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Source: Maks_Lab / Getty At the direction of the Trump administration, the National Institutes of Health has cut funding to several HIV-related programs, including HIV-related research grants hoping to one day end the deadly disease.  “The termination of numerous federal grants for HIV prevention and treatment is a cause for alarm,” Dr. Perry Halkitis, dean and Hunterdon Professor of Public Health & Health Equity at Rutgers University, told CNN. “HIV […]

Source: The Washington Post / Getty On Jan. 24, 2025, Pete Hegseth — a Fox News host and Army National Guard veteran who had no previous experience in national defense — was confirmed as President Donald Trump’s Cabinet pick for Secretary of National Defense. Hegseth replaced Lloyd Austin, a Black 4-star general who served as the 28th national defense secretary, the 12th commander of U.S. Central Command and the 33rd vice […]

A Sudanese man celebrates as the military enters the central city of Wad Madani, pushing out the Rapid Support Forces in January 2025. AP Photo/Marwan Ali Christopher Tounsel, University of Washington A series of advances by the Sudanese military has led some observers to posit that the African nation’s yearslong civil war could be at a crucial turning point. Even if it were to end tomorrow, the bloody conflict would […]