The Republican Party poured $40 million into an unprecedented midterm convention held in Texas, a costly spectacle designed to reverse a campaign season that had been slipping steadily away from them. It was, by any honest measure, a bet born…
Swiss glaciers shed 5.5% of their total ice volume in 2026, experts announced on September 30, marking the second-largest annual loss ever recorded and continuing a devastating trend driven by summer heat waves and dramatically reduced winter snowfall. The figures,…
One week before the Supreme Court opens its 2026–27 term, Justice Samuel Alito has abruptly withdrawn from Suncor Energy Inc. v. County Commissioners of Boulder County, a consequential case that will determine whether state tort law can be used to…
A Massachusetts man says Ozempic took his sight — and he’s far from alone in making that claim in court. Edward Gillen, a father of four and longtime state highway worker from Dedham, has filed a federal lawsuit alleging that…
When Xi Jinping boarded his plane back to Beijing on Saturday, he left behind a Washington that had offered him something rare in the current era of great-power rivalry: a degree of warmth. The three-day summit between President Xi and…
A veteran federal prosecutor has retired in open defiance of the Justice Department, accusing its leadership of silencing her, throwing her under the bus, and refusing to let her defend herself in court — all while a federal judge weighs…
What is actually at stake with Argentina’s glaciers? A quiet but consequential battle is unfolding across the Andes, where Argentina’s nearly 17,000 documented glaciers face mounting pressure from mining conglomerates, Big Tech data centre developers, and a federal government that…
New Jersey’s environmental regulators have levied a record-breaking fine of more than $1 million against a data center in Vineland, penalizing the facility for operating dozens of unpermitted natural-gas generators in violation of the state’s Air Pollution Control Act —…
A federal judge has temporarily blocked the deportation of Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, a 28-year-old Venezuelan man shot by an ICE officer in Austin, Texas, over the weekend. His attorney, Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch, confirmed the ruling and said her office has…
A Bigger Boost Is Coming, Though the Structural Problem Persists Social Security recipients are on track to receive a meaningfully larger cost-of-living adjustment in 2027 than they did this year — a welcome development for millions of older Americans who…