Europe's heat claims 50,000 lives. Climate change blamed for two-thirds of deaths

Blistering record heat in Europe this summer helped kill more than 50,000 people, with nearly two-thirds of that death toll blamed on human-caused climate change, a new study found.

M-7.0 earthquake strikes Tibet, killing 16

A magnitude-7.0 earthquake struck Tibet late Thursday, killing at least 16 people, local authorities said Friday.

Can Angie Nixon prove Democrats can win in Florida?

DOJ asks appeals court to intervene for California mail-in ballot lawsuit

The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday asked an appeals court to intervene in its lawsuit against California to temporarily block the state from counting more than 20,000 mail-in ballots cast by what the Trump administration claims are from non-U.S. citizens. The request, made to the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, came before a…

Trump announces he’ll use Defense Production Act to increase domestic gas production

President Trump invoked the Defense Production Act on Thursday, announcing that the government would be spending $150 million toward boosting domestic gas and diesel production as the White House looks to ease consumer pain at the gas pump. The announcement was made in a presidential memorandum earlier on Thursday, but the president detailed the exact…

Treasury proposes curbs on high-tech investments in China, Russia, North Korea

The Treasury Department on Thursday proposed a rule to curb American high-tech investments, including AI, outbound to U.S. adversaries like China, Russia, North Korea and other “countries of concern.” The rule expands restrictions in the Outbound Investment Security Program (OISP) on hypersonic systems and quantum information technologies, high-performance computing and supercomputing, as well as AI.…

France detects first human case of insect-borne Shamonda virus

French health officials on Thursday reported the first documented human case of the Shamonda virus, an Africa-origin, insect-borne disease.

Hegseth Could Face Impeachment if Democrats Win in November

One lawmaker lays out the case for indicting the defense secretary.

Trump Puts His Faith in Putin

Trump wants a foreign-policy win, but Moscow is unlikely to deliver.

Netanyahu Calls on Israel to Overthrow Iranian Regime

The directive comes as Israel prepares for an election and fresh joint strikes on Iran.

The Department of Homeland Security Is Testing a ‘Heat Ray’ at the Southern Border

The “Active Denial System” is a non-lethal weapon, but the ethics of using it to deter migrants seeking to enter the United States are debatable nevertheless. The post The Department of Homeland Security Is Testing a ‘Heat Ray’ at the Southern Border appeared first on The National Interest.

Pete Hegseth’s Staff Broke a Globe Dwight Eisenhower Used in World War II

Hegseth had sought to move the globe into his office, but trained curators were absent. Rather than wait, his staff moved the globe themselves, with unfortunate results. The post Pete Hegseth’s Staff Broke a Globe Dwight Eisenhower Used in World War II appeared first on The National Interest.