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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved a startup business's request to build and launch a mirror satellite that would reflect sunlight back toward the dark parts of Earth. Reflect Orbital of Hawthorne, Calif., received the FCC's approval on July 9. The company's goal is to launch an experimental satellite, Eärendil-1, and operate it in low...
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), who formerly backed ex-Maine senate candidate Graham Platner, said he “should’ve listened to my wife” about the former candidate, who has been accused of sexual assault. Khanna, a progressive, had backed Platner’s campaign during its run, and even attended a rally alongside the former Senate candidate last month. He said the...
A bipartisan elections panel found that billionaire Elon Musk likely violated Wisconsin’s election bribery law when he handed out $1 million checks to voters during the state’s Supreme Court election last year. The Wisconsin Election Committee voted 5-1 last week to refer two complaints against Musk to the Brown County district attorney’s office after finding...
House lawmakers on Tuesday grilled the Trump administration official tasked with overseeing the country’s export controls, pressing him on the White House’s track record on advanced AI chip sales. Jeffrey Kessler, who serves as head of the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), appeared before the House Foreign Affairs Committee to discuss the bureau’s budget...
The House on Tuesday passed with broad bipartisan support legislation that would make daylight saving time permanent nationwide. The lower chamber voted 308-117 for the Sunshine Protection Act of 2025, which would make daylight saving time the permanent standard time. Twenty-two Republicans and 95 Democrats voted against the measure. The legislation now heads to the...
John Sandweg, the former acting director of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE), on Tuesday said the agency should pause conducting traffic stops, which it has done on a temporary basis. “I think it is absolutely time that we take a hard look, if not a moratorium on vehicular stops, until such time as we can...
More than two dozen Democratic senators led by Kirsten Gillibrand (N.Y.) are demanding the Trump administration reveal by next week the findings from a Pentagon probe into a Feb. 28 strike at a girls' school in Iran that killed 175 people, most of whom were children. “The [Defense] Department must promptly provide Congress with the...
House Republicans on Tuesday broke a weeks-long impasse that had brought much of the chamber’s legislative business to a standstill, passing a rule that sets up floor debate and final votes on several measures. The 215-211 vote delivers a key win for Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), who had spent weeks trying to unify his conference...
FIFA on Tuesday unveiled the six celebrities who will star at the closing ceremony of the men’s World Cup final on Sunday. Singers Laura Pausini, Nicole Scherzinger and Robbie Williams, along with streamer IShowSpeed — whose real name is Darren Watkins Jr. — will deliver performances prior to the match kicking off at MetLife Stadium...
California will begin offering instant rebates of up to $3,500 to first-time electric vehicle (EV) buyers later this summer, replacing some of the incentives lost after the Trump administration phased out EV and clean energy tax credits. California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Monday signed new legislation establishing a $270 million rebate program for California...
Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh on Tuesday touted his efforts to overhaul the central bank’s approach to inflation and the economy at his first congressional hearing as its leader. In testimony before the House Financial Services Committee, Warsh laid out the significant changes underway at the Fed meant to address the bank’s handling of inflation and...
