USDA Head Blames Biden-Era Policies for Screwworm Threat | National News

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins told lawmakers on Wednesday that the agency under the Biden administration “really had no plans” when it came to New World screwworm. Make Your Inbox Smarter Sign up for these free email newsletters from U.S. News:Pick Newsletters “The Biden administration’s open border policies, combined with the Mexican cartel’s refusal to crack …

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America’s birth rate has plunged. Are smartphones to blame?

A decades-long decline in the U.S. fertility rate has confounded policymakers and economists alike, with experts pointing to possible causes ranging from the economic fallout of the Great Recession to changing public attitudes about parenthood. Now, one economist is pointing to another factor: the iPhone. A new research paper by Middlebury College economist Caitlin Myers found …

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Albania Protests Swell as Opposition to Kushner Resort Persists

By Fatos Bytyci and Edward McAllister TIRANA, June 10 (Reuters) – ⁠Thousands ⁠took to the streets of ⁠Albania’s capital Tirana on Wednesday in the largest demonstration yet against the ​development of a luxury resort planned by U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner. The project, expected ‌to cost around 5 billion euros, ‌has provoked outrage …

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US Seizes 13 Website Domains Tied to Alleged Chinese Intelligence Collection

June 10 (Reuters) – Federal authorities announced on ⁠Wednesday ⁠the seizure of 13 ⁠internet domains tied to what the U.S. Justice Department called fake ​consulting firms designed to recruit current or former U.S. government and military employees to provide ‌information to suspected Chinese agents. These ‌fake firms target people via job listings for consulting or …

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