Published September 13, 2026 6:00am ET President Donald Trump’s power to install preferred federal prosecutors without Senate confirmation will face a major test Tuesday in a federal appeals court, while his administration is separately asking the Supreme Court to take up a related dispute that could carry nationwide consequences. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of

Welcome back to Power Play! Each week, senior writer Molly Taft tackles a topic around this midterm season’s biggest issue: data centers. If you’ve got a question or thought for the column, feel free to shoot Molly an email at [email protected] or reach them securely on Signal at mollytaft.76. “What on earth are they building

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine . In the summer of 1991, Pinatubo, a volcano in the Philippines, self-destructed. The eruption started on June 12, and three days later it culminated in a tremendous explosion. By the time pyroclastic flows—incandescent avalanches of molten rock and gas—tumbled down its sterilized slopes, Pinatubo’s

Published September 13, 2026 5:00am ET Swedish voters are already lining up to cast their early ballots for this Sunday’s election as the right-wing government prays their deal with an insurgent party could keep them in power as the left’s coalition bickers ahead of a possible victory. Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, who was elected to

Published September 12, 2026 11:44pm ET A trespasser was stopped from entering the home of former Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday night, according to a spokesperson. “Last night, security personnel stopped an individual who illegally entered Vice President Harris and Second Gentleman [Doug] Emhoff’s property before the individual reached the home,” spokesperson Eduardo Negron

DISGRACE: Memorial for 9/11 at California State University Stanislaus Vandalized With Pro-Palestine Message by Mike LaChance Sep. 12, 2026 10:00 pm A conservative student group at California State University Stanislaus put up a 9/11 memorial on campus this weekend and it was almost immediately vandalized with pro-Palestine messages. Is nothing sacred anymore? Not even 9/11?

BEYOND PARODY: Far Left MSNOW Crew Gets Stuck in the Desert in Texas – Has to be Rescued by Border Patrol (VIDEO) by Mike LaChance Sep. 12, 2026 9:40 pm Screencap of Twitter/X video. Far left MSNOW (the network formerly known as MSNBC) recently sent a crew down to the southern border to do some

USA Today Bends Over Backwards Trying to Make Excuses for Leftists Mocking Charlie Kirk’s Assassination by Mike LaChance Sep. 12, 2026 9:20 pm Charlie Kirk died while engaging the public in fair and open discussion. Media falsely framing him as a racist and homophobe encouraged liberals to wish him dead and to celebrate when their

PATHETIC: Bruce Springsteen Wants Democrats to Make the Last Two Years of Trump’s Presidency ‘Miserable’ by Mike LaChance Sep. 12, 2026 9:00 pm Bruce Springsteen’s Trump Derangement Syndrome is not improving, in fact, it’s getting worse. The washed up rocker recently told far left Rolling Stone Magazine that he wants Democrats to make Trump’s last

Trump Tells Smithsonian to Tear Down “Strange Modernist” Infinity Sculpture and Install “Colossus Statue” of George Washington at National Museum of American History by Jordan Conradson Sep. 12, 2026 8:40 pm President Trump calls on the Smithsonian to replace the National Museum of American History’s Infinity sculpture with a 30-foot-tall George Washington statue President Trump