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Trump Misrepresents Climate Change Scenarios

In a May 16 Truth Social post, President Donald Trump cited updated climate change scenarios to misleadingly claim that experts had “admitted” prior climate change projections “were WRONG! WRONG! WRONG!” The regularly scheduled revision reflects in part the progress the world

Jill Biden: Former president, Harris 'still friends'

Former first lady Jill Biden said Wednesday that her husband and former Vice President Kamala Harris remain “friends,” nearly a year-and-a-half after they left office. While promoting her new book at the Sixth & I synagogue in Washington, D.C., she said Harris recently called

Kevin O’Leary agrees to downsize massive Utah data center

Kevin O'Leary agreed to halve the size of his planned 40,000-acre data center in Utah amid mounting pressure from residents and activists, as reported earlier by local affiliate ABC4. The Shark Tank star sent a letter to Utah Senate President J. Stuart Adams on Thursday, saying

Watch live: Trump gives remarks on new coal investment

President Trump on Thursday afternoon will give remarks from the White House on the administration’s moves to bolster coal power, including a $700 million investment. In addition, Trump is expected to announce $185 million in grant funding from the Energy Department to build

Trump cuts funding to Hawaii's Medicaid fraud unit

The Trump administration is cutting off $3 million in federal funding to Hawaii’s Medicaid fraud control program after it failed to bring a single indictment or conviction over the past four years. In a letter sent to Hawaii Attorney General Anne Lopez, Department of Health

Trump endorses Protect College Sports Act

President Trump is backing the Protect College Sports Act, a piece of legislation introduced in the Senate this week that would regulate the big business of college sports. Trump, in a Thursday post on Truth Social, called the current college sports landscape a "total mess,"

Steve Kroft says '60 Minutes' 'no longer exists'

Steve Kroft, a longtime correspondent for CBS News’s “60 Minutes” who retired in 2019, said the program “no longer exists” in a new interview. “I think basically '60 Minutes,' as the audience has known it, no longer exists,” Kroft told New York Magazine. “The firings are too

House lawmakers introduce draft for national AI framework

On Thursday, a bipartisan pair of House lawmakers released a long-awaited draft of a national framework on artificial intelligence, aiming to preempt some state laws on AI, minimize the technology's risks and expand research. The discussion draft, obtained by The Hill, proposes

Let's get America building again

The Trump administration is celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Interstate Highway System, 100 years of Route 66, and the 250th birthday of the United States by focusing on a historic revival of American infrastructure, with the FHWA having executed 888 grants and delivered

Vote-a-rama kicks off with Schumer forcing $1.8B MAGA fund vote

🎂 Plus: Viral ‘dot cakes’ take over the internet {beacon} It’s Thursday. I can’t escape these viral “dot cakes” that have taken over my social media feeds. They seem *so* overhyped. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, keep scrolling to “internet buzz.” I have

Government information gathering and sharing are in peril

The Trump administration is proposing a government-wide non-disclosure agreement for federal workers, which has been protested by free speech and open government groups as an assault on the First Amendment, and is compounded by cuts to the government workforce and increased

Marines retire Harrier 'jump jet'

The U.S. Marine Corps this week celebrated the retirement of the AV-8B Harrier II, the fighter jet that can take off and land vertically and without a runway. In a “sundown” ceremony on Wednesday at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., more than 5,000 people gathered to