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David Pryor, former governor and senator of Arkansas, dies at age 89

Former Arkansas governor and U.S. Sen. David Pryor, a Democrat who was one of the state’s most beloved political figures and remained active in...

House Approves Nearly $95 Billion in Aid to Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan

Johnson’s decision to advance the bill could have consequences as several Republicans have threatened to support a motion to vacate the speaker.

Supreme Court Gets the Investor-Fraud Rule Right

This was a clearer and more tightly reasoned opinion than we’ve come to expect from Justice Sotomayor.

It’s time to stop celebrating April 20 as a day for marijuana

Saturday is April 20, a day that many marijuana enthusiasts associate with the drug.  Originating in 1971 with five high school students in California, the day has foolishly become a celebratory ritual in contemporary culture. But April 20, or 4/20 as it has become commonly known, is not a day that warrants any observance. Marijuana […]

How Texas unleashed a geothermal boom

With its nation-leading renewables fleet and oil and gas industry, Texas is poised to dominate what boosters hope will be America’s next great energy boom: a push to tap the heat of the subterranean earth for electricity and industry. That technology, known as geothermal energy, has demonstrated the rare ability to unite the state’s warring...

Another legal loss for the NRA — and another warning sign for the gun industry

Gun company executives now face a critical choice: Double down on their strategy of putting profits over public safety, or read the room and start taking basic steps to stop the carnage.

Biden signs bill extending federal warrantless surveillance program

President Biden signed a bill Saturday extending the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act’s (FISA) warrantless surveillance program another two years. The Senate passed the reauthorization bill early Saturday, after hours of intense debate, narrowly avoiding a key national intelligence gathering capability going dark. Senators voted 60-34 to send the bill to Biden’s desk shortly after the midnight deadline....

Mary Trump taunts uncle for sleeping in court rumors: ‘Worried narcolepsy runs in the family’

Mary Trump, former President Trump’s niece, joked that she’s concerned narcolepsy runs in the family after rumors of her uncle falling asleep in court this week came to light. The former president seemed to doze off during his first day of the New York hush money criminal trial. The New York Times’ Maggie Haberman reported...

US military begins process to remove troops from troubled African nation

The Biden administration has kickstarted the process of removing U.S. troops from Niger, though a timeline on the effort is not immediately clear.

Edward Snowden calls on Biden to veto FISA renewal after Senate vote

Edward Snowden called on President Biden to veto the renewal of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act as the bill is now on its way to his desk for his signature.

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