Nature, Published online: 07 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08962-8Imaging and optogenetics in mice provide insight into the interplay between the primary motor cortex and the motor thalamus during learning, showing that thalamic inputs have a key role in the execution of learned movements.

Nature, Published online: 07 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08960-wThe physical organization of the genome in non-bilaterian animals and their closest unicellular relatives is characterized; comparative analysis shows chromatin looping is a conserved feature of genome architecture and spatial genome regulation emerged early in animal evolution.

Nature, Published online: 07 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01338-yA fluorescence-microscopy method for tracing neuronal connections in the brain could make connectomics studies more widely accessible for neuroscientists.

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The Kaktovik Lagoon and the Brooks Range mountains of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge are seen in Kaktovik, Alaska, Oct. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)2025-05-07T16:14:26Z WASHINGTON (AP) House Republicans have added a provision to their sweeping tax cut package that would authorize the sale of thousands of acres of public lands in Nevada and Utah, prompting outrage from Democrats and environmental groups who called the plan a betrayal that could lead to increased drilling, mining and logging in the West.Republicans on the House Natural Resources Committee adopted the land sales proposal early Wednesday morning. The initial draft had not included it amid bipartisan opposition.The land sale provision put forward by Republican Reps. Mark Amodei of Nevada and Celeste Maloy of Utah would sell thousands of acres of public lands in the two states, and calls for some of the parcels to be considered for affordable housing projects. Rep. Joe Neguse , D-Colo., called the plan deeply irresponsible.Public lands shouldnt have a price tag on them. But (President) Donald Trump and his allies in Congress are working like mad to hand over our public lands to billionaires and corporate polluters to drill, mine and log with the bare minimum oversight or accountability,' said Athan Manuel, director of Sierra Clubs Lands Protection Program. The lands potentially for sale belong to all Americans. They shouldnt be given away to pad corporate bottom lines,' Manuel said. The sales were approved as the Natural Resources committee voted 26-17 to advance legislation that would allow increased leasing of public lands for drilling, mining and logging while clearing the path for more development by speeding up government approvals. Royalty rates paid by companies to extract oil, gas and coal would be cut, reversing former Democratic President Joe Bidens attempts to curb fossil fuels to help address climate change. The measure is part of Trumps big bill of tax breaks, spending cuts and beefed-up funding to halt migrants. House Speaker Mike Johnson has set a goal of passing the package out of his chamber by Memorial Day. All told, 11 different House committees are crafting portions of the bill. Montana Rep. Ryan Zinke, a Republican and former Interior secretary in the first Trump administration, had said before the vote that he was drawing a red line on public land sales. Its a no now. It will be a no later. It will be a no forever,' said Zinke, whose state includes large parcels of federally owned lands.Zinke and Rep. Gabe Vasquez, D-New Mexico, are set to lead a new bipartisan Public Lands Caucus intended to protect and expand access to Americas public lands. The caucus was set to launch on Wednesday, hours after the resources panel vote.Oil and gas royalty rates would drop from 16.7% on public lands and 18.75% offshore to a uniform 12.5% under the committee-passed bill, which still faces a vote in the full House and Senate once it is incoporated into the final legislative package. Royalties for coal would drop from 12.5% to 7%.The measure calls for four oil and gas lease sales in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge over the next decade. It also seeks to boost the ailing coal industry with a mandate to make available for leasing 6,250 square miles of public lands an area greater in size than Connecticut. Republican supporters say the lost revenue would be offset by increased development. Its uncertain if companies would have an appetite for leases given the industrys precipitous decline in recent years as utilities switched to cleaner burning fuels and renewable energy.Drew McConville, a senior fellow at the liberal Center for American Progress, denounced the committee vote. The Trump tax bill was already a massive and historic sellout of U.S. lands and waters to corporate interests. This dark-of-night maneuver shows how shamelessly focused congressional Republicans are on sacrificing public benefits to pay for Trumps reckless tax cuts. If this bill passes, the losses to Americas great outdoor legacy will be felt for generations, McConville said in a statement.Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner in March proposed using underutilized federal land for affordable housing. Turner said some 7 million homes are needed. Officials under Biden also sought to use public lands for affordable housing, although on a smaller scale.The agencies have not yet released more details of the proposal. MATTHEW DALY Daly covers climate, environment and energy policy for The Associated Press. He is based in Washington, D.C. twitter mailto

