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S prosecutors claim to have busted an international smuggling ring that funneled advanced chips worth billions of dollars to China Source link
“First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen.” These are the words that Henry “Light-Horse Harry” Lee III spoke on December 1799 in his eulogy for George Washington. In a single phrase spoken during a moment of national mourning, Lee captured Washington’s generalship in the Revolutionary War, his role in shaping and forming the republic, and his enduring place in the American mind. As we near our nation’s 250th birthday, no commemoration is complete without honoring Gen. George Washington as a founder among founders. From his wartime leadership to his statesmanlike conduct as our first…
Global temperature, 1950-2025. The temperature of the year 2024, the “warmest year on record,” exceeded the 1.5 degree Celsius. EU Copernicus. Prologue Global climate temperature is a key factor in the survival of the Amazon rainforest, indeed the survival of humans, civilization and the Earth. According to Copernicus, the European Union’s Earth Observation Program, “Europe and the world are in the warmest decade [2020s] on record…. Heat stress is recognized by the WHO [World Health Organization] as the leading cause of global weather-related deaths. In areas with dry and often windy conditions, high temperatures also contributed to the spread and…
A conversation involving House members from Virginia and the top House Democrat reflected the fury and desperation that has gripped the party after Friday’s ruling in the state. Source link
Americans should stop pretending we aren’t seeing a retrenchment of racial power. Source link
The U.S. Supreme Court today heard arguments in a case that will determine if pesticide companies can be held liable for health harms caused by their products if the EPA doesn’t require those health warnings on product labels. A man who alleges that Roundup weedkiller caused his cancer brought the case against Bayer. A lower court awarded the man $1.25 million. Bayer is seeking to have the ruling overturned. In widely anticipated oral arguments today, the U.S. Supreme Court gave no clear signal as to whether it will side with Bayer, which is seeking to avoid lawsuits related to its Roundup…
How the summit could change the course of U.S.-China competition. Source link
From Justice Gerald Lebovits (Manhattan trial court) in Tuesday’s Garlington v. Austin; defendant Burstiner goes by “they/them,” but plaintiff had apparently referred to Burstiner as “him”: The branch of defendants’ motion to … requir[e] plaintiff to use correct names and pronouns … is denied…. There is … no showing of any actual “misgendering” or any legally cognizable injury arising from it. New York recognizes no tort of “misgendering.” … Burstiner had sought an order “requiring Plaintiff to use correct names and pronouns for all parties, as well as damages for each instance of deliberate misgendering that has occurred and continues…
China has played a cautious hand on Iran. It has chosen not to try to defend a country that is a major source of oil and officially a “comprehensive strategic partner.” Instead, it has urged a diplomatic solution that will reopen the Strait of Hormuz and maintain adherence to international law, rather safe positions in line with China’s claim to be a “responsible great power.” Xi Jinping, Foreign Minister Wang Yi, and other top Chinese officials have been quite critical of Trump, though without naming him, accusing the US of applying the “law of the jungle” and acting like a…
‘Our government is rooted in the consent of We the People,’ retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer writes. Source link