A parade of prominent conservative figures are descending on a Utah courthouse this week to attend the preliminary hearing for the man accused of murdering Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk . Why it matters: The show of support in Provo underscores that, nearly a year after his assassination, Kirk remains a unifying figure across the Republican Party and the MAGA movement. Driving the news: Among those who have joined Kirk's family members this week in attending hearings for accused killer Tyler Robinson are: - Donald Trump Jr. - Utah Sen. Mike Lee (R) - Conservative influencers Jack Posobiec and Graham Allen, and - Rush Limbaugh's widow, Kathryn Adams Limbaugh. The big picture: Kirk's assassination has led to a high-profile…
A staggering class divide now separates how Americans experience artificial intelligence : - For frontier power users, AI feels like a revolution: a force capable of conjuring companies, building software and solving complex problems at warp speed. - For the average person, it feels more like an evolution: a smarter search bar, a faster inbox, an ambient tech layer that saves time — but not much else. Why it matters: Trillions of dollars in economic value — and the livelihoods of millions of workers — are being staked on a technology that most Americans neither trust nor fully understand. - It's a new chapter in America's digital divide — the AI "haves," "have-nots" and "know-nots" — with profound implications for the future…
Advancements in renewable energy are paving the way for a new climate politics. The environmentalist Bill McKibben articulates some of the possibilities in this new era of energy abundance.
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Fighting between U.S. and Iran appears to have stopped as Iran buried its Supreme Leader, TPS holders close to losing work permits, investigation continues into Mississippi teen's death.
A wildfire in southern Spain has killed at least 11 people, making it one of the country's deadliest on record, as soaring temperatures grip much of the country.
Many schools rely on consumer fees funneled through the federal government to cut internet costs. FCC Chairman Brendan Carr called for ending this program before Donald Trump tapped him for the job.
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