Scientists said a fireball was seen blazing across the sky on Thursday was the result of a burning meteor. The meteor was first seen at an altitude of 48 miles above the town of Oxford, Ga., moving southwest at 30,000 miles per hour around noon Eastern time, according to Bill Cooke from NASA’s Meteoroid Environments Office...
Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum said Wednesday she was exploring legal repercussions for Elon Musk’s SpaceX company after a rocket explosion scattered waste across the country. “There is indeed contamination,” the leader said during a Wednesday press conference, pledging to file “necessary lawsuits” in international court. Sheinbaum said Mexico is launching a general review of the...
Kentucky businessman Nate Morris launched his Senate bid on Thursday in an effort to replace the state’s senior lawmaker, Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who said he would not seek reelection earlier this year. Morris announced his bid on Donald Trump Jr.'s podcast, “Triggered with Don Jr.," telling the president’s oldest son he wanted to help “take...
House Republicans advanced legislation on Thursday that seeks to cut funding for the Government Accountability Office (GAO) by roughly 50 percent for fiscal 2026, prompting outcry from Democrats who say the move is counterproductive to GOP efforts to root out waste in government. The GOP-led House Appropriations Committee voted along party lines on Thursday to...
Former White House press secretary Bill Moyers died on Thursday at the age of 91 after a “long illness.” His death was confirmed by Tom Johnson, CNN’s former CEO and close friend, according to The Associated Press. Moyers served under former President Lyndon B. Johnson, where he helped create the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and...
Presented by The Coalition to Strengthen America's Healthcare {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story SCOTUS rules Planned Parenthood can be cut off from Medicaid In a ruling made along ideological lines, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that Medicaid beneficiaries don’t have the right to sue to obtain care from a provider...
Democratic senators said they were left with questions Thursday about what was largely viewed as a successful strike in Iran, even as many cautioned the damage done to the country’s nuclear program may fall short of the Trump administration's claims. CIA Director John Ratcliffe and other top intelligence officials briefed lawmakers for the first time...
Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) suggested New York Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani should be deported and denaturalized ahead of the November election. “Zohran ‘little muhammad’ Mamdani is an antisemitic, socialist, communist who will destroy the great City of New York,” Ogles wrote in a Thursday post on the social platform X. “He needs to be...
Meta has signed four new clean energy agreements, securing additional solar and wind energy for its massive data center operations, the companies announced Thursday. The technology company's agreements with developer Invenergy will make way for projects in three U.S. states and provide Meta with an additional 791 megawatts. The projects in Ohio, Arkansas and Texas...
