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Alarming Read of the Day: America’s Future Is Hungary (The Atlantic)
MAGA conservatives love Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. But he’s left his country corrupt, stagnant, and impoverished, The Atlantic's Anne Applebaum writes.
This autocratic takeover is precisely what Trump and many MAGA leaders admire, and are indeed seeking to carry out in the U.S. right now, she writes.
The destruction of the civil service is already under way, pressure on the press and universities has begun, and thoughts of changing the Constitution are in the air. America is spinning quickly in the direction of Hungarian populism, Hungarian politics, and Hungarian justice. But that means Hungarian stagnation, Hungarian corruption, and Hungarian poverty lie in our future too. (Applebaum is also a senior fellow at the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University and the School of Advanced International Studies.)
Global Market Standout: Polish Stocks Are Winners of Europe’s Historic Run (Bloomberg)
Financial News: Trump Media Will Become First Listing for NYSE’s Texas Outpost (Bloomberg)
Big Family Business: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth Makes Pentagon a Family Affair with Brother as Senior Advisor, Wife Joining Meetings (USA Today)
Early Test of Trump 2.0 Electoral Power: Elon Musk Handed Out $1 Million Checks to Voters Ahead of Today's Wisconsin Supreme Court Election (NBC News)
While Wisconsin's Supreme Court race is officially nonpartisan, Democrats and Republicans have both picked sides and are pouring fortunes into their efforts. As the votes are tallied Tuesday night, the ability to claim political momentum amid the upheaval of President Donald Trump’s second term will be on the line.
Canada Election Tracker: Mark Carney's Liberals Enter Second Week of Campaign as Favorites to Win (CBC)
More Bad News for Elon: Tesla Extends European Slump With 37% Sales Drop in France (Bloomberg)
Higher Education on Alert: Harvard Threatened by Trump with $9 Billion of Funds at Risk (Bloomberg)
Donald Trump’s administration expanded its campaign against elite universities, threatening to scrutinize billions of dollars of federal funding for Harvard University, weeks after freezing money meant for Columbia University. The review, part of efforts to combat antisemitism on college campuses, includes $8.7 billion in grants and $255.6 million in contracts.
Slamming Health Leadership: Cantor Fitzgerald Biotech Analysts Blast RFK Jr., Warn on 'Dangerous Territory' After Vaccine Official Resigns (Bloomberg)
Space News: SpaceX Launches First Human Spaceflight Mission to Fly Over Earth's Polar Regions (Bloomberg)
Women's March Madness: Final Four Set with UConn-UCLA and South Carolina-Texas (ESPN)
Hopeful Solution of the Day: How World Drowning Deaths Have Dropped 38% Since 2000 (Forbes)
As of last year, the rate of drowning deaths across the world has gone down by 38% since 2000. Although there’s still more work to do as the average number of drownings per hour remains above 30, this drop didn’t occur by accident.
It happened after the World Health Organization, Bloomberg Philanthropies, different national governments and various local organizations got together to use science to help reduce drowning.
Bloomberg Philanthropies has already invested a total of $104 million over the years via its Initiative to Prevent Drowning to support such drowning prevention interventions in Bangladesh, Ghana, India, Uganda and Viet Nam as well as 10 states in the US with higher numbers of drowning deaths: Alaska, Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Michigan, New York, Oklahoma and Texas.
Be inspired: Read more about Bloomberg Philanthropies' program here and click here to watch a short 1-minute video on the life-saving impact of the work:
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