The Trump administration wants to open up more than 80 percent of a publicly owned area of the Western Arctic for oil and gas drilling. The Interior Department said late Tuesday afternoon that it is releasing a draft plan in support of opening up 82 percent of the area, known as the National Petroleum Reserve...
The NAACP and an environmental group are planning to sue Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company xAI, amid concerns that its supercomputer facility is prompting air pollution in Memphis, the groups announced Tuesday. The Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC), on behalf of the NAACP, sent a letter to xAI and its affiliates on Tuesday notifying the...
The U.S. military is positioning itself to potentially join Israel's assault on Iran, as President Trump weighs direct action against Tehran to deal a permanent blow to its nuclear program. Trump on Tuesday urged residents of Tehran to flee and suggested he was weighing action against Iran, less than 12 hours after he had publicly...
The members of a key federal vaccine advisory panel who were unceremoniously dismissed earlier this month said the recent actions of the Trump administration have "critically weakened" the U.S. vaccine program, undermining decades of successful vaccine policy. In an opinion piece published in the JAMA medical journal, the former members of the Advisory Committee on...
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) condemned the arrest of New York City Comptroller Brad Lander (D), a candidate for mayor, who was detained Tuesday by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents while guiding a defendant out of immigration court. “Do you want to know what I really think?” Hochul said to a reporter when...
🥊 Plus: Divisions over agenda bill reignited {beacon} PRESIDENT TRUMP met with senior military and Cabinet officials in the Situation Room on Tuesday, as U.S. saber rattling toward Iran reached a fever pitch. The U.S. has not officially entered the war between Israel and Iran, but Trump’s rhetoric indicates the U.S. could be on...
A massive bomb known as a “bunker buster” — and the ability to deliver it — is at the center of the Republican divide over direct U.S. involvement in striking Iran. Supporters of U.S. involvement point to Iran’s underground Fordow nuclear facility, warning that the U.S. cannot allow the uranium-enrichment facility to stay intact, absent...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) got a frosty reception at a federal appeals court Tuesday afternoon as it scrutinized a lower judge’s ruling blocking President Trump’s federalization of the National Guard in Los Angeles. The three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit appeared inclined to let Trump maintain control of the...
Half of Americans said they view Iran as an enemy to the U.S. in a new poll from The Economist/YouGov. When asked in the poll whether they think of Iran as “an ally or an enemy of the United States,” 50 percent said “enemy.” Twenty-five percent said the Middle Eastern nation is “unfriendly,” 4 percent...
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) on Tuesday said Israel should have targeted Iran's supreme leader as tit-for-tat air strikes between the two Middle Eastern rivals continued into its fifth day. “Yeah, 100 percent," Fetterman replied when asked in an interview with Fox News about the sentiment. "Yeah, I think they should have targeted him," the Pennsylvania...
A coalition of Democratic lawmakers are asking tech giant Palantir to turn over details of their contracts with the Trump administration amid reports the data company has been given lucrative contracts that could allow it to assemble a database on Americans. The New York Times reported last month that Palantir is in discussions with numerous government agencies for...
Russia's use of drones in Ukraine to deliberately target civilians is a violation of international law and a potential threat to civilians worldwide, and the international community must take action to condemn and prevent such attacks.