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy speaks to the media at the White House, Tuesday, May 6, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)2025-05-07T16:02:23Z The Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday that it plans to upgrade the technology used to get radar data to air traffic controllers directing planes to the troubled Newark, New Jersey, airport, and improve staffing to alleviate problems that have caused hundreds of flights to be canceled there. At the same time, the agency plans pursue a broader multibillion-dollar plan that will be announced Thursday for long-overdue upgrades to the nations air traffic control system.A January midair collision between a passenger jet and Army helicopter over Washington, D.C., that killed 67 people, followed by a string of other crashes and mishaps, raised alarms about aviation safety and prompted officials to reexamine the system. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says flying remains the safest way to travel because of existing precautions, but the problems in Newark demonstrate the desperate need for upgrades. We are on it. We are going to fix it. We are going to build a brand new system for all of you and your families and the American people, Duffy said.The radar system air traffic controllers in Philadelphia use to direct planes in and out of the Newark airport went offline for at least 30 seconds on April 28. That facility relies on radar data sent over lines from New York that may have failed. Some of those lines are old copper phone lines instead of much more reliable fiber optic lines that can handle more data. The reason the FAA is relying on those lines is because the agency moved the Newark controllers out of the New York facility to Philadelphia last summer to address staffing issues. The FAA says it plans to replace any old copper wires with fiber optics and add three new data lines between its New York facility and Philadelphia. The agency is also working to get additional controllers trained and certified. It wasnt immediately clear how quickly either of those steps will be completed, but Duffy has said he hopes the situation in Newark will improve by summer. Several controllers remain on extended trauma leave after the radar outage. In the meantime, the FAA has slowed traffic in and out of Newark to ensure flights can be handled safely, leading to cancellations. On Wednesday, Newark led the nation in cancellations with 41 canceled departures and 43 canceled arrivals, according to FlightAware.com. Thats even after United Airlines cut 35 flights a day from its schedule at the airport starting last weekend.Weve slowed down the traffic. Safety is our mission. We love efficiency, but safety is critical for us. And so, if we feel like theres issues in the airspace, well slow it down, Duffy said. Were looking at bringing in all of the airlines that serve Newark and having all of them with all of us have a conversation about how do we manage the flights out of Newark. JOSH FUNK Funk is an Associated Press reporter who covers all the major freight railroads including Union Pacific, BNSF, Norfolk Southern, CSX, Canadian National and CPKC. Funk also covers Warren Buffetts Berkshire Hathaway and has been attending Buffetts Woodstock for Capitalists annual meeting every spring in Omaha, Nebraska, for 19 years. twitter mailto

