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A full Moon is seen shining over NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) and Orion spacecraft in the early hours of Feb. 1, 2026, at Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA/Sam Lott NASA teams completed closing the launch abort system hatch during the Artemis II wet dress rehearsal,Continue Reading

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Audiochuck, the creator-led media company behind some of the most-listened-to podcasts in the world, is putting significant resources behind LGBTQ+ youth at a moment when many are being pushed to the brink. The Indianapolis-based company announced a $1 million unrestricted grant to IYG, Indiana’s leading nonprofit serving LGBTQ+ youth andContinue Reading

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Agents conducting immigration enforcement activities in Minnesota must wear body cameras under a new order from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. Secretary Noem announced on Monday that all federal agents deployed in Minnesota would receive body cameras, following scrutiny over recent clashes with protesters. She said the department would issueContinue Reading

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OPINION — For decades, the United States (U.S.) operated under a fatal delusion that free trade with China would liberalize its politics and that the global market was a neutral playing field. We were profoundly wrong. In 2000, the U.S. controlled 37% of global semiconductor fabrication. Today, we control lessContinue Reading

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EXPERT PERSPECTIVE – The United States is currently mired in a cycle of aggressive trade renegotiations and a transactional foreign policy that has alienated its most critical allies. By perceiving partners as free riders on American defense investments, Washington is increasingly defaulting to raw financial and military coercion, or hardContinue Reading