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The Interior Department recently held its first lease sale of President Donald Trump’s second, nonconsecutive term in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, selling off tracts of land for possible drilling in an area that has been virtually untouched by the oil and gas industry. And following this month’s sale, it will very likely stay that way. The

You may also need to upgrade your wiring and electrical panel and get permission from your local authority. In my case, here in Scotland, that meant asking my distribution network operator. The US equivalent is an electric distribution utility or local distribution company. They may have to upgrade your connection. I needed a new cut-out

The second round of June Social Security payments for retirees, now capped at $5,181, will be issued in four days. Retirees born between the 11th and 20th of a month will receive this payment on June 17. The first round went out on June 10 to those born on or before the 10th of a

Discharge petitions, once a rare tool to seize control of the House floor, are increasingly plaguing Republican leaders and giving Democrats outsize sway despite being the minority. The legislative procedure, used successfully as recently as this past week, bypasses the committee process and forces legislation directly to a floor vote if a simple majority signs

RJ Scaringe got his PhD from MIT studying internal combustion engines. Then he founded a company to make them obsolete. In 2009, fresh out of grad school, he launched what would become Rivian. The company spent nearly a decade in stealth mode before arriving at the 2018 LA Auto Show with two electric rides nobody

A local court in Germany has issued a ruling that could reshape the operation of search engines and artificial-intelligence-based chatbots worldwide. The Munich Regional Court preliminarily ruled that Google is liable for a series of false statements generated by its AI Overviews feature, requiring the company to prevent the dissemination of erroneous or inaccurate claims

A local court in Germany has issued a ruling that could reshape the operation of search engines and artificial-intelligence-based chatbots worldwide. The Munich Regional Court preliminarily ruled that Google is liable for a series of false statements generated by its AI Overviews feature, requiring the company to prevent the dissemination of erroneous or inaccurate claims

An elephant peed in front of the press at the 2026 Texas Republican Party Convention in Houston, according to footage posted Friday. Lauren McGaughy, Texas politics correspondent for The New York Times, recorded footage of multiple people leading an elephant through a gap between throngs of attendees and posted it on X. The convention is

The Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Antitrust Division has signed off on Paramount’s acquisition of Warner Bros.—Discovery. The Justice Department’s Antitrust Division approved Paramount Skydance’s $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, clearing the way for the blockbuster media merger to proceed, according to a Politico report earlier Friday. The merger approval was subsequently confirmed by

Mary Rooke Commentary and Analysis Writer June 12, 2026 4:04 PM ET The Democratic primary for control over New York’s 13th Congressional District serves as a clear case study of how far-left elements within the party operate in safe urban districts. Incumbent Democratic New York Rep. Adriano Espaillat represents the establishment wing of the party