The planned expansion of a massive liquified natural gas facility in southeast Louisiana is a beacon for a U.S. energy policy that doubles down on oil and gas exports under President Donald Trump, two members of his Cabinet told a crowd of cheering workers Thursday. “The prior administration had a full-on attack against U.S. energy,” Interior Secretary Doug Burgum told workers at petrochemical firm Venture Global’s liquified natural gas facility in Port Sulphur. “President Trump is fighting for you every day and he’s fighting because he believes that we have U.S. energy dominance."
The failure of a SpaceX Starship test flight on Thursday scattered debris over parts of the Caribbean, prompting numerous flight diversions around Turks and Caicos and temporary ground stops at four Florida airports. The Federal Aviation Administration issued ground stops for flights departing for Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Orlando and Palm Beach airports for more than an hour before resuming normal operations at around 8 p.m. ET (0100 GMT on Friday). Departures at those airports were delayed by an average of 45 minutes due to the SpaceX incident, the FAA said.
A former Olympic snowboarder who has been accused of running a transnational drug trafficking operation that also allegedly killed four people, is now on the FBI's list of 10 most wanted fugitives.
“The decision of whether to abolish the department is one that only Congress can make," said Sen. Susan Collins, the chamber's top appropriator.
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday establishing a "Strategic Bitcoin Reserve," forcefully endorsing a currency once shunned as a tool for money launderers.Bitcoin prices fell as much as five percent following the announcement, apparently out of disappointment the program involves no immediate bitcoin purchases.
Trump has suspended security clearances at Perkins Coie, which represented Democrat Hillary Clinton, and Covington & Burling, which helped Jack Smith.
President Trump said he would soon make a decision on whether to revoke temporary legal status of Ukrainians who came to the U.S. after the war started.
SpaceX made multiple changes in the wake of a January Starship failure, only to suffer a second straight vehicle breakup Thursday.
A study, published Thursday in the journal Science, found that 22% of butterflies in the United States disappeared between 2000 and 2020.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday establishing a government reserve of bitcoin, a key marker in the cryptocurrency's journey towards possible mainstream acceptance. Under Trump's new order, the U.S. government will retain the estimated 200,000 bitcoin it's already seized in criminal and civil proceedings, according to Trump's “crypto czar” David Sacks.
Intuitive Machines' Athena moon lander is "alive," but it's not yet known what mission objectives can still be met.
Brazilian Vice President Geraldo Alckmin on Thursday held a "positive" video call with U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick that focused in part on U.S. tariff policy, the vice president's office said. Lutnick is one of U.S. President Donald Trump's top trade advisers while Alckmin also serves as the South American country's trade, industry and development minister. Trump announced earlier this year 25% tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum, which are expected to take effect on March 12.
Ricardo Scofidio, an architect in New York City whose firm designed some of the city's most iconic structures such as the High Line elevated park in Manhattan, died on Thursday at age 89, according to US media.Among their most prominent projects is the High Line, a 1.5-mile (2.3-kilometer) park and scenic pedestrian route built along a former railway on the west side of Manhattan.
Millions of residents along Australia’s eastern coast are bracing for the arrival of a very slow-moving storm, the most southerly tropical cyclone to threaten the region in more than 50 years.
California tomatoes for Italian tomatoes. Ohio-made pepperoni for meats produced in Ontario and Quebec. Coca Cola for sparkling water, sweetened with Canadian maple syrup.
Another roller-coaster day for President Donald Trump’s tariff plans. Plus, why speed has proven to be Trump’s ally in his efforts to slash the government.
On one side of the border, US soldiers unfurled barbed wire.On the US side of the fence, meanwhile, soldiers pushed a large roll of barbed wire uphill to use to reinforce the barrier, while others surveyed Mexican territory with binoculars. axm/dr/des
Judge Amir Ali gave the State Department four days to pay past invoices from groups suing over the aid freeze.
A Wisconsin judge on Thursday refused to block a psychiatric hospital from releasing a woman who stabbed her sixth-grade classmate to please a horror character called Slender Man more than a decade ago after prosecutors alleged she has been quietly reading gory novels and communicating with a man who collects memorabilia from murderers.
European leaders agreed to surge defense spending and voiced near-unanimous support for Ukraine at an extraordinary meeting on Thursday, as the continent attempts once again to grasp control of negotiations over the war in Ukraine.
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