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Want to stay on top of the science and politics driving biotech today? Sign up to get our biotech newsletter in your inbox. Good morning. Here in Chicago, cherry blossoms are blooming, rat birth control is working, and it finally feels like spring may be upon us. Budget proposals aim to boost U.S. drugmaking As part of President Trump’s 2027 budget blueprint, the FDA has proposed policies aimed at encouraging domestic development and manufacturing of drugs, such as making it easier for drugmakers to move into clinical testing in the U.S. and giving an “exclusivity” period to U.S.-based generics manufacturers. STAT+ Exclusive…

PARIS — French former president Nicolas Sarkozy maintained his innocence on Tuesday, telling an appeal hearing in Paris that not a single cent from Libya helped fund his 2007 presidential campaign.“I owe the truth to the French people,” Sarkozy told a three-judge panel during a hearing in the case that led him to spend 20 days in prison before being granted release pending appeal. “I’m innocent,” he said.Sarkozy, 71, is challenging his conviction after being found guilty in September of criminal conspiracy. He was sentenced to five years in prison for his alleged part in a scheme to obtain funds…

Donald Trump has been clamoring for the Nobel Peace Prize since he retook office, repeatedly ranting about how he deserves the honor while simultaneously insisting he doesn’t care about it. The president claims he has ended numerous wars, saving millions of lives, and seems to believe that starting a war against Iran — one in which the United States appears to have killed dozens of Iranian schoolgirls, not to mention the thousands of other casualties — should also help his case. Peace through strength! It’s unlikely, however, that the war is helping Trump’s case with the Nobel committee, especially after…

Anyone can code using AI. But it might come with a hidden cost.

Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.Over the past year, AI systems have become so advanced that users without significant coding or computer science experience can now spin up websites or apps simply by giving instructions to a chatbot.Yet with the rise of AI systems powerful enough to translate the instructions into tomes of code, experts and software engineers are torn over whether the technology will lead to an explosion of bloated, error-riddled software or instead supercharge security efforts by…

Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the Travel & leisure industry myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox.UK pubs and restaurants say they could be forced to cut staff and reduce trading hours, as higher energy prices add to a barrage of rising costs facing the sector.“The hospitality industry’s reserves to take extra hits are running low,” said Ian Dunstall, a director at Upham Inns, a collection of pubs in the south of England.Most large hospitality groups, such as JD Wetherspoon and Greene King, hedge their energy prices, meaning they will be shielded from energy cost increases…

Disney+ surprised us all with not one but two episodes of Daredevil: Born Again this week, which explains why this review is late. But I’m not complaining, as we got two very solid episodes that are tonally consistent with the rest of the season so far. One thing I have noticed about season two, much like season one, is how it’s paralleling current political events happening in the US. Fisk rules New York City not as a mayor, but as a King, laments Buck Cashman, mere days after the real-world “No Kings” protests happened around the world in protest of…

Adrian Kempe scored the only goal of the shootout in the second round, and the Kings tightened the Western Conference playoff race with a 3-2 win over the Nashville Predators on Monday night.The Kings have played in overtime in seven of its last 10 games — and 32 this season.Joel Armia opened the scoring for the Kings and Scott Laughton made it a 2-1 lead in the second period. Jared Wright has an assist in a career-best three straight games for L.A.Steven Stamkos tied it 1-1 for the Predators and Roman Josi knotted it 2-2 early in the third.Anton Forsberg…

BERLIN, GERMANY – MARCH 16: A truck and a bicyclist pass by a petrol station that shows gasoline prices well over EUR 2.00 per litre on March 16, 2026 in Berlin, Germany. The German government, in response to dramatic price increases of petrol in Germany since the outbreak of the U.S.-Israeli military conflict with Iran, is considering new legislation to help lower the price hikes. Petrol prices have risen higher in Germany than elsewhere in Europe. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)Sean Gallup | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesEuropean stocks opened marginally higher on Tuesday as investors brace themselves ahead…

A wolf that seized national attention when she ventured into Los Angeles County earlier this year continues to make history.The 3-year-old female with black fur entered Inyo County around 7 a.m. Sunday about 20 miles south of Mt. Whitney. She became the first documented wolf to set paws in the Eastern Sierra county in more than a century, according to state wildlife officials.By early Monday afternoon, she had pushed deeper into the county to west of the community of Bartlett, said Axel Hunnicutt, gray wolf coordinator for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. Her movements are tracked with a…