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A deeply disturbing case of human trafficking and exploitation has emerged from Georgia, where over 100 women were held captive and forced into a human egg harvesting operation.

The women were taken to isolated properties where they were given hormone treatments to stimulate egg production and forced to undergo egg retrieval procedures monthly.

One of the survivors, speaking at a press conference in Bangkok, described the conditions inside the so-called ‘egg farm’ as inhumane. »

The Trump administration canceled nearly $900 million in Institute of Education Sciences contracts Monday—a massive blow to a U.S. Education Department agency that houses the National Center for Education Statistics, funds research on how to improve higher education and provides publicly accessible data on U.S. postsecondary institutions.

The institute had an $807 million budget for fiscal year 2024, a sliver of the Education Department’s $79.1 billion budget.

Institute for Higher Education Policy president Mamie Voight said the cuts will “cause long-term scarring on our nation’s postsecondary system.”. »

“The long national nightmare of inflation isn’t over yet for consumers, businesses, and investors,” Chris Rupkey, chief economist at FwdBonds, wrote in commentary issued Wednesday morning.

US stocks dropped Wednesday, with investors concerned that inflation has reversed its recent progress and could lead to higher interest rates.

Economists were expecting inflation to pick up 0.3% from December, keeping the annual rate at 2.9%, according to FactSet consensus estimates. »