As Electricity Costs Spike, Renewable Energy Divestments Emerge as Theme of Midterms

An aerial view shows the Kayenta Solar Plant in Kayenta, Ariz., on June 23, 2024. Brandon Bell/Getty Images The Trump administration’s proposed budget for the coming fiscal year pulls the plug on federal funding for solar and wind development. It cuts energy efficiency programs by nearly 70 percent, eliminates state and local weatherization subsidies, and

Iowa Senate Hopeful Zach Wahls Promoted Anti-Police Bail Fund That Helped Free Career Criminal Who Tried Burning Down Courthouse

Iowa Democratic Senate candidate Zach Wahls promoted an anti-police bail fund that helped free dozens of Black Lives Matter rioters arrested in the wake of George Floyd’s death for attacking officers, vandalizing businesses, and smashing the windows of a courthouse in downtown Des Moines. One of the freed agitators attempted to set the courthouse on

EXCLUSIVE: US Probe of Embattled UN Gaza Relief Agency Expands to 1,500 Staffers Suspected of Hamas Ties: UNRWA Could Soon Be Labeled a ‘Foreign Terrorist Organization’

The federal investigation into staff at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency—the U.N. Gaza relief organization that’s been closely linked to Hamas—will soon encompass at least 1,500 UNRWA-linked individuals suspected of terror ties. This unprecedented dragnet—reported here for the first time by the Washington Free Beacon—exposes an aid group brimming with Hamas operatives, and

New York Times Columnist Nicholas Kristof’s Wife, Recently Appointed Vice Chair of Harvard Board of Overseers, Is a Member of a Beijing-Aligned Group Linked to Chinese Government

The wife of embattled New York Times columnist Nick Kristof, who along with Kristof worked as a Times correspondent in China and was recently appointed vice chair of the executive committee of Harvard’s Board of Overseers, is a member of a Chinese government-linked group known for “doing Beijing’s bidding in the US.” The group, the

DOJ investigating whether Trump accuser E. Jean Carroll committed perjury

The Justice Department is conducting a criminal investigation into whether author E. Jean Carroll committed perjury in connection with her civil lawsuits against President Trump, sources familiar with the matter said. The investigation is being led out of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois, one of the sources added.  Carroll sued

Google employee accused of making over $1.2M by insider trading on Polymarket

A software engineer at Google is facing federal charges after allegedly betting on confidential company information on Polymarket, netting more than $1.2 million in profits, the second insider trading prosecution against a user of the popular prediction market service in recent months. In court papers released by the Justice Department, Michele Spagnuolo was accused of

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