Kat Abughazaleh is running for congress. We need more of this: young people rising up and running against the tired old do-nothings currently holding down sinecures in congress.

The American boss of one of my grandmother’s friends — a complete stranger to my father and grandmother — used to send them care packages from Chicago during the war. Until late January 2025, the U.S. Agency for International Development used to provide this same kind of lifesaving aid and development assistance in about 130 countries. I am grateful that I have found my true vocation in mission-driven organizations — first in education in conflict/post-conflict zones, and later for humanitarian aid organizations — for close to 20 years. Many development organizations won’t financially survive; institutional knowledge will be lost as people change careers; and everyone will have less trust in the U.S. government to keep its promises. By eviscerating USAID, Trump and Elon Musk are redefining what it means to be American.

This is EXACTLY the type of pro-Portland projects the city needs to attract tourism and locals into the downtown area. • Speaking of Trump malfeasance, Portland's postal workers took to the streets yesterday in droves to protest the president's threats to make drastic cuts and privatize the postal service. Postal employees and supporters want to remind us that the service provides a critical lifeline to everyone, especially those in rural areas, who depend on the postal service to deliver needed mail, medication, voter ballots, and more. She was famously one of the few Republican legislators who refused to vote for Trump in 2016. • And finally... since it's Monday, you probably need this video of 20 dogs saying "I love you."

So perhaps I shouldn’t have been as surprised as I was to learn from a study referenced in gut health company ZOE’s podcast that sleep duration might not be the most important factor for a long life. And it turns out that a 2024 paper listed sleep regularity as a “stronger predictor of mortality” than even sleep duration. The scientists acknowledged that both way too much and way too little sleep are linked to an increased risk of premature death. This was more strongly associated with mortality than how many hours of sleep participants got a night. Additionally, the scientists “found that irregular sleep predicted [a] higher risk of mortality by cancer, whereas short sleep duration did not.”Why might sleep regularity matter more than sleep duration?

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Instead, it can actually be a person’s choice of career that puts a potential match off them. AdvertisementOn the /r/AskReddit subreddit, Jasmineisheree asked: “What profession would you never date?”, and people had some strong opinions on the topic. Chefs were an (un)popular choiceOne user cited the “terrible hours” as being a reason. Another agreed, adding: “100% would not date a chef. University lecturers were surprisingly mentionedUser Darius_Doloresus explained lecturers are “nice enough people but undateable” for a few reasons including the “unpaid hours” and “taking additional responsibilities”.

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​Quarterback Tony Eason was released by the... Quarterback Tony Eason was released by the New England Patriots after a salary dispute with owner Victor Kiam. The New York Jets want Eason, but the quarterback doesn’t want any part of a team that is 1-7. That’s not a good way to start things off .”​Eason last played against the Rams during the Patriots’ 1985 Super Bowl season. Come on, you didn't even offer a pay cut to his previous salary, or even the league minimum. Initially he was not going to report because he did not want to compete with his friend, Jet QB Ken O'Brien.

“The Trump administration said on Friday it had opened a leak investigation, a day after The New York Times reported that U.S. intelligence findings disagreed with a key assertion used to justify President Trump’s invocation of a wartime law to rapidly deport Venezuelan migrants,” the New York Times reports. Politico: How Elon Musk searches for leaks: lawsuits, mole hunts and secret codes.

Five years later, the Australian-born actor and singer has captured “Mostly Marlene” for posterity as a new live album, recorded at Joe’s Pub at the Public Theater in New York and released Friday. “My album is proof of life for happy queer spaces, full of happy queer folk and allied others,” Smith told HuffPost. Watch Kim David Smith perform “In Your Eyes” and “Slow” below. His debut live album, “Kim David Smith Live at Joe’s Pub,” was released in 2020, and he’s routinely taken his act on the road, performing across the U.S. as well as his native Australia. "My album is proof of life for happy, queer spaces, full of happy queer folk and allied others," Kim David Smith told HuffPost.

The initial contract to proceed with production on a version for the Air Force version is worth an estimated $20 billion. A separate Navy contract for its version of the NGAD fighter is still under competition between Northrop Grumman and Boeing. Kendall then left the decision on which firm would build the fighter jet to the incoming Trump administration, a defense official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity to provide details on the decision-making. Support HuffPost Already contributed? A future unmanned version of NGAD also is planned as the Pentagon improves the AI for the aircraft, the official said.

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What The Department Of Education DoesThe Department of Education is in charge of nine program offices, including:Education sciences “produces rigorous evidence” to ground education policy and practice. Special education funding develops the “full potential of children with disabilities” and supports research. Barrett thinks eliminating the Department of Education is “incredibly unpopular,” and doesn’t see why Congress would pass a full elimination. She shares that ensuring a free appropriate public education (FAPE) is the component of special education most at risk of variation across state lines. She calls for “clarity” from the federal government about Title I funding, and funds that support students with disabilities.