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The shared global vision to lift humanity and end poverty has fractured. The fate of a U.S.-sponsored toilet shows the ...

In December 2025, a rumor spread that the Department of Government Efficiency had discovered that U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...

New York Times columnist David Brooks and Kimberly Atkins Stohr of the Boston Globe join William Brangham to discuss the year ...

The FBI Hoover headquarters in Washington soon will be vacant as the federal law enforcement agency prepares to make a ...

This year saw the dismantling of USAID, the United States' premier aid agency. What was the impact and what does the future of U.S. foreign aid look like in the health realm?

Readers express concerns over local issues like beach parking fees and landscaping practices. Several letters critique former ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio also made the nice list for recalling 30 career ambassadors appointed by Biden and ordering ...

Historically, the U.S. had been the top donor for global health. That changed dramatically this year. We look at the new ...

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio did more lasting damage to global public health by dismantling USAID than RFK jr. did at HHS ...