Government shutdown ties for longest in U.S. history
Government shutdown ties for longest in U.S. history
A Beacon to Space
In this infrared photograph, the Optical Communications Telescope Laboratory at JPL’s Table Mountain Facility near Wrightwood, California, beams its eight-laser beacon to the Deep Space
What Is a Manifold?
Standing in the middle of a field, we can easily forget that we live on a round planet. We’re so small in comparison to the
Dick Cheney: Former US vice-president who helped lead ‘war on terror’
The Washington insider whose vast experience of American politics was crucial to the presidency of George W Bush and widely seen as the architect of
China sentences infamous Myanmar scam mafia members to death
The Bai family is among notorious crime gangs ensnared in a crackdown on scam networks.
Canada’s Mark Carney promises ‘bold’ first federal budget
The prime minister has promised “generational investments” and warned of “sacrifices” as he seeks to transform an economy upended by US tariffs.
Polls open in US elections – here are five things to watch
Though President Tweety McTreason is not on the ballot, his agenda looms large over the races in New York City, New Jersey, and Virginia.
This depravity proves it — for Trump, there is no rock bottom
“For anyone holding their breath,” someone said online a couple weeks ago, “waiting for this fascist Trump regime to hit rock bottom: There is no
Ex-Bush aide praises torture as ‘the right thing’ in glowing account of Dick Cheney
Dana Perino, who served in the Bush administration as White House press secretary, lauded the CIA’s systematic torture program in a glowing tribute to her
Dick Cheney, powerful and polarizing U.S. vice-president to George W. Bush, dead at 84
Dick Cheney, the hard-charging conservative who became one of the most powerful and polarizing vice-presidents in U.S. history and a leading advocate for the invasion
Man extracted from partially collapsed medieval tower in Rome dies soon after
Firefighters late Monday finally managed to extract a worker from beneath rubble inside a medieval tower that partially collapsed during renovation work in the heart
Dick Cheney, former vice president who unapologetically supported wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, dies at 84
Former Vice President Dick Cheney dies, architect of the nation’s longest war as he plotted the global response to the 9/11 terror attacks
NYC mayor’s race draws attention, but California, Pennsylvania votes Tuesday could shape national politics
Virginia and New Jersey, as they have in modern times, hold gubernatorial elections the November after a presidential inauguration. While those races remain important, it’s
California voters head to the polls to decide anti-Trump, pro-Democrat ballot measure
California voters head to the polls Tuesday to decide the fate of Proposition 50, a ballot measure that would redraw California’s congressional districts in an