Wednesday, November 4, 2026

Tag: CDC

Former CDC Director arrested on sex abuse charges

Although Frieden and the victim have reportedly known each other for more than 20 years, they were not believed to have had an intimate relationship.

Progressive Briefing for Wednesday, July 4, 2018

New ICE policy gives immigrant families a cruel choice, two more government agencies ax climate change from their websites, a majority of Americans want Citizens United overturned, and more.

CDC Director resigns amid controversy over tobacco stocks

“You don’t buy tobacco stocks when you are the head of the CDC. It’s ridiculous; it gives a terrible appearance.”

CDC “banned words” projected onto the Trump Hotel

“You cannot erase us.”

Trump administration bans CDC from using these words

A CDC analyst said he was unable to recall a previous time when words were banned from budget documents because they were considered controversial.

Collusion or coincidence? Records show EPA efforts to slow herbicide review...

Released communications show the EPA and Monsanto working in concert to stall a toxicology review that a unit tied to the CDC was conducting on glyphosate.

CDC scientists expose agency corruption

Given this long history of deeply entrenched scientific chicanery at the CDC, it's no surprise that scientists are now complaining

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Official portrait of Rep. Adam Smith.

Top Armed Services Democrat backs impeaching Trump and Hegseth

Rep. Adam Smith, who would likely chair the committee if Democrats win the House, reversed the position he gave TIME in May.
A round red, white and blue "I Voted" sticker

An epic backlash to defy Trumpism, its lying hypocrisy and pigheaded failures

This election isn’t about choosing a favorite ice cream but between ice cream and rat poisoning.
Carved stone entrance of the Department of Justice headquarters building in Washington.

Justice Department’s interference before midterms was unsuccessful, unprofessional and unprecedented

The Trump administration fought one battle after another in the nation’s courts over its power – or lack thereof – before the 2026 midterm elections.
The Williamson County courthouse in Georgetown, Texas

Rural Charms Drew Residents to Taylor, Texas. Then Came the Data Centers.

A local family sold an 87-acre tract to a parks foundation for $10 “to be held in trust for future use as a parkland.” Later, the city’s Economic Development Corporation sold the land to a data center developer for $10 million.
Satellite image of cleared land around a forest park in Brazil.

Brazil election sparks threats to reinvade Indigenous Amazon territory

Security forces were sent to protect Brazil’s Apyterewa Indigenous Land after former illegal occupants threatened to reinvade the territory.