Friday, November 13, 2026
A data center facility in the Utah desert. Photo: Swilsonmc / CC BY-SA 3.0

Federal appeals board halts first data center approved on public land

The Bureau of Land Management now has until September 21 to explain why it treated a 167-megawatt data center as the same project as the solar plant it originally approved.

Texas report projects data center growth would push air pollution back toward 2000s levels

The governor's September permit freeze runs until the state grid operator finishes an audit, as groups sue over generators at two San Antonio sites
Concrete headquarters building of the Department of Health and Human Services with a sign in the foreground

Top U.S. Health Official Backed a Medication Policy Shift That Benefited a Company She...

Alicia Jackson endorsed a key FDA policy change on hormone replacement therapies while holding at least $115,000 in stock in a company providing access to menopause treatments. Ethics experts called her endorsement an “obvious conflict of interest.
A community health center in Lytle, Texas. Photo: USDA

Refugees and asylum seekers lose Medicaid eligibility as 2025 law provision takes effect

The Congressional Budget Office estimates the immigrant eligibility limits will leave 100,000 more people uninsured by 2034.
A Gulfstream G650 private jet. Photo: Aeroprints.com / CC BY-SA 3.0

Private jets use 7 percent of airspace but pay under 0.6 percent of aviation...

The Institute for Policy Studies also counts more than $1.13 billion in airport grants that may mainly benefit private jets, as a provision in the ALERT Act draws opposition over state tax enforcement.
The Zone of Interest at the Cannes Film Festival. Photo: Canal22 / CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

30 Months After Uproar Over Jonathan Glazer’s Oscar Speech, What Do His Pro-Israel Denouncers...

Ten signers of a 2024 open letter condemning the director’s Academy Awards speech told the author whether their views have changed since.

Doctors say Israeli troops deliberately targeted Gaza children

International physicians describe treating more than 100 Palestinian children shot in the head or chest in what they call evidence of war crimes.
Shoppers' prices at a grocery store. File photo. Photo: vofuth / CC BY 2.0

Paychecks aren’t going as far. More Americans say they trust Democrats to help.

A 19th and YouGov poll finds more Americans say their paychecks are not going as far, and more say they trust Democrats to help.

Political collapse: Lessons from fallen empires

Our investigation of the disastrous society-wide collapses of four pre-modern polities, China’s Ming Dynasty, the South Asian Mughal Empire, the High Roman Empire, and Renaissance Venice led to the discovery of an unexpected historical pattern.
FEMA community relations workers at a disaster recovery center. Photo: George Armstrong, public domain via Wikimedia Commons

Federal judge rules Trump plan to halve FEMA workforce unlawful

The ruling covers the reservists who deploy after hurricanes and floods, with a decision on remedies due next month as hurricane season continues.