How Elon Musk’s DOGE Cuts Leave a Vacuum That China Can Fill The Department of Government Efficiency is shuttering organizations that Beijing worried about most, or actively sought to subvert.

News Analysis: Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is making cuts to or shuttering organizations that China worried about most, leaving a vacuum Beijing can fill.

Elon Musk is endangering California water. It takes people to run big federal projects | Opinion The federal Bureau of Reclamation runs some of the state’s largest water facilities. It now must plan to lose as much as 40% of its workforce.

Slashing the staff of the federal Bureau of Reclamation in the West is a form of water/flood control suicide. So short-sighted. And to what end? #cawater #CALeg www.sacbee.com/opinion/arti...

Chuck Schumer is walking and looking ahead. He is wearing glasses and a dark suit with a red tie. A headline reads: "Schumer, Breaking With Democrats, Backs GOP Bill to Avert Shutdown." Photo by Haiyun Jiang for The New York Times.

Senator Chuck Schumer, the Democratic leader, said he would vote for a Republican-written bill to keep federal funding flowing past a midnight Friday deadline, making a forceful case for why Democrats could not allow a shutdown that many of them have demanded. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/u...

Where Are Our Covid Memes Now? The Cat Lawyer, baked feta pasta, a bizarre monolith and Stanley Tucci’s Negroni recipe were among the things that delighted and distracted us during a dark time.

The Cat Lawyer, baked feta pasta, a bizarre monolith and Stanley Tucci’s Negroni: These are some of the things that delighted and distracted at the start of the Covid pandemic five years ago.

Judge says Trump penalties on law firm send ‘chills down my spine.’
They should. It is an action aimed at shutting down free speech.

Supreme Court Rejects an Effort to Block States From Suing Oil Giants The justices declined to hear unusual arguments from Republican-led states that sought to end lawsuits against energy companies over their role in global warming.

The U.S. Supreme Court is allowing California and other states to move forward with suing fossil fuel companies for climate damages: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/c...

Scoop: Washington Post editor Ruth Marcus says she’s resigning after a column on Jeff Bezos’s Wall Street Journal-like opinion pivot was rejected by Will Lewis

Think You Understand Your Dog? Think Again. People interpret a dog’s emotions based on its situation and have “a big blind spot” for the actual animal, a new study found.

People aren’t always good at interpreting cues from dogs — or even noticing them, a new study suggests.

East Orosi's water system remains in limbo East Orosi's water system could finally be on a path to clean water after decades of fighting.

Imagine drinking bottled water for years because your tap water is too contaminated to use. I covered this story more than 10 years ago. When will this get fixed?
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Edison Has Miles of Idle Power Lines in High Fire Risk Zones Edison International’s Southern California utility has 465 miles of unused power lines like the one accused of sparking January’s deadly Eaton Fire and is now weighing whether some should be removed, ...

An unused power line was accused of sparking the Eaton Fire. Now the utility that owns that line says it has 250 miles of power lines like it in areas with high wildfire risk.

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ICE has captured and detained a British girl on a backpacking trip through North America. From Paul Burke - Urgent Appeal

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Army Corps knew Trump order would waste California water, memo shows The Army Corps colonel responsible for releasing reservoir water at Trump’s direction knew it wouldn’t reach Southern California as he promised, a memo obtained by The Post shows.

Great scoop and use of FOIA by @byscottdance.com & Josh Partlow.

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