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Trump weakens key endangered species protection

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Trump rescinds habitat protection under ESA The Trump administration announced Friday that it rolled back a key protection for endangered species. © Alex Brandon, Associated Press Specifically, it said it was repealing a previous definition of prohibited “harm” to endangered animals and plants under...

UK, Norway embassies get cheeky in social media post over Haaland, Kane World Cup rivalry

The British and Norwegian embassies in Washington, D.C. shared some light-hearted banter on social media ahead of the England versus Norway match on Saturday in the quarterfinals of the FIFA World Cup. The post centered on the friendly rivalry between Norwegian soccer star Erling Haaland and English player Harry Kane. Haaland is also a striker...

Platner officially withdraws from Maine Senate race

Democrat Graham Platner has formally withdrawn from the Maine Senate race, allowing members of the party to choose their new nominee this month. "I write to formally withdraw my candidacy for United States Senate," the progressive oyster farmer wrote in a letter posted to social media Friday, later adding that "my name may have been...

Apple sues OpenAI over alleged theft of trade secrets

Apple is suing OpenAI, accusing the major AI firm and industry partner of attempting to access and steal confidential information about their tools, processes and unreleased products through job interviews with their employees. The lawsuit, filed Friday in a California federal court, accuses OpenAI and two former employees of stealing Apple’s confidential information and handing...

Trump ‘left instructions’ to bomb Iran ‘at levels that they’ve never seen’ if he’s assassinated

President Trump on Friday claimed he has left instructions to bomb Iran “at levels that they’ve never seen before” should Tehran assassinate him. “I’ve been on their list for a long time. That’s what we’re dealing with,” he told the New York Post. “The only thing is, I’ve left instructions — if anything happens, to...

Trump administration rolls back key endangered species protection

The Trump administration on Friday announced it rolled back a key protection for endangered species.  Specifically, it said it was repealing a previous definition of prohibited “harm” to endangered animals and plants under the Endangered Species Act. Under prior regulations, expressly prohibited “harm” includes significantly changing a species’s habitat to the point that it “actually...

DOJ sues Maryland over immigration sanctuary law

The Department of Justice (DOJ) sued the state of Maryland on Thursday over a new law the department alleges interferes with the Trump administration’s efforts to enforce immigration law. The lawsuit, filed in federal court against the state and Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown (D), seeks to block the enforcement of the Community Trust Act,...

McCarthy to Johnson: ‘Stop recessing’

Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Thursday criticized his successor’s decision to send the lower chamber home early last month amid internal divisions among Republican lawmakers.  McCarthy called on Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to “stop recessing” in an interview on Fox News’s “Hannity," warning of possible negative consequences in the November elections if Republicans...

Watch live: Houston officials, Sylvia Garcia speak on ICE shooting

Houston Mayor John Whitmire (D), Rep. Sylvia Garcia (D-Texas) and Houston Police Department officials will give remarks Thursday afternoon about the recent fatal shooting of a Mexican national in the city. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, an immigrant who had been living in the U.S. as a homebuilder for more than 35 years, had no criminal record....

Bipartisan senators welcome deal with Trump on stalled Russia sanctions bill  

A bipartisan group of senators announced Friday they reached an agreement with the White House on language for a Russia sanctions bill stalled in Congress for more than a year.  “We are proud to announce that we have reached an agreement with the Trump Administration to move our updated Russia sanctions legislation forward," Sens. Lindsey...

Trump says he left instructions to ‘bomb’ Iran ‘at levels’ never seen if he is assassinated

Trump told the New York Post he left instructions to bomb Iran at unprecedented levels if Tehran succeeds in its assassination plot against him.

Platner officially terminates Senate bid after bombshell rape allegation ends campaign

Graham Platner filed paperwork hours before a crucial deadline, allowing Maine Democrats to replace him after sexual misconduct allegations.

For Belgium’s Beltway fans, a rout was the best revenge

Belgium’s sports authorities do not appear to have fully moved past the controversy that shrouded their Round of 16 matchup against the United States,...

Mexico vows US will pay after ICE fatally shoots illegal migrant who allegedly attempted to ram agent with car

Claudia Sheinbaum says Mexico will pursue legal measures against the U.S. after Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was shot and killed during an ICE operation.

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