YOUTUBE (CNN) - Could an El Niño winter refill America’s largest reservoirs?
Chief climate correspondent Bill Weir calculates how much precipitation a “Super” El Niño would need to drop to rescue Lake Mead and Lake Powell.
JUSTTHENEWS (Misty Severi) - Federal judge sides with Texas instead of Minnesota in extradition of ICE agent
Minnesota has argued that Abbott's role in the case is ministerial and urged the judge to force the governor to return ICE agent Christian Castro, who is currently in Texas custody but is wanted on state charges in Minnesota.
JUSTTHENEWS (Ben Whedon) - Trump honors the fallen on 5th anniversary of Abbey Gate bombing
The incident saw 13 Americans killed by a lone ISIS-K terrorist.
YOUTUBE (Fox Business) - TARIFF SHOCK: Trump administration reportedly weighs new China levy before Xi visit
'The Big Money Show' panel breaks down the market impact and economic strategy behind U.S.-China trade tension as the Trump administration reportedly weighs a new 7.5% tariff on goods. 00:00 - Trump Administration considers new 7.5% China tariffs 01:00 - Punishing China for flooding markets and supporting Iran 02:15 - US Strength vs. China’s economic slowdown 03:24 - Using oil leverage to choke the Iranian regime 04:30 - Trump’s high-stakes negotiating strategy before the Xi summit 05:36 - The "Negative Nancy" view: China's hold on US debt
AMERICANALMANAC (Melissa Gentry) - U.S. Navy clears all mines from Strait of Hormuz as Trump declares 'Zero Tolerance' on Iran
The U.S. Navy has finished sweeping every mine from the international waters of the Strait of Hormuz, and President Trump is warning Iran that any attempt to re-mine the waterway will be met with immediate destruction. Trump announced the completion of the months-long operation on Truth Social, confirming that Navy underwater drones had identified more […] The post U.S. Navy clears all mines from Strait of Hormuz as Trump declares 'Zero Tolerance' on Iran appeared first on American Almanac .
The U.S. Navy has finished sweeping every mine from the international waters of the Strait of Hormuz, and President Trump is warning Iran that any attempt to re-mine the waterway will be met with immediate destruction. Trump announced the completion of the months-long operation on Truth Social, confirming that Navy underwater drones had identified more than 100 suspected mines in the strait's Traffic Separation Scheme, the principal shipping corridor running between Iran and Oman. Private contractors then removed or detonated each one. A U.S. official told Breitbart News the breakthrough amounted to a "watershed moment." The strait carries roughly one-fifth of the world's oil and liquefied natural gas when fully open. Iran's decision to…Open
AMERICANALMANAC (Alan Benson) - Abdul El-Sayed donors also bankrolled Dan Bilzerian's antisemitic congressional campaign, FEC records show
More than a dozen donors to Dan Bilzerian's failed, openly antisemitic congressional bid in Florida also gave thousands to Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, a funding overlap that raises hard questions about both campaigns. Federal Election Commission records cross-referenced by the Washington Free Beacon show the shared donors spread money between El-Sayed, a progressive epidemiologist […] The post Abdul El-Sayed donors also bankrolled Dan Bilzerian's antisemitic congressional campaign, FEC records show appeared first on American Almanac .
More than a dozen donors to Dan Bilzerian's failed, openly antisemitic congressional bid in Florida also gave thousands to Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, a funding overlap that raises hard questions about both campaigns. Federal Election Commission records cross-referenced by the Washington Free Beacon show the shared donors spread money between El-Sayed, a progressive epidemiologist running for Michigan's open Senate seat, and Bilzerian, the social media personality whose Republican primary campaign in Florida's Sixth Congressional District featured campaign ads referencing Hitler and deploying antisemitic slurs. Bilzerian lost that primary to Rep. Randy Fine, a Jewish supporter of Israel, by roughly 40 points, despite…Open
AMERICANALMANAC (Alan Benson) - Bill Gates says AI could enable bioterrorism and erase millions of jobs — while tech executives hide the risks
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates published a sweeping 6,000-word warning that artificial intelligence is advancing at an "uncontrolled" rate, accusing fellow tech executives of suppressing their own fears to protect fundraising. Gates, 70, laid out the case in an essay titled The Turbulent AI Era Is Here. The Choices We Make Are Critical, released Wednesday. He […] The post Bill Gates says AI could enable bioterrorism and erase millions of jobs — while tech executives hide the risks appeared first on American Almanac .