Cultural and architectural historian Michael Henry Adams poses for a portrait on Thursday, May 1, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Gary Gerard Hamilton)2025-05-07T04:15:19Z NEW YORK (AP) Michael Henry Adams had reached a fashion crossroads by the early 1970s: As bell bottoms and afros became the trend and the look of film figures like John Shaft and Super Fly became style prototypes, the teenager felt unrepresented.But a previous trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, for its Harlem On My Mind exhibit, had already begun to lay down his fashion foundation.When I saw those photographs of elegant Harlemites promenading up and down Seventh Avenue and Lennox Avenue ... the raccoon coats and fox coats, and spangled gowns, and bowler hats ... I thought, Oh! There is another way for me to be authentically Black, recalled the New York-based cultural and architectural historian, now 69, of the fashionable splendor. The style Adams would embrace had a name: dandyism. And dandyism was at the heart of Mondays Met Gala, where many of the worlds most famous and influential tastemakers donned their luxury best to kick off the Mets Superfine: Tailoring Black Style exhibit. But Black dandyism isnt limited to expensive couture its displayed daily. Cultural and architectural historian Michael Henry Adams poses for a portrait on Thursday, May 1, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Gary Gerard Hamilton) Cultural and architectural historian Michael Henry Adams poses for a portrait on Thursday, May 1, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Gary Gerard Hamilton) Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More Its everywhere in the Black community, the notion of what a dandy is, explained Adams, who was photographed for the Superfine catalog. The ingeniousness and ingenuity and creativity of Black people, so far as fashion was concerned, its always been with us.As the menswear-focused exhibit the Costume Institutes first to exclusively display Black designers opens to the public Saturday, here are tips from dandies on embracing the style in everyday life. Tip 1: Start with confidenceDandies say the key to a distinctive look first begins on the inside.Fashions a sense of personality. Two guys can go to the same store and get the same outfit and look totally different, said Guy Wood, 62, the stylish co-owner of Harlem Haberdashery. Inspired by family members and dapper Harlem neighbors, he developed a knack for style early. Its confidence ... you walk in the room, and all the heads turn. Michael Andrew, a 42-year-old Atlanta-based style consultant, first delved into dandyism after being inspired by Fonzworth Bentley, most recognized as Sean Diddy Combs often-photographed assistant and umbrella holder in the early 2000s. Bentleys colorful outfits and tailored outfits separated himself from the hip-hop eras prevalent baggy look. Style advisor, Michael Andrew, poses for a portrait on Friday, May 2, 2025, in Atlanta. (Photo by Paul R. Giunta/Invision/AP) Style advisor, Michael Andrew, poses for a portrait on Friday, May 2, 2025, in Atlanta. (Photo by Paul R. Giunta/Invision/AP) Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More A lot of guys think that being a dandy is about being over the top, said Andrew, who was photographed for Rose Callahans 2013 book I Am Dandy: The Return of the Elegant Gentleman. For me, dandyism is the highest form of taste with self-expression.Tip 2: Opt for the statement piecesThe foundation of dandyism rests upon tenets such as bold colors and fine tailoring, but theres no singular way to achieve the look. Each dandy creates their own unique style, often centered on specific elements. For Wood, who refers to crafting looks as making gumbo, it starts with suits.Wearing a suit, you just feel important, said Wood, who often pairs them with brogue shoes of various bright colors. We love well-tailored.James McFarland, an 80-year-old master tailor, says a dandys affinity for tailoring is easy to understand: Its very simple: were a visual world. When you wear something thats fine tailored and its fitting you well, people look at that.Known as Gentleman Jim, McFarland was tutored by Orie Walls, the go-to Harlem-based tailor of the 1960s. McFarland says they crafted suits for nearly every famous Black male celebrity of the time, from Duke Ellington to Jackie Robinson to Muhammad Ali as well as some of the eras most infamous characters, like gangsters Frank Lucas and Bumpy Johnson. He says wearing a suit makes you feel better. You ever heard the term styling and profiling?While Adams, the historian, is drawn to bow ties, buck shoes and straw hats, Andrew says the beauty of dandyism is making it your own.Texture is the must-have when you start talking about dandyism textures and patterns. The great point here is that dandies always have their thing. And so, for me, hats are my thing, Andrew said, adding that small accessories, like stylish wool or cashmere socks and pocket squares, can easily elevate a look. Now, its starting to become glasses. Every dandy has the opportunity to utilize something.Tip 3: Creativity is worth more than cash Guy Wood, co-owner of Harlem Haberdashery. (AP Photo/Gary Gerard Hamilton) Guy Wood, co-owner of Harlem Haberdashery. (AP Photo/Gary Gerard Hamilton) Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More Wood says creativity is essential to becoming a dandy not a high income. Thats a cheat code, said Wood. It is being creative most of us dont have a lot of money. You might go in your moms closet and (think), Oh, that scarf is fly. You tie it around your neck and lay it over your shoulder. You just cant be scared.Adams says while style and inspiration can go hand-in-hand, individuality should always be paramount.People should find their truth and aspire to look like themselves, he said, noting he shops at a variety of stores, from the high-end Brooks Brothers to off-price and discount stores like Marshalls and K&G Fashion. Part of the thing that made me rebel against looking like Super Fly or Shaft is I didnt want to look like everybody else. Jacques Agbobly, a designer whose clothes are featured in the Met exhibit, agrees.There are people who would really just think its about the suit that youre wearing and the top hat but for me, and I think thats what this exhibition does really fondly, is really putting together a group of amazing clothing that really redefines what dandyism is, he said. For the Togo-born designer, taking up space is a sort of open-ended thing in a way, whether its achieved through colors, silhouettes or fabric choices. Rising designer Jacques Agbobly (AP video shot by Joseph Frederick, AP interview/production by Gary Gerard Hamilton) Tip 4: Avoid the crisis of casualnessA general consensus among dandies is that society has embraced casualness, shunning the well-dressed looks of the past.McFarland, the tailor, says his profession isnt as admired or used in U.S. as it was years ago. He teaches fine tailoring as he has for decades, and is planning to start a podcast to discuss the craft and his adventures styling celebrities of his era.When I grew up, I wanted to look like the people in the neighborhood, he said, explaining his mother couldnt afford the clothes he wanted, leading him to tailoring. Everybody, male and female, was dressed up. Michael Andrew (Photo by Paul R. Giunta/Invision/AP) Michael Andrew (Photo by Paul R. Giunta/Invision/AP) Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More Jim "Gentleman Jim" McFarland (Photo by Paul R. Giunta/Invision/AP) Jim "Gentleman Jim" McFarland (Photo by Paul R. Giunta/Invision/AP) Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More Andrew hopes that same stylish spirit of yesteryear can make a resurgence, believing appearance and pride work together.I would challenge or would encourage all of us, especially as Black people, to remember our history, to remember that we used to throw on our Sundays best, he said. We wanted to show up as the best versions of ourselves.The Superfine: Tailoring Black Style exhibit, which will run through October, is sure to introduce visitors to the most elevated forms of Black dandyism. But for Wood and fellow daily dandies, its just business as usual.The fact that the Met realizes that is a beautiful thing, he said with a sly smile. But weve been doing this forever and we really not paying attention to it. We just do it because we love it.___This story has been corrected to report that the Harlem On My Mind exhibit was at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, not the Museum of Modern Art.___Follow Associated Press entertainment journalist Gary Gerard Hamilton at @GaryGHamilton on all his social media platforms. GARY GERARD HAMILTON Hamilton is an entertainment journalist primarily covering music, film and TV for both video and text. twitter facebook

