NBC News

Rep. Al Green ejected from Trump's State of the Union after holding a 'Black People Aren't Apes' sign

WASHINGTON — Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, was ejected from President Donald Trump's State of the Union address Tuesday night — the second straight year he has been removed from the House chamber while ...
New York Post

State Department identifies Code Pink and other far-left groups as vectors of Chinese influence operations

The State Department transmitted a report to Congress Tuesday linking lefty nonprofits Code Pink and the People’s Forum to Chinese influence operations. “Partisan hacks spent years peddling the phony ...
CNN

A Democrat flipped a state Senate seat in Texas. Republicans say it’s a ‘wake-up call’ for the midterms

A Democratic win in a special election in solidly red Texas is sparking a new wave of warnings from Republicans on Capitol Hill about finetuning messaging and revving up turnout heading into the ...
Wall Street Journal

‘The State and the Soldier’ Review: Washington’s Worthy Example

In March 1783 Gen. George Washington put down a conspiracy among some of his officers who wanted to mutiny against Congress. During the War of Independence, he agreed with his officers’ discontent ...
Governing

“State government must lead by example and ensure that employment opportunities — particularly those funded with taxpayer dollars — are filled by Texans first.”

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, announcing a directive ordering state agencies and public universities to pause new H-1B visa sponsorships through the end of the 2027 legislative session. Abbott cited “recent ...
The New York Times

State Terror Has Arrived

After the past three weeks of brutality in Minneapolis, it should no longer be possible to say that the Trump administration seeks merely to govern this nation. It seeks to reduce us all to a state of ...
Interesting Engineering

All-solid-state batteries get record-high density exceeding 98% with new method

All-solid-state batteries (ASSBs) replace liquid electrolytes with non-flammable solid electrolytes, fundamentally improving battery safety. (Representational image)Kynny Researchers have developed a ...
PBS

Minnesota officials say they can't access evidence after fatal ICE shooting and FBI won't work jointly on investigation

Minnesota's investigations agency said Thursday that the U.S. attorney's office has prevented it from taking part in the investigation into an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer's fatal ...
Gizmodo

OpenAI, Anthropic, Others Receive Warning Letter from Dozens of State Attorneys General

In a letter dated December 9, and made public on December 10 according to Reuters, dozens of state and territorial attorneys general from all over the U.S. warned Big Tech that it needs to do a better ...
TechCrunch

WordPress’s vibe-coding experiment, Telex, has already been put to real-world use

WordPress’s experimental AI development tool, Telex, has already been put to real-world use, only months after its September debut. At the company’s annual “State of the Word” event on Tuesday in San ...
Albuquerque Journal

New Mexico State astronomer, students develop method of predicting solar flares

LAS CRUCES — The eerie yet beautiful auroras that delivered pink and green nighttime skies across New Mexico and much of the U.S. this month are the result of geomagnetic storms caused by solar ...