Trump’s EPA Just Deleted Climate Change
The environmental agency just scrubbed most mentions of the global crisis from its online presence.
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Before D.C. Airport Collision, Lawmakers Brushed Off Warnings And Boosted Flights
Despite midflight near-misses and dire pleas, airline-bankrolled lawmakers recently expanded flight traffic at Washington’s busy airport.
How Crypto Mined Sinema
Kyrsten Sinema took cash and did favors for cryptocurrency companies while in Congress. Now, she’s going to work for one of them.
Trump’s Tech Donors Have Big Plans For Greenland
A Trump takeover of Greenland could open the door to tech moguls’ mineral interests and their utopian aspirations.
Roberts Memo Could Complicate Trump’s Spending Freeze
As a constitutional crisis seems headed to the Supreme Court, documents show the chief justice declared that a president has no authority to block required spending.
The Deadly Secrets Behind “Breakthrough” Alzheimer’s Drugs
Regulators approved controversial therapies amid excess deaths, questionable efficacy, and conflicts of interest.
New Alzheimer’s Drugs Shrink Your Brain — Is That Bad?
Alzheimer’s Disease shrinks your brain — why do the new drugs for the condition do the same thing?
What Alzheimer’s Drugs Do Inside Your Skull
Drugmakers say small brain bleeds and swelling caused by the new Alzheimer’s drugs are benign and self-resolving — but are they?
Project 2025 Has Begun
Dark money groups run amok on a dark anniversary and more news from The Lever this week.
YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Clean Energy Carries On
Clean energy money stays in clean hands, reproductive health is shielded from harm, Big Landlord takes a hit, and geothermal energy pumps up the heat.