Kennedy’s alarming prescription
for bird flu on poultry farms
(NYTimes) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nation’s top health official, has an unorthodox idea for tackling the bird flu bedeviling U.S. poultry farms: Let the virus rip. Instead of culling birds when the infection is discovered, farmers “should consider maybe the possibility of letting it run through the flock so that we can identify the birds, and preserve the birds that are immune to it,” Kennedy said. Yet veterinary scientists said letting the virus sweep through poultry flocks unchecked would be inhumane and dangerous. Since January 2022, more than 1,600 outbreaks have been reported on farms and backyard flocks, occurring in every state.
Trump fires Democrats on
Federal Trade Commission
(NYTimes) — President Donald Trump fired the two Democratic members of the Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday, a rejection of the corporate regulator’s traditional independence that may clear the way for the administration’s agenda. The White House told the Democrats, Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya, that the president was terminating their roles, according to statements from the pair. Members of the FTC, which enforces consumer protection and antitrust laws, and other independent regulatory boards are protected from removal under a 1935 Supreme Court precedent that says the president may not fire them solely over policy disagreements. Slaughter and Bedoya said they planned to challenge Trump’s decision in court.
Israel resumes strikes on
Gaza, killing hundreds, as
ceasefire breaks down
(NYTimes) — Israeli forces launched deadly aerial attacks across the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, ending a temporary ceasefire with Hamas that began in January, and raising the prospect of a return to all-out war. More than 400 people, including children, were killed in the strikes, Gaza’s Health Ministry said. The attacks came after weeks of fruitless negotiations aimed at extending the fragile ceasefire, which paused 15 months of devastating fighting in the territory. The truce’s first phase expired in early March, but it had largely held as diplomats worked to broker an extension to free the surviving Israeli hostages and end the war.
Mexico city bans
traditional bullfights
for violence-free option
(NYTimes) — In the biggest bullfighting city in the largest bullfighting country in the world, Mexico City lawmakers overwhelmingly voted Tuesday to ban traditional bullfighting — a move that was supported by Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum but was fiercely opposed by backers of the centuries-old custom. The legislation, approved by a 61-1 vote, prohibits the injuring or killing of bulls for sport, in or outside the arenas. It will allow for what proponents call “bullfighting without violence,” in which rules determine how long a bull can be in the ring and limit bullfighters to using only capes.
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