A company hoping to launch the first solar farm into space has passed a critical milestone with a prototype on Earth. Oxfordshire-based Space Solar plans to power more than a million homes by the 2030s with mile-wide complex of mirrors and solar panels orbiting 22,000 miles above the planet. But its super-efficient design for harvesting constant sunlight – called CASSIOPeiA ...
A Republican-appointed judge said he plans to send a written response to supporters of a Jan. 6 rioter who claimed that he did nothing wrong, warning the man’s friends and family members that justifying political violence risks further violence in a “vicious cycle” that “rots republics.” In an unusual step, U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth filed on the public ...
The centrist group No Labels abandoned its ambitions for a third-party 2024 presidential campaign Thursday, saying it had failed to find candidates who had a credible path to victory in the November elections. “Americans remain more open to an independent presidential run and hungrier for unifying national leadership than ever before,” the group said in a statement. “But No Labels ...
When former president Donald Trump described immigrants accused of committing crimes as “animals” who are “not human” in a Michigan speech this week, the phalanx of police standing behind him onstage didn’t react. There was no nodding in agreement or shaking heads of disapproval. If they hadn’t been instructed not to indicate their opinions of Trump’s comments, they certainly behaved ...
U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon on Thursday rejected Donald Trump’s bid to have his charges of mishandling classified documents dismissed on the grounds that a federal records law protected him from prosecution. The judge also defended her handling of the issue, which had surprised legal experts and rankled prosecutors. Trump’s defense team argued that the Presidential Records Act (PRA) ...
A transparent Donald Trump-backed attempt to reconfigure — dare we say “rig” — the electoral college to be more in his favor in 2024 has fallen short. At least for now. The technically nonpartisan but heavily Republican Nebraska legislature late Wednesday overwhelmingly rejected an attempt to change the state’s rules from awarding electoral votes by congressional district to awarding them ...
A year after his controversial decision to remove verification from popular Twitter accounts unless they paid a monthly subscription fee, Elon Musk has thrown users another curveball. Starting Wednesday, the social network now named X began restoring the blue checks to popular users who aren’t paying for them — and mostly don’t want them. Users with large followings were surprised ...
Former president Donald Trump sharpened his criticism of Israel over the country’s handling of the war in Gaza on Thursday, expressing concerns about bad optics and questioning Israel’s approach to the conflict. When asked by conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt on Thursday whether he was “100 percent with Israel,” the former president did not give a direct answer but emphasized ...
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy’s campaign told supporters Wednesday that those facing charges in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot are “activists sitting in a Washington DC jail cell stripped of their Constitutional liberties.” Kennedy’s campaign used the language in an email urging his followers to sign a petition calling for the release of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. In ...
President Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday that the United States would reassess its policy toward the war in Gaza if the Jewish state does not take immediate steps to address the disastrous humanitarian situation in the enclave and protect aid workers. “In the coming hours and days, we will be looking for concrete, tangible steps that ...