Nature, Published online: 07 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01336-0An analysis shows that large fractions of future generations will be exposed to extreme climate events that would occur only once every 10,000 years in the absence of global warming.

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Vice President JD Vance speaks at the Munich Leaders Meeting, Wednesday, May 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)2025-05-07T17:45:13Z WASHINGTON (AP) Vice President JD Vance said Wednesday that Russia was asking for too much in its initial peace offer as the United States looks to bring about an end to the war in Ukraine.The vice president, speaking at a Washington meeting hosted by the Munich Security Conference, did not elaborate on Moscows terms, but said he was not pessimistic about the possibility of a peace deal. That is a more sanguine assessment than President Donald Trumps recent skepticism that Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to end the war that begin in February 2022 when Russia invaded.I wouldnt say that the Russians are uninterested in bringing this thing to a resolution, Vance said. What I would say is right now: the Russians are asking for a certain set of requirements, a certain set of concessions in order to end the conflict. We think theyre asking for too much, he said. Vance did not repeat any of the criticisms of Volodymyr Zelenskyy that Vance had aired during an Oval Office blowup in February with the Ukrainian leader, and he made a point of saying the U.S. appreciated Ukraines willingness to have a 30-day ceasefire. But the Republican vice president, citing Russias unwillingness on that point, said the U.S. would like to move past that and have the Russian and Ukrainian leaders sit down directly to negotiate a long-term settlement that would end the fighting. What the Russians have said is, A 30-day ceasefire is not in our strategic interests. So weve tried to move beyond the obsession with the 30-day ceasefire and more on the, what would a long-term settlement look like, Vance said. Vances talk at the conference event followed his appearance at the organizations February summit in Germany, where he ruffled feathers for his comments that free speech is in retreat across Europe. Vance addressed that Wednesday and said his comments applied to the U.S. under Democratic President Joe Bidens administration, just as they did to Europe. Its not Europe bad, America good. Its that I think that both Europe and the United States, we got a little bit off track, and I encourage us all to get back on track together, he said. On the Middle East, Vance did not shed light on the timing of planned talks between the U.S. and Iran over Irans nuclear program. He said the Trump administration felt the inspection and enforcement provisions in the 2015 Iran nuclear deal negotiated under Democratic President Barack Obama were incredibly weak and allowed Iran to sort of stay on this glide path toward a nuclear weapon if they flip the switch and press go.We think that there is a deal here that would reintegrate Iran into the global economy, that would be really good for the Iranian people, but would result in the complete cessation of any chance that they can get a nuclear weapon. And thats what were negotiating toward, Vance said. MICHELLE L. PRICE Price covers the White House. She previously covered the 2024 presidential campaign and politics, government and other news in New York, Nevada, Utah and Arizona. She is based in Washington. twitter mailto

