G-7 countries agree to 'eventual' coal power phaseout
A group of major economic powers including the U.S. on Friday said they would agree to eventually phase out coal-fired power, a major contributor to climate change. The environment ministers of the Group of Seven (G-7) said in a joint statement on Friday that they would agree to an “eventual” phaseout of “unabated” coal power. “Unabated” refers to methods of electricity generation that don’t use technol
Read MoreJudge throws out Trump's suit to block NY AG probe
A federal judge on Friday threw out a lawsuit filed by former President Trump seeking to block the New York attorney general from investigating his business practices. The ruling from U.S. District Judge Brenda Sannes, who sits on the federal district court for upstate New York, comes just a day after
Read MoreNew Hampshire court proposes minimal change to US House map
A special master appointed by the New Hampshire Supreme Court has proposed small changes to the state’s existing U.S. House district lines, a potential solution to a months-long stalemate between Gov. Chris Sununu (R) and his fellow Republicans who control the state legislature. In an opinion published Friday, Stanford Law professor Nathaniel Persily proposed moving just five small towns from New Hampshire’s First District into its Second District, creating two distri
Read MoreThe White House’s Taiwan faux pas
The White House’s bigger faux pas last weekend wasn’t when President Biden said the U.S. would “defend Taiwan” if China were to invade, it was excluding Taiwan from his new Indo-Pacific Economic Framework. Diplomacy is at the center of the Biden administration’s foreign policy. One of the few goals of this administration is to declare that “diplomacy is back,” whether it’s from mending trade relations with Europe or gathering partners for a new economic clu
Read MoreBiden rebukes Putin in Naval Academy commencement address
President Biden on Friday urged this year’s graduating class of midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy to be stewards of strong American leadership abroad as the world faces major challenges including Russia’s war in Ukraine. “You are graduating at an inflection point, not only in American history but in world history,” Biden said in the commencement address at the Naval Academy graduation in Annapolis, Md. “The challenges we face, the choices we make are more consequential than ever. Things are changing so rapidly that the next 10 years will be the decisive decade of this century
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