with the customer to see how we can help – as described earlier.  We worked with consumer advocates and the commission to determine the best way to implement the moratorium is clearer and more predictable for customers across our diverse service territory Temperatures can change day-to-day in certain seasons We want to emphasize that APS is here to help our customers and provide support. Our advisors are available 24/7 in English and in Spanish at (602) 371-7171 (metro Phoenix) or (800) 253-9405 (other areas)." Report a typo Markets suggest quarter-point reduction to 4.25% is almost certain but some economists say Bank must go further The Bank of England is poised to cut interest rates on Thursday amid growing concerns over the hit to UK jobs and growth from Donald Trump’s increasingly erratic global trade war In the Bank’s first intervention since the US president’s “liberation day” tariff policy announcement sent shock waves through the world economy Threadneedle Street is expected to reduce its key base rate from the current level of 4.5% Financial markets suggest an almost 100% chance of a quarter-point reduction. However, some economists – including a former Bank deputy governor – have argued that a bigger half-point cut is needed to help businesses and households in the face of the dramatically worsening global outlook. Economists have warned that Trump’s trade battles will lead to a significant slowdown in trade, and come with a cost for US consumers by pushing up prices and raising the chances of a recession. Business and consumer confidence levels have fallen sharply in other countries, including in Britain, over fears that his tariff policies and unpredictable approach will torpedo economic activity around the world. Read more“The near-term UK growth outlook already looked challenging – recent US tariff announcements have added to the headwinds,” said Edward Allenby, a UK economist at the consultancy Oxford Economics and the MPC could signal a less cautious approach [to cutting rates] ahead.” In a crunch week as central banks on both sides of the Atlantic respond to the unfolding economic shock, the financial markets expect the US Federal Reserve to disregard fierce criticism from Trump and keep interest rates unchanged on Wednesday Last month, Trump called the Fed chair, Jerome Powell, a “major loser” whose “termination cannot come fast enough” before rowing back on his attacks on the central bank’s independence in the face of a bond market meltdown While there are concerns that the president’s tariffs could stoke inflation – which could push central banks to keep rates at elevated levels – economists say the border taxes may pull down inflation in other countries Free daily newsletterGet set for the working day – we'll point you to all the business news and analysis you need every morning Read moreUK inflation fell by more than expected in March to 2.6% while figures from the labour market suggest company hiring intentions are cooling as businesses face higher taxes and subdued levels of consumer confidence While inflation is expected to reach a fresh peak of 3.7% this summer amid a rise in the price of energy and food – almost twice the Bank’s 2% target rate – analysts said the elevated level of interest rates and fears over the hit to the economy from Trump’s tariffs warranted more action to cut borrowing costs from the 1.6% it had been expecting as recently as January before the tariffs were announced Analysts said some members of the Bank’s rate-setting monetary policy committee could push for a larger cut including the external economist Swati Dhingra who has long advocated for deeper reductions in borrowing costs Analysts at Morgan Stanley said a half-point cut on Thursday would be a “risk” to their expectation for consecutive quarter-point cuts to 3.25% by the end of this year “The intellectual reasoning underpinning a potential 50bp [basis point] cut is fairly simple: why does the UK economy pay settlement surveys at close to target-consistent levels … and in anticipation of a possible large-scale global growth hit “We do strongly feel that the BoE should cut rates to closer to 3.5% President Trump on Friday unveiled an initial version of his $1.7 trillion fiscal 2026 discretionary funding budget which included staggering cuts of 22% to non-defense agencies The Defense Department would see its funding increased by 13% to more than $1 trillion more than 10% of which would come in the proposed reconciliation bill Nearly every other agency in government would see dramatic reductions While Trump put forward similar proposals each year of his first term only to see lawmakers largely ignore the suggestions White House officials on Friday said Republican lawmakers are much more amenable to the cuts this time around Senior Office of Management and Budget officials told reporters that even if Congress once again declines to institute the recommended reductions it could unilaterally opt not to spend the money lawmakers have appropriated The White House has pursued that approach in its first 100 days in office leading to an array of lawsuits and court orders to reinstate paused funding “We have never taken impoundment off the table,” one official said referring to the process of withholding appropriated funds The 1974 Impoundment Control Act prohibits such action for policy reasons but the Trump administration has said the law is unconstitutional all but the departments of Homeland Security as well as the Social Security Administration Nearly all of those facing cuts would see their budgets slashed by at least 15% Housing and Urban Development and State (and other international programs included in its budget) Environmental Protection Agency and National Science Foundation would all see reductions of at least 30% The latter two agencies would have their budgets cut by more than half A senior OMB official said excluding areas the Trump administration set aside for bumps agencies would see on average a 35% reduction The official added the budget proposal was a “pretty historic effort to deal with the bureaucracy.”  Some of the boosted funds for select agencies—about $325 billion—is expected to come from the tax cut and spending package congressional Republicans are hoping to pass this year through the reconciliation process would see dramatic reductions as it “winds down its operations and reduces its workforce.” Other major changes include a proposal to consolidate wildland firefighting currently split between the Bureau of Land Management into one entity within the Interior Department That reform would lead to better efficiency and coordination Other parts of USFS would face significant cuts as the Trump administration looks to refocus the agency on timber sales The budget would eliminate many programs throughout government the White House accused of pushing "radical" ideology the National Science Foundation's general research grants and Justice Department grant programs The budget would eliminate grant programs at a bevy of agencies as the White House suggested states should instead fund related projects EPA would lose $2.5 billion for its State Revolving Fund because “states should be responsible for funding their own water infrastructure projects.” would go toward hiring: in addition to the long-promised surges for DHS Transportation would receive significant new resources for the Federal Aviation Administration to modernize and boost its air traffic controller workforce Research operations would suffer significant cuts across government The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration would see its research and operations budget slashed by $1.3 billion The National Institutes of Health would lose $18 billion The White House said the agency has lost the trust of the American people and has “grown too big and unfocused.”  Climate-related programs would also face severe cuts which OMB Director Russ Vought said were “antithetical to the American way of life.” The Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy office within the Energy Department would see its budget decimated by nearly 75% the budget would eliminate $15 billion in funding provided in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act related to clean energy and other efforts to combat climate change The White House put forward only a “skinny” version of its budget on Friday and a more robust version documenting line-by-line funding level proposals across every federal office is still expected Appropriators are eager to see those details which will help them write funding bills for fiscal 2026 Any funding measure will require Democratic support to pass the Senate and lawmakers in the minority party were quick to 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