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Bipartisan Senate Bill to Block Education Department Office Transfers Clears Key Committee A bipartisan bill that would prohibit the U.S. Department of Education from transferring four of its key offices to other federal agencies advanced out of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on Thursday, July 30, in a 13-9 vote, setting up … Read more
Why Flights Cost So Much More Right Now — and Why Airlines Say Prices Aren’t Coming Back Down Airfares in the United States have climbed sharply this year, driven largely by a surge in jet fuel costs tied to the conflict in the Middle East — and airline executives say the higher prices are likely … Read more
Google Pulls Google Earth AI Tool Less Than 24 Hours After Launch Following Fake Imagery Backlash Google rolled back a newly launched AI image generation feature in Google Earth on Friday, July 31, less than 24 hours after unveiling it, following backlash from researchers and open-source intelligence experts who warned the tool could be used … Read more
FBI Agent Arrested After Confessing He Stole $1 Million in Crypto From Russian Accounts He Was Investigating A supervisory FBI special agent with top-secret security clearance was fired and arrested last week after he voluntarily confessed to stealing nearly $1 million in cryptocurrency from accounts linked to Russia that he had been investigating as part … Read more
Oregon Breaks All-Time Wildfire Record as Washington Fires Destroy 700 Structures Near Spokane Oregon has broken its all-time record for wildfire acreage burned in a single season, with nearly 2 million acres lost as of early August — surpassing the previous record set in 2024 — while a separate cluster of fires near Spokane, Washington … Read more
New Bill Would Give SNAP and Middle-Income Families $60 a Month for Produce — Here’s Who Would Qualify A bill introduced in Congress in July would create a new pilot program giving some households an extra $60 a month specifically to buy fruits and vegetables — extending eligibility beyond current SNAP recipients to include some … Read more
Musk Calls Tesla-China Report “Absurdly Fake News” as SpaceX Preps First Earnings Since Going Public Elon Musk has flatly denied a Wall Street Journal report claiming Tesla executives were preparing to separate the company’s China business ahead of a possible merger with SpaceX, calling the report “absurdly fake news” — a denial that comes just … Read more
Dead SpaceX Rocket Set to Slam Into the Moon Wednesday at 5,400 MPH A discarded SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stage that has been drifting through space for more than 18 months is set to crash into the moon early Wednesday, August 5, giving scientists an unusual opportunity to study a real lunar impact as it … Read more
First Two Deaths Reported in Record Cyclospora Outbreak as Michigan Cases Top 11,000 Michigan health officials on Monday reported the first two deaths connected to this year’s nationwide cyclosporiasis outbreak, a milestone health officials say is unusual for a parasitic illness that is not typically considered life-threatening in the United States. What Michigan Reported The … Read more
Baker Mayfield Says He Feels “Disrespected” After Contract Talks With Buccaneers Collapse Baker Mayfield will play the 2026 NFL season on the final year of his current contract after extension talks with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers collapsed at the start of training camp, and the quarterback isn’t hiding his frustration about how the negotiations played … Read more