In what should be a lesson to conservatives in the US—but probably won't—Liz Truss resigns after a mere six weeks as Prime Minister, after attempting to invoke a Reaganesque tax-cut for the rich.
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Law enforcement's use of Fog Reveal puts a spotlight on that loophole between U.S. data privacy law and electronic surveillance law. The hole is so large that it is not clear whether law enforcement use of Fog Reveal is unlawful.
The effectiveness of the Jan. 6 Committee will be debated for some time. But there is no question of how much interest was demonstrated by the American public with over 55 million watching at least some of the proceedings.
There’s a long precedent of other countries setting up truth commissions, like the January 6th committee, which work to unveil the truth about alleged crimes or major controversies.
The racism pervading the housing industry is now well known. The real estate industry has excluded Black Americans from homeownership and reinforced racial segregation by denying loans to Black and other minority residents.
A study estimates that countries could face up to US$340 billion in financial and legal risk from cancelling fossil fuel projects covered by investor-state dispute settlement clauses.
Researchers at Lawrence Berkley Labs found that even a modest system of solar plus one battery can power critical loads in a home for days at a time, practically anywhere in the country.
Satellites can offer forecasters a basic view, but hurricane hunters flying into the storm itself can really pick the hurricane apart.
Aside from inflammatory anti-immigration rhetoric and Qanon fantasies, the conspiracy theory white nationalist are pushing in campaigns across the country is Trump’s “Big Lie” that he won the 2020 election.
While the New York Attorney General's massive lawsuit against Donald Trump, his children and companies is a civil suit, it marks a beginning and an acceleration of legal actions against him.
Still recovering from the 2017 disaster of Hurricane Maria, which killed 3000 Americans in Puerto Rico, the islands have been blacked again out by much smaller Hurricane Fiona. Two professors explain the issues.
Electric Airplanes are already here in spite of the fact that aircraft are some of the most complex vehicles out there. The biggest problem in electrifying them is the battery weight.
The majority of front-line Ukrainians surveyed viewed the idea of Russia keeping seized Ukrainian lands as “absolutely unacceptable.”
The Sacklers became the public face of the opioid crisis despite not being the only players. They were the first to hypermarket opioids and then led the pack in blaming consumers for becoming addicted.
The consequences of inadequate infrastructure maintenance are compounded by climate change, which is accelerating failures with increased flooding, extreme heat and growing storm intensity.
Elizabeth II inherited a monarchy whose political power had been steadily ebbing away since the 18th century but whose role in the public life of the nation seemed, if anything, to have grown ever more important.