In this July 31, 2019, file photo, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference following a two-day Federal Open Market Committee meeting in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)2025-05-07T04:01:06Z WASHINGTON (AP) The Federal Reserve could keep its key rate unchanged for several more months as it evaluates the impact of President Donald Trumps widespread tariffs on hiring and inflation, some economists say, even as the White House pushes for a rate cut. The Fed is nearly certain to keep its rate unchanged when it concludes its latest policy meeting Wednesday. Chair Jerome Powell and other Fed officials have signaled that they want to see how the duties including 145% on all imports from China impact consumer prices and the economy. The central banks caution could lead to more conflict between the Fed and the Trump administration. On Sunday, Trump again urged the Fed to cut rates in a television interview and said Powell just doesnt like me because I think hes a total stiff. With inflation not far from the Feds 2% target for now, Trump and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent argue that the Fed could reduce its rate. The Fed pushed it higher in 2022 and 2023 to fight inflation. If the Fed were to cut, it could lower other borrowing costs, such as for mortgages, auto loans, and credit cards, though that is not guaranteed. Trump also said Sunday he wouldnt fire Powell because the chairs term ends next May and he will be able to appoint a new chair then. Yet if the economy stumbles in the coming months, Trump could renew his threats to remove Powell. A big issue facing the Fed is how tariffs will impact inflation. Nearly all economists and Fed officials expect the import taxes will lift prices, but its not clear by how much or for how long. Tariffs typically cause a one-time increase in prices, but not necessarily ongoing inflation. Yet if Trump announces further tariffs as he has threatened to do on pharmaceuticals, semiconductors, and copper or if Americans worry that inflation will get worse, that could send prices higher in a more persistent way. Kathy Bostjancic, chief economist at Nationwide, said this could keep the Fed on the sidelines until September. Its hard for them to cut sooner because theyve got to weigh, whats the inflation impact? Bostjancic said. Is this going to be somewhat persistent and add to inflation expectations?Economists and the Fed are closely watching inflation expectations, which are essentially a measure of how much consumers are concerned that inflation will worsen. Higher inflation expectations can be self-fulfilling, because it Americans think prices will rise, they can take steps that push up costs, such as asking for higher wages. For now, the U.S. economy is mostly in solid shape, and inflation has cooled considerably from its peak in 2022. Consumers are spending at a healthy pace, though some of that may reflect buying things like cars ahead of tariffs. Businesses are still adding workers at a steady pace, and unemployment is low. Still, there are signs inflation will worsen in the coming months. Surveys of both manufacturing and services firms show that they are seeing higher prices from their suppliers. And a survey by the Federal Reserves Dallas branch found that nearly 55% of manufacturing firms expect to pass on the impact of tariff increases to their customers. The bottom line is that inflation will be rising significantly over the next six months, Torsten Slok, chief economist at the Apollo Group, said in an email. Yet the tariffs could also weigh heavily on the economy, particularly because of the uncertainty they have created. Huge tariffs on about 60 other nations, announced April 2, were then postponed until July 9, but could be reimposed. Business surveys show that firms are postponing investment decisions until they have greater clarity.Ryan Sweet, chief U.S. economist at Oxford Economics, said the uncertainty surrounding trade policy gives him night terrors. The economics of uncertainty are absolutely suffocating, Sweet said. Businesses that dont know the rules of the road, their knee-jerk reaction is to sit on their hands. And thats what theyre doing. But if the uncertainty delays hiring, slows the economy and pushes up the unemployment rate, the Fed could quickly shift toward interest rate cuts. A sharp economic slowdown could eventually cool inflation by itself, economists say. If you felt like the economy was really slowing down, then I think that would probably take precedence (over inflation), because usually the way the committee thinks is that will also drag inflation somewhat with it, said Jim Bullard, former president of the Federal Reserves St. Louis branch, and currently dean of Purdue Universitys business school. In March, the Fed signaled that it could cut rates twice this year. But since then, the Trump administration imposed duties that Powell said last month were larger and broader than the Fed expected. The duties, Powell acknowledged, could both slow growth and lift prices, which puts the Fed in a tough spot. It would usually cut rates to boost growth and hiring, while it would raise them to cool spending and inflation. The Fed could reduce rates preemptively to help forestall a slowdown. But with such large tariffs in place, Powell has signaled that the Fed wants to see how they affect inflation before making any moves. Without price stability, we cannot achieve the long periods of strong labor market conditions that benefit all Americans, Powell said. CHRISTOPHER RUGABER Rugaber has covered the Federal Reserve and the U.S. economy for the AP for 16 years. He is a two-time finalist for the Gerald Loeb award for business reporting. twitter mailto RSShttps://feedx.net https://feedx.site

Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30), left, gestures after making a 3-point shot as Minnesota Timberwolves head coach Chris Finch, right, reacts during the first half of Game 1 of an NBA basketball second-round playoff series, Tuesday, May 6, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)2025-05-07T17:50:09Z MINNEAPOLIS (AP) The Golden State Warriors are planning to play without Stephen Curry for at least the next three games of their second-round series against Minnesota, after an MRI exam on Wednesday confirmed a mild strain of the star guards left hamstring.The Warriors said Curry would be sidelined at least a week after the injury Tuesday night forced him out early in second quarter of Game 1, which they went on to win 99-88. He had 13 points in 13 minutes to help Golden State build a comfortable lead and take home-court advantage away from the Timberwolves.Game 2 is in Minneapolis on Thursday, before the series moves west to San Francisco for Game 3 on Saturday and Game 4 on Monday. The earliest return for Curry appears to be Game 5 on May 14, which is conveniently followed by three straight off days before Game 6 on May 18. Curry missed multiple games because of injuries during the 2016 and 2018 playoffs, absences the Warriors endured on their way to the NBA Finals. They lost to Cleveland in seven games for the 2016 championship, and they swept the Cavaliers in 2018 for a third title in four years. This Golden State roster hardly stacks up to those predecessors, however, when Curry and Draymond Green were much younger and other standouts like Klay Thompson and Andre Iguodala were integral to their success. In 2018, they had Kevin Durant, too.For now, the Warriors were feeling good about the all-hands-on-deck effort led by Jimmy Butler, Buddy Hield and Green in Game 1, in which coach Steve Kerr played 12 different players.___AP NBA: https://apnews.com/hub/NBA DAVE CAMPBELL Campbell is a sports reporter for The Associated Press, based in Minneapolis. He has covered all of the major teams in Minnesota as well as stories of national interest for the AP since 2000. twitter

