The European Union is worried about its dependence on energy imports from the United States. A new report from the EU’s Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) outlines the continent’s “growing exposure to global market risks,” as the crisis over the Strait of Hormuz shuts off some gas supply sources. “The EU’s reliance […]
Kouri Richins, the Utah mother convicted of poisoning her husband with fentanyl before publishing a children’s grief book, was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison without parole. The sentence ends a case that drew national attention well beyond Utah, driven by prosecutors’ allegations that Richins killed her husband, Eric, at their Park City-area home in […]
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Terry Wahls can walk. She can ride her bike. She can run two miles on a treadmill. She can tend to her backyard garden, which on an unseasonably warm April afternoon in Iowa City, is in the chaotic throes of the early Spring growing season. Wahls gives a tour, her 14-year-old […]
China says its willing to expand its cooperation list with the U.S., even as President Xi Jinping issued a warning to President Donald Trump. Xi cautioned that relations between China and the U.S. could enter an “extremely dangerous place” if Trump ignores China’s demands related to Taiwan. The warning came during the first day of high-stakes talks between the two leaders in Beijing. Both the White House […]
In a primary election defined by the city’s “blue dot” reputation, political activist Denise Powell secured the Democratic nomination for Nebraska’s 2nd District by beating State Senator John Cavanaugh. Powell’s victory sets up one of the most competitive House races of the midterm cycle. Her Republican opponent in the general election is Omaha City Council […]
President Donald Trump lands in Beijing, and Taiwan quickly becomes a flashpoint. The talks with Xi have already come with a warning for the U.S. Plus, Nebraska’s “blue dot” is now officially on the board. One House race in Omaha could help decide which party controls Congress next year. And the Utah mother who wrote […]
Hollywood was on strike when Mark Ruffalo and Matt Stoller met over Zoom one day in 2023. But the movie star and the head of the American Economic Liberties Project had something bigger on their minds: the perils of huge Hollywood mergers. “We came together because we recognized the root cause of the [Writers Guild] […]
Secretary of State Marco Rubio was banned from entering China in 2020 after he criticized Beijing’s treatment of a minority population. But this week, he is in the country with President Donald Trump for a summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping. How is that possible? It comes down to how his name has been lost […]
A group of Democratic senators are pushing back on attempts by the Department of Homeland Security to develop its own smart glasses for biometric identification by immigration officers and other federal agents. The lawmakers say the effort, outlined in the department’s 2027 budget proposal, “presents a grave threat to the privacy and civil rights of […]
A confidential U.S. intelligence report obtained by The Washington Post warns that China is using the war in Iran to expand its military, economic and diplomatic leverage while the United States remains heavily tied down in the Middle East. The assessment, prepared recently for Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine, has fueled debate inside the […]
