Judge: Trump-era rule change allowing the logging of old-growth forests violates laws U.S. Magistrate Judge Andrew Hallman on Thursday found that the U.S. Forest Service violated the National Environmental Policy Act, the National Forest Management Act and the Endangered Species Act. Read more on NPR

The USWNT’s Julie Ertz, a back to back World Cup champion, is retiring from soccer Ertz is the only player to win two U.S. Soccer Player of the Year awards and a U.S. Soccer Young Female Player of the Year. She has won two World Cups and is a two-time Olympian. Read more on NPR

Political scientists confront real world politics dealing with hotel workers strike The American Political Science Association, or APSA, is holding its annual meeting in Los Angeles this weekend despite calls from striking hotel workers for conferences to stay away from the city. Read more on NPR

Trump launched an ambitious effort to end HIV. House Republicans want to defund it Republicans in Congress back substantial cuts to the budget of the CDC, taking aim at one of former President Donald Trump’s major health programs: a push to end the HIV epidemic in the U.S. Read more on NPR