Federal Agency Predicts Quieter Atlantic Season as El Niño Suppresses Activity — With Caveats The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released its 2026 Atlantic hurricane season forecast Thursday, predicting a below-average year — but meteorologists are urging the public…
New Jersey Senate Panel Advances State Voting Rights Act as Federal Protections Continue to Erode A New Jersey Senate committee approved a landmark state-level voting rights bill Thursday, advancing the John R. Lewis Voter Empowerment Act for the first time…
SpaceX Goes Public With Record-Breaking Ambitions — and Serious Red Flags SpaceX has filed for an initial public offering that could value Elon Musk’s rocket and satellite company at nearly $2 trillion, potentially eclipsing Saudi Aramco’s 2020 record and pushing…
Watchdog Group Asks DOJ to Investigate Microsoft’s Cybersecurity Record and Revolving Door Hiring of Senior Officials A conservative watchdog group has asked the Department of Justice to formally investigate Microsoft’s cybersecurity practices and whether a string of former senior federal…
Meta to lay off roughly 8,000 employees and redirect thousands more into artificial intelligence roles in sweeping reorganization Meta is laying off approximately 10% of its global workforce — around 8,000 employees — while simultaneously moving 7,000 workers into artificial…
Black lawmakers and civil rights groups urge athletes to avoid SEC schools that stay silent on racially gerrymandered maps The NAACP and the Congressional Black Caucus are calling on Black high school athletes to boycott Southeastern Conference universities — including…
Trust on Trial: The Deeper Question Behind Musk vs. OpenAI Closing arguments wrapped this week in Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI, leaving jurors to decide whether the AI company acted wrongly in its ongoing transformation into a more conventional for-profit…
Graham Celebrates Cassidy’s Primary Defeat as Warning to Any Republican Who Defies Trump Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) used Sen. Bill Cassidy’s defeat in the Louisiana Republican primary to send an unambiguous message to his own party: fall in line behind…
Federal Appeals Court Issues Stay, Keeping Contested Import Tax in Place While Legal Battle Continues A federal appeals court on Tuesday temporarily blocked a lower court ruling that had invalidated President Donald Trump’s sweeping 10 percent global tariff, issuing a…
Massive Drone Assault Follows Collapse of Three-Day Ceasefire Russia launched more than 200 long-range drones at Ukraine overnight as a U.S.-brokered 72-hour truce expired, striking residential buildings, a kindergarten, and energy infrastructure across multiple regions. At least one person was…