The case had potentially trillions of dollars in tax consequences for the federal budget, and the court’s decision could have severely limited congressional options in enacting tax policy. (Image credit: Saul Loeb) Read More
Astronomical summer officially arrives in the Northern Hemisphere — amidst a heat wave — at 4:51 p.m. ET. It’s the earliest start to the season since 1796, thanks to quirks in the calendar. (Image credit: Malcolm Denmark) Read More
Russia’s president signed at least a dozen deals with his Vietnamese counterpart and offered to supply fossil fuels to Vietnam, as Moscow is seeking to offset its international isolation. (Image credit: Nhac Nguyen) Read More
Amazon is moving from putting plastic air pillows in its packages in North America to using recycled paper filling instead, a move that’s more environmentally friendly and is said to secure items in boxes just the same, if not betterRead More
There are concerns that a new election data system that’s being pushed by conservative activists and is fueling many mass challenges of registrations could kick legitimate voters off the rolls. (Image credit: Grant Blankenship) Read More
Median home prices were about five times the median income last year, according to a Harvard report, and it could get worse. And centuries-old cherries were discovered at George Washington’s home. (Image credit: Johannes Eisele) Read More
Former President Donald Trump loves acronyms, but his sayings have become increasingly varied. NPR analyzes six of Trump’s most common catchphrases on the campaign trail in 2024. (Image credit: Bill Pugliano) Read More
I was in Hawaii with a group of friends, and a local screamed at us to go home. The island was overcrowded, and while I know tourists can be obnoxious and disrespectful, we were being conscientious. I don’t want to give up visiting the world’s most beautiful places, but I also don’t want to add…
One of the founders of OpenAI who was involved in a failed effort to push out CEO Sam Altman says he’s starting a safety-focused artificial intelligence companyRead More
Russia has accelerated its destruction of Ukraine’s front-line cities in 2024 to a scale previously unseen in the war using glide bombs and an expanding network of airstrips just across the border. (Image credit: Andrii Marienko) Read More