California Governor Gavin Newsom reassured European allies that Donald Trump's political influence is temporary during a panel at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday, while also highlighting rising beef prices in the United States. Newsom predicted Trump would face losses in the midterm elections and legal setbacks, according to Fortune.
Newsom urged leaders to maintain partnerships with US states like California during what he called a period of instability for America, according to Fortune. He added that Europe has grown more unified in response to Trump-era uncertainty.
Meanwhile, beef prices have risen faster than most other items in the consumer price index, with the broad beef and veal category up 15% over the past year as of January, according to Fortune. Uncooked ground beef reached a fresh record after soaring by the most since June 2020, according to government data released Friday. The blame game for what's behind the beef price surge has pressured the White House to respond, with US President Donald Trump vowing to increase competition in beef processing, according to Fortune.
In other news, Jim O'Neill, the US deputy health secretary, was the subject of an exclusive interview with MIT Technology Review earlier this month, where he discussed plans to increase human healthspan through longevity-focused research supported by ARPA-H, a federal agency dedicated to biomedical breakthroughs. O'Neill holds two roles at the top of the country's federal health and science agencies and oversees a department with a budget of over a trillion dollars, according to MIT Technology Review. He also signed the decision memorandum on the US's deeply controversial new vaccine schedule, according to MIT Technology Review. Following publication of the story, Politico reported O'Neill would be leaving his current roles within the Department of Health and Human Services, according to MIT Technology Review.
Additionally, the Iranian regime cut off the country's residents from the global internet during the latest anti-government uprising, according to Wired. The regime also shut down access to the country's intranet, known as the National Information Network, which new research found is becoming a mechanism of constant and pervasive surveillance, according to Wired.
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