19+ hour, 7+ min ago   (501+ words) Reuters reported Saturday that cryptocurrency investor Christopher Harborne donated £36 million (roughly $49 million) to Nigel Farage's Reform UK party, matching a gift made the previous day by BitMEX co-founder Ben Delo. Together, the two contributions total £72 million ($97.4 million) and jointly set…...

21+ hour, 55+ min ago   (526+ words) Former Environmental Protection Agency officials are warning that the Trump administration is dismantling pollution safeguards to accelerate construction of AI data centers, putting public health at risk. The Verge reported this week that a group of EPA alumni released a…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (469+ words) Pennsylvania has recorded more than 600 measles cases in 2026, and two Lancaster County infants died in late August. The federal government's count lists neither death, and The Conversation reports that the public dispute between Gov. Josh Shapiro and Health and Human…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (465+ words) President Donald Trump unveiled a conditional cash payment plan at the Republican National Committee's midterm convention in Dallas on Wednesday, according to reporting by Axios and CBS News. He promised to send $5,000 to every adult U.S. citizen, but only if Republicans…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (481+ words) German Chancellor Friedrich Merz took the floor in the Bundestag on Tuesday to confront AfD leader Alice Weidel directly, according to BBC News, branding the far-right party a destructive force and accusing its signature immigration stance of being ethnic cleansing…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (508+ words) The price of a gallon of gasoline in Philadelphia climbed 7 cents overnight on September 9, according to CBS Philadelphia, as crude oil crossed $100 a barrel for the first time in nearly six weeks. The surge followed a fresh round of military…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (485+ words) President Donald Trump signed a series of proclamations Tuesday night banning certain Canadian goods from entering the United States and broadening his 50% tariffs on additional Canadian imports, according to ABC News. The move came hours after Canada's own retaliatory tariffs…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (430+ words) The 83rd Venice Film Festival opened September 2 with Danny Boyle's Ink earning nearly four and a half minutes of applause from the Sala Grande audience, according to Variety. Adapted by screenwriter James Graham from his Tony-nominated stage play, the film follows…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (465+ words) The U.S. Department of Energy has closed a $1.9 billion loan to NextEra Energy to finance the restart of the Duane Arnold Energy Center in Palo, Iowa, according to TechCrunch. The funding, announced Tuesday, comes from the DOE's Office of Energy Dominance…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (488+ words) Lonnie G. Bunch III announced Monday that he will leave his post as secretary of the Smithsonian Institution before the end of the year, NPR reported, as the Trump administration intensifies pressure on the nation's largest museum and research complex over…...