President Donald Trump is threatening to deploy ground troops to seize critical oil infrastructure on Iran’s Kharg Island
Federal ‘God squad’ poised to exempt oil and gas drilling in the Gulf from endangered species rules
Trump administration officials will soon consider exempting oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico from the Endangered Species Act
Appeals court suspends order for Voice of America employees to return to work
An appeals court panel has suspended a federal judge’s order for the Trump administration to bring hundreds of Voice of America employees back to work from paid leave
Texas megachurch pastor Robert Morris is free after 6 months in an Oklahoma jail for child sex abuse
The founder of a Texas megachurch who resigned after pleading guilty to sexually abusing an Oklahoma woman in the 1980s has been released from an Oklahoma jail
Lithium mine clears hurdle despite conservationists’ worries for rare wildflower
A federal judge ruled against conservation groups in their efforts to block a proposed lithium-boron mining project in Nevada
Military suicides long-term rate for active duty troops still rising: Pentagon
The Pentagon says fewer American service members died by suicide in 2024
California woman returns home after the Trump administration deported her to Mexico
A U.S. resident of 27 years who was deported to Mexico by the Trump administration has returned home to Sacramento
Artemis II launch: crowds gather for glimpse of historic Nasa moon mission
Fully crewed rocket will head to moon from Florida – first time since 1972 that humans will have left lower Earth orbit A little more than an hour before sunset on Florida’s space coast, up to 400,000 people packed on beaches and causeways will look to the heavens on Wednesday...
‘This feels fragile’: how a satellite-smashing chain reaction could spiral out of control
Today, the space around Earth can no longer be considered empty. More than 30,000 objects are in orbit, and that figure is rising exponentially Some reports suggest that by the end of this decade there could more than 60,000 active satellites in space. Launch by launch, what began with a...
‘Should never have been prescribed’: private UK cannabis clinics face call for tighter regulation
Family pushing for greater controls after inquest finds Oliver Robinson’s prescription was ‘obstacle’ to proper care Oliver Robinson felt he had exhausted conventional therapies when he left the Priory, a private mental health facility where he was treated for depression and addiction between 2019 and 2022. Initially he found relief...