President Donald Trump, left, poses for a photo with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan, June 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)2025-05-07T17:01:00Z WASHINGTON (AP) The more President Donald Trump talks about his efforts to reach deals with Americas trading partners, the more confusing the tariff picture gets. His team seems good with that, saying Trump is using strategic uncertainty to his advantage.Trump says the United States does not have to sign any agreements, and that it could sign 25 of them right now. He says he is looking for fair deals on all sides, and that he does not care about other countries markets. He says his team can sit down to negotiate the terms of a deal, and that he might just impose a set of tariffs on his own.I am struggling to make sense of it, Chad Bown, a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, wrote in an email.Although Trumps team holds up his best-selling book The Art of the Deal as proof that he has a master plan, much of the world is on tenterhooks. That has meant a volatile stock market, hiring freezes and all kinds of uncertainty even as Trump continues to promise that new factories and jobs are on the horizon.A look at how the trade talks may play out: Trump still wants tariffsAs part of any deal, Trump wants to keep some of his tariffs in place. He believes the import taxes can generate massive revenues for a heavily indebted federal government even though other countries see the whole point of striking a deal as getting rid of tariffs.Theyre a beautiful thing for us, Trump said recently about tariffs. If you can use them, if you can get away with using them, its going to make us very rich. And well be paying off debt, well be lowering your taxes very substantially because so much money will be taken in that well be able to lower your taxes even beyond the tax cut that youre going to be getting. So far this year, the U.S. government has collected $45.9 billion from tariffs, about $14.5 billion more than last year, according to the Bipartisan Policy Center. Those revenues could escalate sharply given the 10% baseline tariffs, the 145% rate being charged on Chinese goods and rates as high as 25% on steel, aluminum, auto and Mexican and Canadian imports.To reach Trumps stated goals of repaying the $36 trillion debt and reducing income taxes, his tariffs would need to raise at least $2 trillion annually without causing the economy to crash in ways that lead to lower overall tax revenues. That would be close to impossible mathematically. How do negotiations work?The Republican administration has said 17 of its major 18 trading partners have essentially presented them with term sheets, which list the possible compromises that they are prepared to make. Agreeing to a mutual understanding of the terms would be only the start of any trade talks.But foreign leaders have said it is unclear exactly what Trump wants or how deals could be codified into a durable agreement. They also know Trump approved the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement in 2020, only to charge new tariffs on those same two trading partners this year.While meeting with Trump on Tuesday, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney suggested the next version of that agreement would need to be strengthened to prevent a repeat of the fentanyl-related tariffs imposed this year by Trump that Canada saw as arbitrary. Some things about it are going to have to change, Carney said. Can the US reach a deal with China?The 145% tariffs on China and the 125% tariffs on the U.S. that Beijing imposed in response hang over the entire negotiating process. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent acknowledges that those tariffs are not sustainable. The first talks between the U.S. and China are set to begin this weekend in Switzerland, but they will likely be limited to finding ways to de-escalate tensions enough for meaningful negotiations to take place.The key issue is that China is the worlds dominant manufacturer, which makes also makes it a leading exporter in ways that can supplant domestic industries. Because China suppresses domestic consumption and focuses on production, the rest of the world buys what it makes because there is not enough internal demand. The U.S. wants to rebalance trade, but it has done so also through tariffs on countries that could be its natural allies in defending their auto and tech industries against China. Obviously in this trade puzzle, China is the biggest piece, Bessent said this week. Where do we end up with China?Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian has suggested that a meaningful way for the Trump administration to jump-start talks would be to pull back on its rhetoric and punitive import taxes.If the U.S. truly wants to resolve the issue through dialogue and negotiation, it should stop threatening and pressuring and engage in dialogue with China on the basis of equality, respect and mutual benefit, Lin said Tuesday.Would Congress need to approve any deals?Not necessarily.Trump unilaterally imposed his universal tariffs without Congress, using the 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act to do so, which has led to multiple lawsuits. The administration also maintains that any agreements to change the rates would not need congressional approval. Previously, presidents, including Trump in his first term with his Phase One China deal, could negotiate only more limited agreements that have focused on select bilateral trade and tariff issues, according to a Congressional Research Service report updated this April. Other examples of limited deals include a 2023 agreement on critical minerals and a 2020 deal on digital trade with Japan.The challenge is that Trump has also made nontariff barriers such as safety regulations for autos and the value added taxes charged in Europe part of his talks. He wants other countries to change their nontariff policies in exchange for the U.S. reducing the new tariffs he introduced. Other countries, in return, might object to U.S. subsidies to its companies.In theory, it would take House and Senate approval to complete a deal that would address non-tariff barriers and require changes to U.S. law, the Congressional Research Service report said.Is it really a deal if Trump just imposes it?If other countries fail to satisfy him, Trump has suggested he will just do some kind of internal deals and set a tariff rate, although he technically already did that with his April 2 Liberation Day tariffs. The import taxes announced by Trump then led to a financial market sell-off that caused him to pause some of his new tariffs for 90 days and charge the lower 10% baseline rate while negotiations take place.It appears Trump will agree not to impose the originally threatened tariffs if he thinks other countries are making adequate concessions, essentially meaning that the U.S. gives up nothing because the tariffs are new. But Trump might also pull back his tariffs without necessarily getting much in return.Trump is notorious for making maximalist demands and then retreating as negotiations go on, so well see how long he sticks with his formula, said William Reinsch, a senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington think tank. But so far it is pretty clear that countries coming in and wanting a normal trade negotiation with both sides making substantive concessions are being rebuffed. JOSH BOAK Boak covers the White House and economic policy for The Associated Press. He joined the AP in 2013. twitter mailto

Nature, Published online: 07 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08947-7A synthetic biology approach was used to engineer Vibrio natriegens into a strain capable of bioremediating complex organic pollutants in saline wastewater and soils, thereby addressing notable threats to marine biosecurity.

Nature, Published online: 07 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08907-1Climate models, impact models and demographic data are used to estimate the number of people projected to experience unprecedented lifetime exposure to extreme climate events across multiple dimensions, including birth year, warming scenario and vulnerability.

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Nature, Published online: 07 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01417-0Young people will be exposed to a number of heatwaves that no one would have experienced in pre-industrial times.

