California storm costs may add up to the country's first billion-dollar disaster of 2023. / yahoo! News The entire community of Planada, a town of about 4,000 people, was evacuated amid rising waters from a breached levee. / The Los Angeles Times Some notes on military-funded E-
Earth's last eight years were the hottest on record. The poles continue to see "worrisome changes as well." / Axios, MarketWatch A study finds the earth's ozone layer on track to repair itself in four decades. / NPR What the House speaker's deal with
Thousands of supporters of Jair Bolsonaro mount an insurrection in Brazil. / The Guardian Questions will be asked about whose side the police were on. More obvious, it seems, were Trump's allies. / The Economist, BBC News Analysis of Xi Jinping's bookshelf from the background of his New
It took all week, but late last night—following a historical, debasing 15th ballot—Kevin McCarthy became House speaker, crediting Trump for getting the final votes. / Associated Press Here's video from last night of Rep. Mike Rogers being restrained after he appears to go after Rep. Matt Gaetz,
Twelve experts offer thoughts on how we can avoid war with China over Taiwan, or anywhere else. / Foreign Policy Related: What we know on day 317 of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. / The Guardian An online black market for Covid-19 drugs is said to be thriving in China.
Retail pharmacies will now be able to distribute abortion pills, no longer requiring patients to receive the drugs directly from their medical provider or a mail-order pharmacy. / STAT However, a federal judge who openly opposed Roe v. Wade might freeze the FDA's approval of one of the
Twenty-three experts tell Helen Branswell what surprised them the most about the pandemic. / STAT China is now proclaimed "the center of Covid." A professor at Yale Law School offers China-related predictions for 2023. / The Guardian, Twitter Temperatures for January reach an all-time high in a
China lashes out at a dozen nations placing "discriminatory" restrictions on its travelers. Meanwhile, the year's biggest economic event gets going. / Forbes, The Economist California prepares for a third atmospheric river. The rest of the country prepares for severe weather as a result of the second
In a visit to DC, Zelenskyy requests more US support through aid and weapons. / Politico See also: Possible explanations for how Zelenskyy even traveled to the US. / BBC News US life expectancy falls for a second straight year—to its shortest since 1996—due to Covid deaths and drug overdoses.
The House Ways and Means Committee votes to release former President Trump's tax returns in the next couple days. / NPR Details on the government funding package expected to pass this week. / Wake Up to Politics Wells Fargo will pay a record $3.7 billion to settle claims of
