House Panel Chair Demands Powell Testimony Soon as DOJ Probe Clouds Fed Oversight Hearings
A key House committee chair is pushing for Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell to testify before Congress “soon,” arguing that lawmakers need timely oversight of the central bank even as a Department of Justice investigation has complicated the normal schedule for Powell’s appearances. His first major congressional testimony of the year—typically held between the Fed’s […]
After Trump Rebrands the Kennedy Center, Artists Look to Baltimore Stages
A wave of political controversy around Washington, D.C.’s top performing-arts venue is starting to reshape where major artists and productions choose to appear—and Baltimore is emerging as one of the beneficiaries. An “artistic exodus” has begun from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts after President Donald Trump put his name on the […]
After Race-Based Kidney Formula Ends, Black Patients Get More Transplants and Shorter Waits
A long-standing inequity in U.S. kidney transplantation is beginning to narrow for Black patients. The improvement follows policy changes that removed race from clinical formulas used to estimate kidney function—formulas that for decades tended to overestimate kidney health in Black patients, delaying diagnosis, referral, and ultimately access to transplant waiting lists. Researchers reported in JAMA […]
