News in Brief Anthony Scaramucci Fired Before Official Start Date His official start date would have been August 15th, 2017. Kate Wheeling
News in Brief What Do We Know About Trump’s New Chief of Staff? John Kelly now has the president's ear. So who is he? Kate Wheeling
News in Brief Internet Searches for Suicide Spiked After Release of ’13 Reasons Why’ New research suggests the fears of public-health experts were justified. Tom Jacobs
News in Brief Is Mitch McConnell Any Good at His Job? Conservative coalitions tend to define themselves in terms of negative power, but stopping legislation is far easier than passing it. Seth Masket
News in Brief Real Americans Eat Too Much New research finds people of Asian ancestry are viewed as more American if they are overweight. Tom Jacobs
News in Brief Trump Fires Reince Priebus, Will Replace Him With John Kelly Trump has not yet announced who will replace Kelly at the Department of Homeland Security. Morgan Baskin
News in Brief Indian Critics Are Taking Issue With the Lack of Indian Soldiers in ‘Dunkirk’ The film does not feature any Indian soldiers, though four Royal Indian Army Service Corps companies served on and around Dunkirk beach in May of 1940. Katie Kilkenny
News in Brief FDA Wants to Lower Amount of Nicotine in Cigarettes The FDA is taking a side in a hot debate in public health right now over what to do about new tobacco products. Francie Diep
News in Brief Can Alcohol Fuel Creativity? New research finds it can, at least for one variety of innovative thinking. Tom Jacobs
News in Brief Republicans Fail to Advance Their Skinny Repeal Bill John McCain cast the deciding vote. Dwyer Gunn