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Lawsuit Takes Aim at Deal Granting Trump Sweeping Tax Protections
The request was the first time that anyone had used the courts in an effort to directly kill the sweeping tax protections offered to the pre…
McConnell Announces Discharge From Rehabilitation Center
The Kentucky Republican has been absent from Congress for nearly two months after a health episode. He said he would continue recovering fro…
Bernie Sanders Is Not Doing the Democrats Any Favors
What exactly is the project of the insurgent left all about?
Birds Are Dying. Clues Point to El Niño.
A die-off of seabirds has some experts thinking an El Niño weather pattern is to blame, a look at data centers and pollution, and more clim…
2 French Men Convicted in Case Related to Livestream Death
The two men, users of the platform Kick, received suspended sentences and fines.
Federal Judge Orders Pentagon to Lift Freeze on Wind Power
Since April, the Defense Department has halted all military reviews for wind projects, stalling dozens of projects nationwide.
This A.I. Just Created Viruses Not Found in Nature
Scientists trained artificial intelligence on libraries of DNA and then asked the model to create recipes for viral genomes. Sixteen of them…
These Giant Rodents Lobbied a Brazilian Legislature
In Mato Grosso, Brazil, capybaras wandered into the building, but they were polite during the incursion.
Child Whose Family Sued to Stop Brain Death Test After Drowning Has Died
The case of 2-year-old Annelise Camp, who was found unconscious in May, drew the backing of anti-abortion activists. On Monday, the family d…
Hemp Fight Snarls Speedy Passage of Government Funding Bill
A White House effort to delay a ban on intoxicating hemp was holding up a final agreement on a bipartisan spending bill ahead of a monthlong…
Trump Administration to Pay German Firm $1.2 Billion to Cancel Wind Leases
It was the fifth such deal struck by the administration to get companies to drop offshore wind projects.