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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks during a news conference at the Capitol, Tuesday, May 6, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)2025-05-07T18:50:48Z WASHINGTON (AP) House Republicans appear to be backing off some, but not all, of the steep reductions to the Medicaid program as part of their big tax breaks bill, as they run into resistance from more centrist GOP lawmakers opposed to ending nearly-free health care coverage for their constituents back home.This is as a new report out Wednesday from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimated that millions of Americans would lose Medicaid coverage under the various proposals being circulated by Republicans as cost-saving measures. House Republicans are scrounging to come up with as much as $1.5 trillion in cuts across federal government health, food stamp and other programs, to offset the revenue lost for some $4.5 trillion in tax breaks. Under each of those options, Medicaid enrollment would decrease and the number of people without health insurance would increase, the CBO report said. The findings touched off fresh uncertainty over House Speaker Mike Johnsons ability to pass what President Donald Trump calls his big, beautiful bill by a self-made Memorial Day deadline. Lawmakers are increasingly uneasy, particularly amid growing economic anxiety over Trumps own policies, including the trade war that is sparking risks of higher prices, empty shelves and job losses in communities nationwide. Central to the package is the GOP priority of extending tax breaks, first enacted in 2017, that are expiring later this year. But they want to impose program cuts elsewhere to help pay for them and limit the continued climb in the nations debt and deficits. Johnson has been huddling privately all week in the speakers office at the Capitol with groups of Republicans, particularly the more moderate GOP lawmakers in some of the most contested seats in the nation, who are warning off steep cuts that would slash through their districts. Democrats, who had requested the CBO report, pounced on the findings.This non-partisan Congressional Budget Office analysis confirms what weve been saying all along: Republicans Medicaid proposals result in millions of people losing their health care, said Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., who sought the review with Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore. House Republican lawmakers exiting a meeting late Tuesday evening indicated that Johnson and the GOP leadership were walking away from some of the most debated Medicaid changes to the federal matching fund rates provided to the states.Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-N.J., said those Medicaid changes are dead.Republican Rep. Nick LaLota of New York, reminded that Trump himself has said he would oppose Medicaid cuts. Instead, he said the growing consensus within the Republican ranks is to focus the Medicaid cuts on other provisions.Among the other ideas, LaLota said, are imposing work requirements for those receiving Medicaid coverage, requiring recipients to verify their eligibility twice a year instead of just once and ensuring no immigrants who are in the U.S. without legal standing are receiving aid. But the more conservative Republicans, including members of the House Freedom Caucus, are insisting on steeper cuts as they fight to prevent skyrocketing deficits from the tax breaks.Medicaid is a joint program run by states and the federal government, covering 71 million adults. Republicans are considering a menu of options to cut federal spending on the program, including reducing the share that the federal government pays for enrollees health care in some cases it is as much as 90%.They are also considering and setting a cap on how much the federal government spends on each person enrolled in Medicaid, though that idea also appears to be losing support among lawmakers.While those changes would bring in billions of dollars in cost savings, they would also result in roughly 10 million people losing Medicaid coverage, the CBO said. They appear to be off the table.But other proposed Medicaid changes are still in the mix for Republicans, including imposing new limits on a states tax on health care providers that generate larger payments from the federal government. That would bring in billions in savings, but could also result in some 8 million people losing coverage, the report said. ___ AMANDA SEITZ Seitz is an Associated Press reporter covering federal health care policy. She is based in Washington, D.C. twitter mailto

Nature, Published online: 07 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08867-6To increase the efficiency, brightness and stability of next-generation light-emitting diodes (LEDs), the microstructure of CsPbI3-xBrx metal-halide perovskite, a good pure-red emitter, was altered to fix hole leakage, which was identified as decreasing efficiencies in overworked LEDs.

Nature, Published online: 07 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08985-1A technique called LICONN (light-microscopy-based connectomics) allows mapping of brain tissue at synapse level and simultaneous measurement of molecular information, thus enabling quantification of cellular properties and multimodal analysis of brain tissue.

Nature, Published online: 07 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01368-6Lipid recycling in organelles called lysosomes depends on the lipid BMP, which was thought to be resistant to degradation by lysosomal enzymes. It emerges that the enzyme PLA2G15 breaks down BMP, and inhibiting PLA2G15 extends lifespan in a mouse model of NiemannPick type C1, a neurodegenerative disorder marked by impaired lysosomal lipid metabolism.

Nature, Published online: 07 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08973-5A large-scale multi-omics analysis reports oncogenic alterations that drive medulloblastoma progression, rather than initiation, and the findings show how single-cell technologies can be used for early detection and diagnosis of medulloblastoma.

Nature, Published online: 07 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01432-1Sample-enlarging trick helps researchers to untangle brain connectivity using readily available equipment.