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The scandalous self-enrichment scheme in the US Senate

Once celebrated as “the world’s most deliberative body,” the U.S. Senate has sunk to new lows. Buried in the 394-page bill to end the federal government shutdown, one provision serves as an example of what Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) has called “self-serving, self-dealing kind of

Africa: As America Walks Away, China Seizes The Moment

[allAfrica] This week, two global stories collided in a way that should make every African policymaker pause: China is doubling down on its relationship with Africa, while the United States is literally not showing up -- boycotting the G20 Summit hosted on the African soil. If

EU and MEPs react to outcome of COP30 climate conference

MEPs have given their reaction to the outcome of the COP30 summit in Brazil, which ended without a deal on cutting fossil fuels. The two week meeting, which over-ran but concluded at the weekend, failed to secure new pledges to cut fossil fuels after running over time for more

Why ‘subclade K’ could make for a nasty flu season

A new strain of the flu called subclade K could make for a particularly nasty flu season across the country, according to public health experts. The strain already caused Japan to declare an influenza epidemic. The United Kingdom's flu season started a month earlier than

My Weekend With the Anti-Vaxxers

You had to go through a metal detector to get to the Children’s Health Defense conference, held in Austin, Texas, on November 7–9, and conversation on the first morning buzzed about it. At the Make America Healthy Again symposium that convened the next week, Health and Human

On meeting spec

The most useful definition of quality: It meets spec. The hard part isn’t putting in enormous effort to somehow beat the spec. The hard part is setting the spec properly. If you’re not happy with the change you’re making and the customer experience, change the spec. And when