NASA Launches Research Program for Students to Explore Big Ideas - NASA
NASA is now accepting concepts for a new research challenge. The Opportunities in Research, Business, Innovation, and Technology (ORBIT) challenge is aSandra May (NASA)
New Landsat Science Team Announced
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with NASA, has named the new Landsat Science Team that will support the world’s longest-running Earth observation mission for a planned 2026-2030 term.Landsat Project Science Support (NASA Science)
Justice Department investigating more than a dozen cases of sexual harassment by landlords against female tenants (Scott MacFarlane/CBS News)
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Justice Department investigating more than a dozen cases of sexual harassment by landlords against female tenants
The Justice Department is suing more than a dozen landlords on allegations of sexual harassment, a problem one top department official called "traumatic for the victims" and "inappropriate and illegal."Scott MacFarlane (CBS News)
Trump administration admits to targeting blue states for energy grant cuts (Washington Post)
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Trump administration admits to targeting blue states for energy grant cuts
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Moderate House Republicans join Democrats to force vote on ACA subsidies (Washington Post)
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Moderate House Republicans join Democrats to force vote on ACA subsidies
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GOP Lawmaker Who Backed Trump Impeachment to Quit Congress (Tim Hanrahan/Wall Street Journal)
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GOP Lawmaker Who Backed Trump Impeachment to Quit Congress
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GOP centrists push Democratic ObamaCare discharge petition to 218-signature threshold (The Hill)
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GOP centrists push Democratic ObamaCare discharge petition to 218-signature threshold
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Judge frees couple charged with 'kidnapping' immigration agent as defense challenges government's account (Matt Sepic/MPR News)
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Judge frees couple charged with 'kidnapping' immigration agent as defense challenges government's account
Attorneys for a couple charged with driving to a police station with an HSI agent in their car dispute the government’s account of the incident. A judge released both from jail pending trial.Matt Sepic (MPR News)
m1=82.9 m2=2.7 m3=8.2 (solar masses)
v1x=-6.105 v1y=6.072 v2x=-3.054 v2y=1.677 v3x=-2.638 v3y=-3.927 (km/s)
x1=2.0 y1=-7.0 x2=-5.0 y2=31.0 x3=32.0 y3=10.0 (AU from center)
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Jack Smith appears for deposition; attorney casts probe as 'unprecedented retribution campaign' (Rebecca Beitsch/The Hill)
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Jack Smith appears for deposition; attorney casts probe as ‘unprecedented retribution campaign’
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Jack Smith makes his case against Trump in closed-door deposition (Hailey Fuchs/Politico)
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Jack Smith makes his case against Trump in closed-door deposition
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House GOP Dissidents Back ACA Vote, Siding With Democrats (Siobhan Hughes/Wall Street Journal)
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House GOP Dissidents Back ACA Vote, Siding With Democrats
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Trump: Cost of new ballroom may reach $400M (Brett Samuels/The Hill)
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Trump: Cost of new ballroom may reach $400M
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Asahi Linux 6.18 progress report
The Asahi Linux project has published its progress report following the release of Linux 6.18. [...]LWN.net
Celtic: Peter Lawwell cites 'abuse and threats' as he quits as chairman
Peter Lawwell is to stand down as Celtic chairman at the end of December, citing "abuse and threats from some sources".BBC Sport
Jack Smith defends Trump prosecutions in testimony to Congress
The former US Special Counsel is facing questions about his two defunct criminal investigations into President Donald Trump.Kayla Epstein (BBC News)
Polar bear mother adopts cub in rarely documented case
It's only the 13th known case of adoption out of the 4,600 bears studied for nearly five decades in the northern Canadian area.Sakshi Venkatraman (BBC News)
Republicans defy Speaker Johnson to force House vote on extending ACA subsidies (Kevin Freking/Associated Press)
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Republicans defy Speaker Johnson to force House vote on extending ACA subsidies
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