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BREAKING WAPO:

Elon Musk's DOGE is seeking access to a heavily-guarded IRS system that includes detailed financial information about every taxpayer, business, and nonprofit in the country — sparking alarm within the tax agency. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Musk’s DOGE seeks access to personal taxpayer data, raising alarm at IRS
Musk’s DOGE seeks access to personal taxpayer data at IRS
www.washingtonpost.com
February 17, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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Trump’s “sweeping freeze on U.S. foreign assistance has threatened programs intended to counter al-Shabab bombmakers, contain the spread of al-Qaeda across West Africa and secure Islamic State prisoners in the Middle East.”

www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
Trump’s global funding freeze leaves anti-terror programs in limbo
U.S. officials say now-suspended programs across Africa were designed specifically to respond to national security threats and contain the spread of terrorism.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 16, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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The U.S. Army is training in Finland with 27 other nations for Dynamic Front, a 20-day exercise that spans NATO's eastern flank with Russia.
www.stripes.com/branches/arm...
Finland hosts American and allied artillery drills amid renewed Baltic Sea tensions
U.S. soldiers are in Finland this week as the country hosts the largest NATO artillery exercise in Europe for the first time.
www.stripes.com
November 19, 2024 at 12:13 PM
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The final version of our study using pseudovirus deep mutational scanning to measure the effects of mutations influenza H5 hemagglutinin to inform viral surveillance is now published in PLoS Biology:
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
Deep mutational scanning of H5 hemagglutinin to inform influenza virus surveillance
H5 influenza is considered a potential pandemic threat. Using deep mutational scanning, this work reveals how the >10,000 different possible amino-acid mutations in hemagglutinin affect cell entry, re...
journals.plos.org
November 13, 2024 at 2:04 PM