Billy Long’s Confirmation as IRS Commissioner is Good News Only For Tax Cheats
Today, Senate Republicans voted to confirm Billy Long as IRS Commissioner. Lisa Gilbert, co-president of Public Citizen, released the following statement: “Tax cheats just received a huge gift. Billy Long has a clear history of working to make it easier for corporations and the wealthy to skirt paying their fairContinue Reading
Police: Air India survivor leapt from crashing plane
Footage shows the only known survivor of the Air India Flight AI171 crash, 40-year-old Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, limping al, NewsFeed Footage shows the only known survivor of the Air India Flight AI171 crash, 40-year-old Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, limping along a road near the wreckage as a medic helps him. PoliceContinue Reading
Can Israel’s finance minister shut down the Palestinian banking system?
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich hits back after being sanctioned by the UK and other nations., Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich hits back after being sanctioned by the UK and other nations. Israel’s far-right finance minister says he wants to cut Palestinian banks off from the global financial system. Bezalel Smotrich’s planContinue Reading
EPC releases inverter to bring GaN power to medium-voltage motor drives
US-based Efficient Power Conversion (EPC), which supplies enhancement-mode gallium nitride (eGaN) power devices, has released a high-performance 25 ARMS, 3-phase BLDC motor drive inverter reference design. Powered by the EPC2304 eGaN FET, the EPC9196 inverter is designed for medium-voltage (96-150 V) battery-powered motor drive applications, including steering systems in automatedContinue Reading
Webinar: Cable management strategies for DC fast-charging EV fleets
Are your EV fleet charging cables putting your safety and your warranty coverage at risk? Managing high-powered DC fast-charging cables is a critical challenge for fleet operators. Without the right cable management strategies, operations risk costly equipment damage, personnel injury, and even warranty voids. This webinar dives into rugged, engineeredContinue Reading
Senate Republicans Want To Sell 3 Million Acres of Public Land
This story was originally published by High Country News. Over 3 million acres of public land could be sold in the next five years after Senate Republicans on the Energy and Natural Resources Committee reintroduced land sales into the party’s major spending bill. Released on Wednesday night, the megabill text includes a proposal forContinue Reading
How Veterans Are Reacting to Marine Deployment in L.A.
This article was originally published by LAist on June 12, 2025. Some 700 active-duty Marines have been deployed to Los Angeles amid widespread protests against the recent immigration sweeps. The move comes even as L.A. Mayor Karen Bass says the troops are not needed, LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell raises concerns aroundContinue Reading
No Country for Old Centrists
As the oldest active political party in the world, the Democratic Party has a long tradition of reinvention and renewal. Lately, however, the party’s age — it will celebrate its bicentennial in 2028 — feels more like a grim metaphor than any proof of boast-worthy endurance. As Democrats struggle toContinue Reading
Officials investigate license-plate data shared with police for woman over abortion
Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias has asked for an investigation into a suburban Chicago police department for allegedly sharing data from automatic license-plate readers with a Texas sheriff seeking a woman who had an abortion, Read MoreContinue Reading
Viral Graphic Makes False, Questionable Claims About House Reconciliation Bill
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. A viral graphic warns that if the House-passed reconciliation bill becomes law, “we won’t have another election.” But there is no evidence to support that or some of the graphic’s underlying claims about “what’s coming” if the Senate also approvesContinue Reading
Russia is amplifying conspiracy theories about the L.A. protests
Russia is exploiting and amplifying online conspiracy theories about the immigration protests in Los Angeles, experts say., Read More NBC NewsContinue Reading
“The Beginning of Fascism”: Rep. Delia Ramirez Says The Traitor’s Immigrant Crackdown Is Crushing Democracy
As immigrant rights protests spread to Chicago, we speak with Democratic Congressmember Delia Ramirez, who is the daughter of Guatemalan immigrants and married to a DACA recipient and recently called on Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to resign. She responds to Traitor 47’s threat to deploy troops in more majorContinue Reading
Researchers teach robot to play badminton using Nvidia RTX machine learning
Scientists at ETH Zürich recently published a study and video (below) explaining how they trained a quadrupedal robot to play badminton. The research could demonstrate the usefulness of a full-body training model that doesn’t break activities into individual steps, potentially widening the range of learnable tasks.Read Entire Article…Continue Reading