The Aspirant — Wednesday, 13 May 2026

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Articles #

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Farmers Face Ruin as Water and Fertilizer Stocks Vanish #

Cody Moser sat before a flickering screen in Salt Lake City on Thursday. He looked at the dire numbers for Lake Powell. "Really no good news this winter," Moser said during a federal webinar for the Colorado Basin River Forecast Center. Just 800,000 acre-feet of water will flow into the reservoir by July. The snowpack in the Rockies has vanished. It has collapsed to 22% of its historic norm. Temperatures in Palm Springs and Phoenix will hit 114 degrees this…

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Protester Ends Bridge Stand as Trump Deregulates AI Security #

Guido Reichstadter climbed down from the arches of the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge on Wednesday morning. The 45-year-old activist had spent six days camped above the gray waters of the Anacostia River. He was protesting the rise of agentic AI and the escalating war in Iran. Emergency personnel used harnesses…

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Public Inspects Seventeen Thousand Pounds of Epstein Files #

David Garrett stood among 17,000 pounds of printed paper in a Tribeca library on Friday. The spokesperson for the Institute for Primary Facts helped organize the Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Reading Room. The display includes 3.5 million pages of files categorized into 3,437 separate volumes. Visitors can…

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Seniors Access Weight Loss Pills via New Medicare Subsidy #

Maziar Mike Doustdar adjusted his microphone in Plainsboro, N.J. on Wednesday morning. The Novo Nordisk CEO was speaking to analysts during an earnings call. He reported that the Wegovy pill…

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Investors Fund Golden Trump Statue to Promote Meme Coin #

Clergy members bowed their heads at the base of a 22-foot golden statue in Miami on Wednesday. The ceremony took place at Trump National Doral in a circle of prayer.…

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In Brief #

Cultural Workers Strike Over Israel Role in Venice Biennale

Artists and curators associated with the Art Not Genocide Alliance group (ANGA) called for a 24-hour strike on May 8. The strike targets Israel’s participation in the 61st Venice Biennale and follows the resignation of the entire five-person prize jury last week.

Kim Jong Un Commissions Destroyer Amid Munitions Factory Visit

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited a major munitions factory and the new destroyer Choe Hyon this week. State media photos show Kim reviewing the vessel's maneuverability and dining with sailors as the nation deploys new artillery targeting Seoul.

Surgeons Test Wireless Brain Sensor for Long Term Monitoring

Twenty patients have received a new implantable device designed to monitor intracranial pressure remotely via a mobile app. The wirelessly powered sensor measures 2.0 x 3.6 x 20.1 mm and remained stable in animal studies for up to 12 months without tissue migration.