As President Trump expresses frustration with his own administration, at least five senior Department of Homeland Security officials have been pushed out or are expected to leave.
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Seizure of 14 Tons of Pangolin Scales in Singapore Sets a Dismal Record
If the illegal trade in the scaly anteater is not curtailed, “pangolins face the risk of going extinct,” an official with a conservation group said.
Trump administration sabotages major conservation effort, defying Congress

Revealed: federal support to research centers cut off as scientists fear years of successful work will go ‘down the drain’
Scientists and officials around the US have told the Guardian that the Trump administration has withdrawn funding for a large, successful conservation program – in direct contradiction of instructions from Congress.
Unique in scale and ambition, the program comprises 22 research centers that tackle big-picture issues affecting huge swaths of the US, such as climate change, flooding and species extinction. They are known as Landscape Conservation Cooperatives – or were, because 16 of them are now on indefinite hiatus or have dissolved.
Hungry People and an ‘Abandoned’ Hospital: Puerto Rico Waits as Washington Bickers
THE PRICE OF RACISM A languishing island hospital and expired food aid are some of the signs that rebuilding has stagnated nearly a year and a half after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico.
We Should All Probably Freak Out About This Deadly, Drug-Resistant Fungus

Overprescription of antibiotics and use of pesticides could be all of our undoing if this terrifying and mysterious fungus has its way.
My Europe: Misogynists, homophobes no ‘family’ supporters

Ahead of the EU parliamentary elections in May, right-wing forces are trying to push their ideology into the mainstream under the guise of “family values.” We need to stop them, writes guest columnist Krsto Lazarevic.
Outrage in Germany over deportation of Vietnamese dissident

The deportation of writer and dissident Nguyen Quang Hong Nhan, seen as an “enemy of the people” in Vietnam, has drawn fierce condemnation. Critics called the move “incomprehensible” and decried state “incompetence.”
Poland’s Populists Pick a New Top Enemy: Gay People
Fascists need a mortal enemy – they have not guessed yet that it is fascism! With public concern about migration on the wane, the governing Law and Justice party is making opposition to gay rights a cornerstone of its campaigning.
‘Very smart people’: Trump adviser defends Cain and Moore Fed picks
Defends sex abuser and deadbeat? Pimping for profit!

Larry Kudlow insisted Herman Cain and Stephen Moore are worthy and brushed off questions about their qualifications
Donald Trump’s controversial picks for the board of the Federal Reserve are “very smart people” worthy of the honour, a senior economic adviser insisted on Sunday while brushing off questions about the two men’s qualifications and past behaviour.
Related: Officials forced way in to Stephen Moore home after failure to pay ex-wife debts
Trump under fire over Islamophobia after man threatens to kill Ilhan Omar

Ocasio-Cortez also makes direct link between controversial remarks by Fox News’s Jeanine Pirro and threat against Omar
Donald Trump and Fox News are coming under fire for contributing to a climate of Islamophobia, following the arrest of a supporter of the president who threatened to kill Ilhan Omar, a Democrat from Minnesota who was one of the first Muslim women elected to the US Congress.
Related: Ilhan Omar: man arrested after he made death threat – then left contact details
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