A team of physicists from several institutions across the U.S. working with a colleague from China, at the DIII-D National Fusion Facility, in San Diego, California, has devised a way to overcome two key hurdles standing in the way of using fusion as a general power source.
WASHINGTON — The Senate voted to reauthorize a powerful surveillance tool the U.S. government describes as critical to combating terrorism, after defeating efforts by civil liberties advocates on the left and right to rein it in. The vote of 60-34 sends the bill to President Joe Biden, who has championed it. The legislation extends Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA, for two more years. The final vote came after the Senate defeated six amendments from progressive...
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Archaic pieces of legislation are coming back to life as the fight over abortion access rages across the country ahead of the 2024 election.
The full House and Senate will now consider the question of whether to allow each county to determine how — if at all — to regulate short-term vacation rentals on their islands, including the possibility of outlawing them.
Paramount Global and Skydance Media are making progress on a deal that would merge the media companies and buy out controlling shareholder Shari Redstone. Paramount Global’s special committee and David Ellison’s Skydance Media, backed by private equity firms KKR and RedBird Capital Partners, are narrowing in on how to value Skydance’s assets as part of a merger, as well as how much equity to add to the company as part of a recapitalization, according to people familiar with the matter. The sides...
The GOP-led House passed a bill over the weekend that requires ByteDance, the Beijing-based tech company, to sell its stake in the US-based business.
This day gives us the opportunity to analyze the successes and challenges of the fight against malaria, in particular the need for increased domestic investment and a strong political commitment to the prevention and elimination of this scourge from our country.
A House Republican on Friday introduced legislation that would ban waving foreign flags on the floor of the lower chamber after Democrats unfurled Ukrainian flags to celebrate passing the $95 billion foreign aid package last week.
Following the signing of the TikTok ban bill by US President, TikTok released a statement reiterating its decision to challenge it in courts.
EYEWITNESS NEWS (WBRE/WYOU)— The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) announced a modification to their settlement with PPL that will require more transparency and a $1 million investment into their hardship fund following the widespread billing issues that affected nearly 800,000 customers in 2023. On Thursday, the PUC voted 3-2 to modify the settlement between the PUC’s []
The bill was amended to avoid effectively placing a ban on the security screening company.