A nuclear power plant in Clinton, Illinois, has gone from nearing the end of its lifespan to becoming the latest example of a power plant saved by the technology industry. Meta Platforms Inc. signed a 20-year agreement Tuesday, June 3, with the plant’s owner, Constellation Energy, to purchase electricity and upgrade the facility. The Clinton […]
The Trump administration announced on Wednesday, June 4, that U.S. Customs and Border Enforcement (CBP), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) are enhancing efforts to “review immigration records” and will ramp up a “crackdown on visa overstays.” New review in wake of terror attack The administration said in a […]
President Donald Trump signed a memorandum on Wednesday, June 4, ordering a formal investigation into whether former President Joe Biden’s aides unlawfully exercised executive authority during his time in office by using a mechanical autopen to authorize major policy decisions. The probe will examine who authorized the autopen, what documents it signed and whether Biden […]
A Russian drone strike on the town of Pryluky in Chernihiv Oblast killed five people overnight, including the wife, daughter and infant grandson of a local firefighter, Ukrainian officials said. Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed that the drone hit the firefighter’s home while he was responding to drone strikes in the […]
President Donald Trump revives a controversial travel ban, targeting a dozen mostly Muslim nations. Why now, and who’s pushing back? Plus, a judge has placed a hold on the deportation of the family of the Colorado firebombing suspect. What the judge ruled and what comes next. Lastly, Trump examines former President Joe Biden’s alleged use […]
Did you know the Defense Department has worked with Hollywood for nearly 100 years? Here are some details of that relationship.
Journalists at El Faro knew the risks when they published a series of interviews with gang members alleging long-standing ties between Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele and criminal groups. They didn’t know how quickly the crackdown would escalate. Within days of publication last month, sources close to El Salvador’s attorney general’s office warned that arrest warrants […]
The Trump administration rescinded a list naming 500 so-called sanctuary jurisdictions that were allegedly not complying with federal immigration policies. A sanctuary jurisdiction is a city, county, or state that adopts policies limiting local law enforcement cooperation with federal immigration efforts. Lawmakers designed these policies to reduce how much local law enforcement shares immigration status […]
Is there hope for Temu and Shein in the wake of a trade war between the United States and China? The trade dispute between the world’s two largest economies has impacted both companies, but particularly Temu, which saw its daily online users in the U.S. drop by 58%, according to Reuters. Shein has also seen […]
Despite publicly reassuring the residents of East Palestine, Ohio, that they were safe following the 2023 derailment of a Norfolk Southern train carrying toxic chemicals, behind closed doors the Biden administration had concerns about potential cancer-causing toxins in the air. The new findings were revealed in emails which were first reported on by NewsNation. Seven […]
