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Thursday, May 14, 2026

National/International

Why Trump's call to pull 5,000 US troops from Germany will hurt America
5/13/26 Miami Herald, The Conversation and others
President Donald Trump announced on May 1, 2026, that the United States will withdraw 5,000 U.S. troops from Germany – personnel who had been deployed there as a response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. K-State’s Michael E. Flynn is a co-author of this piece.

Schwab spills the tea on why your money stress persists
5/13/26 TheStreet
“Financial anxiety doesn’t have that external effect. It’s just this looming feeling. It’s an ambiguous fear that something is going to go wrong or you’re not doing well enough or you’re not going to have enough in the future,” said Megan McCoy, financial therapist and professor at Kansas State University.

State/Regional
Kansas State University scientists took a mild cattle virus, rendered it harmless and turned it into a vehicle for a bird flu vaccine
5/12/26 KCUR
Professor Waithaka Mwangi says bird flu protection would be a huge help to farmers. “It has a huge economic importance. Let's start there. We know what damage this virus can do.” It would also benefit food security, he said.