The world’s sawmills and plantation forests offer a powerful weapon against climate change, a new study has found. A paper published Wednesday in science journal Nature Geosciences found that burying the vast quantities of wood waste produced in the course of logging and processing trees could markedly slow Earth’s heating. Heat waves like the one...
New York State Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani declared victory early Wednesday after emerging with a commanding lead over former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic mayoral primary's first-choice ballot. Mamdani — a democratic socialist, who ran a progressive campaign focusing on the state’s affordability crisis — addressed his supporters at a rally shortly after midnight on...
President Trump’s bombing of three Iranian nuclear sites has come under legal scrutiny, as some suggest his decision to bypass Congress stepped on its power to declare war. But if history is any indication, it’s unlikely the courts will have an avenue to settle the question — or that politics won't prevail, as presidents from...
Steve Witkoff, President Trump's top envoy to the Middle East, blasted what he called "treasonous" leaking of information after multiple media outlets reported that the administration's strikes on Iran only set its nuclear program back a few months. "Well, it goes without saying that leaking that type of information, whatever the information, whatever side it...
President Trump and his top national security brass aggressively pushed back on reporting that Iran’s nuclear program was only set back a matter of months – a determination made by the administration’s own internal assessments. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said an investigation was underway into leaks of a preliminary classified report that determined U.S. strikes...
New Jersey Congresswoman LaMonica McIver who was involved in a much-publicized altercation outside an immigration facility last month is expected to appear in court later today to face charges for allegedly obstructing Homeland Security agents.