The Daily Populous

Monday September 8th, 2025 morning edition

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Donald Trump is apparently trying to take credit for infrastructure projects funded by a bill former president Joe Biden signed into law — legislation that Trump vehemently opposed at the time as “a loser for the U.S.A.”.

Now, The New York Times reported, the Trump administration is taking down blue signs that once touted projects “funded by President Joe Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law” and putting up red signs that read, in all caps: “President Donald J. Trump” and “Rebuilding America’s Infrastructure.”

The signs also acknowledge (but in smaller font) that the projects are “funded by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act” but do not mention Biden.

The other portions of the infrastructure law, such as funding to modernize bridges, public transit, and highways, went untouched.

“That bridge would never have gotten where it is today without that bill, which he opposed,” he told the Times.

Republicans taking credit for projects funded by the Biden infrastructure legislation they opposed is not a new phenomenon.

Wittman’s Republican colleagues, including Rep. Gary Palmer, Rep. Ashley Hinson, and Rep. Kay Granger, also have hailed Biden infrastructure funding that they voted against. »

Grandmother charged after 11-year-old girl gives birth at family's Oklahoma home

Authored by nbcnews.com

The grandmother of an 11-year-old girl who gave birth last month at her family's Oklahoma home was charged after prosecutors alleged she knew about the pregnancy and failed to report it to authorities.

Michelle Justus, the child’s maternal grandmother, was charged with six counts of felony child neglect, according to the Muskogee County District Attorney’s Office.

Prosecutors alleged that Justus was in regular contact with the 11-year-old and saw the girl almost daily, including on Aug. 16, when the girl gave birth. »

Trump Says He Will Sanction Russia After Attack on Kyiv

Authored by time.com

Asked by reporters on Sunday if he was ready to impose a second round of sanctions against Russia following the attack, Trump said: “Yeah, I am.”

Trump's envoy to Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, wrote on X that Russia “appears to be escalating”, and that the attack “was not a signal that Russia wants to diplomatically end this war.”

Soon after the talks in Alaska, Trump said he was working to arrange a meeting between Putin and Zelensky. »

Hope for diabetes: CRISPR-edited cells pump out insulin in a person – and evade immune detection

Authored by nature.com

In a medical first, researchers report that they have implanted CRISPR-edited pancreas cells into a person with type 1 diabetes.

The ultimate goal is to apply immune-cloaking gene edits to stem cells and then direct their development into insulin-secreting islet cells.

But some independent research groups have failed to confirm that the Sana method confers immune-skirting abilities on edited cells. »

West Point cancels ceremony to honor Tom Hanks as ‘outstanding US citizen’

Authored by theguardian.com

In Forrest Gump, the title character, played by Tom Hanks, receives the Congressional Medal of Honor from President Lyndon B Johnson.

In real life, it appears Hanks will no longer receive another military honor.

Now, the West Point Association of Graduates has canceled the ceremony to honor the actor just weeks before it was to take place, the Washington Post reported. »