NASA’s Crew-13 launches to the International Space Station: NPR
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft carrying NASA’s Crew-13 lift off Thursday from Cape Canaveral, Florida. SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule “Grace” will take NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, Canadian Space…
Pledges to the Kennedy Center fell more than 100% within months of Trump’s name being added, internal documents show
For much of the past year, financial alarm bells at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts have been ringing among the trustees of this iconic arts institution. Warnings were issued that its accounts had deteriorated under President Donald…
Lawmakers call for action against ‘blatantly illegal’ taxpayer-funded ads promoting Trump | Trump administration
The Trump administration is facing growing questions over whether it illegally used taxpayer money to air television ads promoting Donald Trump five weeks before the U.S. midterm elections. Two congressional Democrats, Jamie Raskin of Maryland and George…
Treasury releases rules for nation’s first federal voucher program – The Washington Post
Treasury releases rules for nation’s first federal school voucher program The Washington Post Trump administration unveils education tax credit, increasing pressure on Democratic governors Policy IRS Proposes Rule for Groundbreaking School Choice…
Renee Good: Family of American woman killed by ICE agent sues Trump officials
The second lawsuit targets ICE officer Jonathan Ross, who shot Good, as well as White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, White House border chief Tom Homan and others, alleging a “conspiracy…
Attackers douse teacher with gasoline as student protests rage across France
PARIS — Attackers doused a principal with gasoline and started fires at at least two schools Thursday, officials said, as increasingly violent student protests raged across France over understaffing and dilapidated buildings. Hundreds of young people…
Reflecting Pool vandalism charges against Olympic canoeist David Hearn definitively dismissed
A Washington, D.C., judge on Thursday permanently dismissed the criminal indictment against U.S. Olympic canoeist David Hearn, ending a months-long saga surrounding allegations of vandalism at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool after the government…
5 takeaways from Trump’s combative Time interview
Driving the news: Trump has not hesitated to prolong the war in Iran, resist AI regulation and threaten to “go after” Democrats if they win the House. The interview was also historic, as it was Trump’s 56th appearance on the cover of Time,…
Dual British and Iranian national arrested over RAF Fairford incident, police say – BBC News Africa
Dual British and Iranian national arrested following RAF Fairford incident, police say BBC Dual British and Iranian national arrested following RAF Fairford incident, counter-terrorism police say news.sky.com British police arrest British and Iranian…
White House removes CNN from press pool for Trump’s upcoming trip to Texas and Oklahoma
The White House on Wednesday removed CNN from the media pool that was scheduled to cover a trip by President Donald Trump on Thursday, escalating a feud with the cable network after a federal judge blocked the administration’s efforts to restrict…