Failing to modernize our out-of-date grid infrastructure is the No. 1 threat to the green energy transition. FERC must act and finalize this rule so we can modernize our transmission and energy systems before it’s too late.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday proposed replacing Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu with former vice prime minister Andrei Belousov, according to an official post by the Federation Council, Russia’s upper house of parliament, on Telegram. Shoigu was appointed to lead the Kremlin’s security council, Russian state media reported, citing spokesperson Dmitry Peskov. The announcement comes...
Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) criticized former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Sunday over her remarks last week that most of the students participating in pro-Palestinian campus protests across the country are ignorant and ill-informed. Clinton said Thursday that the students, who have taken over hundreds of college campuses in protest of the Israel-Hamas...
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) said Sunday it estimated that about 300,000 people have fled Rafah ahead of a potential full-scale Israeli invasion. “Over the last week, @UNRWA estimates around 300,000 people have now fled #Rafah, as the forced and inhumane displacement of Palestinians continues. There is nowhere safe to go. There...
Employees at an Apple store in a Baltimore suburb voted to authorize a strike on Saturday, setting up what could be the first work stoppage at any Apple retail store in the country. The Towson, Md., employees claim the tech giant isn’t bargaining in good faith as they negotiate a union contract. The group of about...
Dozens of students walked out of the Duke University commencement ceremony ahead of Jerry Seinfeld’s scheduled speech Sunday, apparently in protest of the Jewish comedian’s support for Israel, according to news reports and videos circulated on social media. As Seinfeld received his honorary degree, before beginning his commencement speech, the graduating students rose from their...
The newly elected president of Panama is vowing to shut down a dangerous and secluded route that has become a popular illegal migration corridor to the United States.