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates published a sweeping 6,000-word warning that artificial intelligence is advancing at an "uncontrolled" rate, accusing fellow tech executives of suppressing their own fears to protect fundraising. Gates, 70, laid out the case in an essay titled The Turbulent AI Era Is Here. The Choices We Make Are Critical, released Wednesday. He paired it with comments to The New York Times in which he described private conversations among industry leaders who understand how powerful AI has become, and how deliberately they avoid saying so in public. The picture Gates paints is blunt: AI will make it easier to design deadly diseases, strip entire professions of work within a decade, hand authoritarian governments…Open
AMERICANALMANAC (Alex Tanzer) - New York Times gives anti-Muslim bias nearly as much ink as antisemitism — despite a seven-to-one gap in hate crimes
The New York Times has flooded its pages with "Islamophobia" coverage in recent weeks, even as FBI data show anti-Jewish hate crimes outnumber anti-Muslim offenses by roughly seven to one, a disparity the paper seems uninterested in explaining. Between August 10 and August 20, the Times published at least four articles built around the "Islamophobia" […] The post New York Times gives anti-Muslim bias nearly as much ink as antisemitism — despite a seven-to-one gap in hate crimes appeared first on American Almanac .
The New York Times has flooded its pages with "Islamophobia" coverage in recent weeks, even as FBI data show anti-Jewish hate crimes outnumber anti-Muslim offenses by roughly seven to one, a disparity the paper seems uninterested in explaining. Between August 10 and August 20, the Times published at least four articles built around the "Islamophobia" label, including a front-page feature with four reporter bylines and a lengthy dispatch from Dearborn, Michigan, that buried a deadly antisemitic attack deep in its twenty-fifth paragraph. The burst of coverage followed election victories by two prominent Muslim Democratic politicians and a remark by President Trump calling certain Democratic candidates "jihadists." At every turn, the paper's…Open
AMERICANALMANAC (Alan Benson) - Harry and Meghan fly private to UK with their children — and foot their own security bill
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle touched down in Birmingham on a chartered jet with their two children for what sources describe as an extended stay in Britain, arriving without the publicly funded police protection Harry fought for in court. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex landed at Birmingham International Airport around noon Wednesday after a […] The post Harry and Meghan fly private to UK with their children — and foot their own security bill appeared first on American Almanac .
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle touched down in Birmingham on a chartered jet with their two children for what sources describe as an extended stay in Britain, arriving without the publicly funded police protection Harry fought for in court. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex landed at Birmingham International Airport around noon Wednesday after a flight of at least ten hours from Van Nuys Airport in Los Angeles, flight tracking data confirmed . Their children, Prince Archie, 7, and Princess Lilibet, 5, were on board, along with the family's two dogs, Mia and Pula. It marks only the third time Lilibet is known to have set foot in the country where her father grew up. The family chartered a Bombardier Global Express XRS from Planet Nine…Open
AMERICANALMANAC (Alex Tanzer) - Trump dismisses speculation over CIA Director Ratcliffe's surprise Moscow visit
President Trump knocked down theories about CIA Director John Ratcliffe's four-hour trip to Moscow, calling it "semi-routine", but his comments pointed squarely at stalled Russia-Ukraine peace talks. Ratcliffe flew to the Russian capital on a U.S. military C-17A Globemaster III that departed Joint Base Andrews and stopped in Riga, Latvia, before continuing to Moscow's Vnukovo […] The post Trump dismisses speculation over CIA Director Ratcliffe's surprise Moscow visit appeared first on American Almanac .
President Trump knocked down theories about CIA Director John Ratcliffe's four-hour trip to Moscow, calling it "semi-routine", but his comments pointed squarely at stalled Russia-Ukraine peace talks. Ratcliffe flew to the Russian capital on a U.S. military C-17A Globemaster III that departed Joint Base Andrews and stopped in Riga, Latvia, before continuing to Moscow's Vnukovo airport, Fox News reported . The massive transport plane, the largest aircraft in the U.S. fleet, was spotted by air traffic monitors and filmed by locals on the ground, blowing whatever secrecy the trip was meant to carry. It was the first known visit to Russia by a sitting CIA director since William Burns traveled there in November 2021 to warn Moscow against…Open