by dap | Jun 24, 2025 | The Guardian
One of Doge’s best-known workers Edward Coristine, 19, quits a month after his former boss Elon Musk’s departure
One of the US so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge) service’s best-known employees, 19-year-old Edward Coristine, has resigned from the US government, a White House official said on Tuesday, a month after the acrimonious departure of his former boss Elon Musk.
The White House official gave no further details on the move and Coristine did not immediately return an email seeking comment.
by dap | Jun 24, 2025 | The Guardian
Trump officials had ordered states not to spend $5bn given by Biden under national EV infrastructure scheme
A US district judge has blocked the
from withholding funds previously awarded to 14 states for electric vehicle charger infrastructure.
Seattle-based judge Tana Lin, who was appointed to the bench by Joe Biden in 2021, granted a partial injunction to the states that filed suit against Trump’s Department of Transportation.
by dap | Jun 24, 2025 | The Guardian
The situation in the Middle East prompts Donald Trump to drop the f-bomb; assessment questions US strikes on Iran – key US politics stories from Tuesday 24 June
The US president’s shocking outburst at Iran and Israel capped a drama-filled 24 hours for Donald Trump, America, the Middle East and the world. As both sides defied his ceasefire, Trump lashed out, his anger and frustration clearly visible as he swore on live television. Trump later called Israel’s prime minister to demand he stop bombing Iran.
With the fragile ceasefire seeming to hold, there was some unwelcome news via a report from the Pentagon, which said the US strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities were not quite as successful as Trump had claimed.
by dap | Jun 24, 2025 | The Guardian
Robert Berman, cited in report on preservative thimerosal, says he ‘doesn’t endorse this misrepresentation of research’
A review on the use of the preservative thimerosal in vaccines slated to be presented on Thursday to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) outside vaccine committee cites a study that does not exist, the scientist listed as the study’s author said.
The report, called Thimerosal as a Vaccine Preservative published on the CDC website on Tuesday, is to be presented by Lyn Redwood, a former leader of the anti-vaccine group Children’s Health Defense.
by dap | Jun 24, 2025 | The Guardian
Thomas Lee Gudinas, 51, died Tuesday by lethal injection at Florida State Prison in state’s seventh execution this year
A man convicted of raping and killing a woman near a central Florida bar was executed Tuesday evening.
Thomas Lee Gudinas, 51, was pronounced dead at 6.13pm after receiving a lethal injection at Florida State Prison near Starke, said Bryan Griffin, a spokesperson for the governor, Ron DeSantis.
