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Manny Rutinel's resurfaced paper argued governments should incentivize ranchers to transition to plant-based farming in Colorado's top cattle district.
Today, I’m talking with Gaby Del Valle, a policy reporter here at The Verge, about the growing backlash against AI data centers. Gaby recently reported a fantastic piece about Hernando County, Florida, where last month the county commission unanimously approved a yearlong moratorium on data center construction. She…
A US Senate committee has voted along party lines to hold former health official Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress after he repeatedly refused to answer questions about his handling of the Covid-19 pandemic. The move could lead to a Justice Department referral and possible prosecution, intensifying a…
President Trump's son Eric Trump on Tuesday said an old Air Force One will go on display at his father's presidential library in Miami, contradicting the president's original plan for his new Qatari-gifted executive aircraft. Eric Trump told NBC News in a text message that "That's not the…
President Donald Trump told Republican donors "we need to elect JD" in a private Oval Office meeting, a source confirmed to Fox News Digital.
American scientific leadership was built by allowing evidence to prevail over ideology.
Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee in Michigan’s Senate race, hit back at President Trump after the president criticized the progressive’s victory in the state’s Democratic primary this week. Trump called El-Sayed a “man of hate” and claimed that he “hates Jews and he hates Israel” at a Las…
Dr Anthony Fauci has reportedly been held in contempt of Congress and could face prosecution after invoking his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination and declining to answer questions on Covid-19 during a congressional appearance. The move marks a significant escalation in the long-running political dispute over the origins…
A federal judge on Wednesday ruled that some federal gun restrictions can no longer stand after Republicans last year zeroed out the taxes that justified their constitutionality. Congress relied on its taxing authority to pass the 1934 National Firearms Act (NFA), which established a $200 fee to transfer…
Sen. Rand Paul's committee voted to hold Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress after he invoked the Fifth Amendment more than 100 times at his hearing.