NASA scientists have discovered an important risk to human health in spaceflight: stagnant or reverse blood flow and blood clots. Karina Marshall-Goebel, a senior scientist at NASA, authored the study, "Assessment of Jugular Venous Blood Flow Stasis and Thrombosis During Spaceflight," which appeared last week in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

The Republican National Convention spent nearly $100,000 on copies of Donald Trump Jr.'s book, "Triggered," for what RNC spokesman Mike Reed called "donor mementos," according to new filings with the Federal Elections Commission, reports The New York Times.

There might be trouble ahead for the Trump administration's policy in Asia, with allies apparently not on board with the U.S. pressing for a unified response to Chinese aggression, The Wall Street Journal reported.

Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, on Thursday said she does not need to be "mansplained" by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. The pair have been publicly spatting for days over the Violence Against Women Act. Ernst has suggested Schumer is halting her bill to thwart her re-election campaign. Schumer says Ernst is "afraid of the NRA."

Sixty-three percent of Americans said they support someone else's freedom to practice religion at work or elsewhere in life "even if it creates an imposition or inconvenience for others," according to a report by the Beckett Fund for Religious Freedom.