Preps: G-Girls spike Tornado 3-1 in SWD battle

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Military leaders warn of risks to armed forces' readiness in temporary funding bill
Military service leaders told senators Wednesday that passing a temporary budget that keeps defense spending largely flat will hurt readiness and efforts to modernize the armed forces. The vice chiefs of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force said that if they don't get additional funding, they at least need the flexibility to shift money to ensure priorities are covered. A bill passed Tuesday by the House would increase defense spending by about $6 billion and trim $13 billion in non-defense spending, which are rather flat changes for both categories when compared with an overall topline of nearly $1.7 trillion in discretionary spending.
Yahoo Finance
Tesla US registrations dip 11% in January, the latest sign of demand weakness and consumer backlash
The latest data out of the US shows Tesla sales slipping here too.
AFP
Trump administration unveils sweeping environment rollbacks
President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday announced a wave of environmental rollbacks targeting Biden-era green policies, including carbon limits on power plants, tailpipe emissions standards and protections for waterways.The Biden administration estimated the rule would prevent 1.4 billion metric tons of carbon entering the atmosphere through the year 2047, equivalent to nearly one year of total greenhouse gas emissions from the power sector in 2022.
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USDA ends program that helped schools serve food from local farmers
The U.S. Agriculture Department is ending two pandemic-era programs that provided more than $1 billion for schools and food banks to purchase food from local farmers and producers. About $660 million of that went to schools and childcare centers to buy food for meals through the Local Foods for Schools program. A separate program provided money to food banks.
Reuters
Finland will be part of the 'coalition of the willing' for Ukraine, says foreign minister
Finland will definitely be part of any "coalition of the willing" that could help support Ukraine's security, Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen told Britain's Times Radio on Wednesday. Earlier this month, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Britain, France and some other nations would form a coalition to draw up plans to offer Ukraine support in the event of a peace deal to end Russia's war.
AFP
'Very broad consensus' emerging among Europeans on Ukraine: France
A "very broad consensus" is emerging among European nations on boosting Ukraine's long-term security through the Ukrainian armed forces, French Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu said Wednesday after a meeting of Europe's five key defence powers in Paris."There is obviously a very broad consensus emerging... that the first of the security guarantees for Ukraine is obviously the Ukrainian army itself," Lecornu told reporters, ruling out any postwar "demilitarisation" of Ukraine.
Reuters
Ukraine to keep fighting in Kursk as long as needed, top army commander says
"Despite the increased pressure of the Russian and North Korean army, we will hold the defence in Kursk region as long as it is appropriate and necessary," Oleksandr Syrskyi said on Facebook. Active fighting continued in the outskirts of the town of Sudzha and around it, according to Syrskyi.
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Republican Maine lawmaker sues House speaker over censure for post on transgender athlete
A Republican lawmaker in Maine has sued the state's Democratic House speaker over her censure that followed a social media post about a transgender athlete participating in high school sports. Rep. Laurel Libby's posted about a high school athlete who won a girls' track competition. The post went viral and touched off a spat between President Donald Trump and Democratic Gov. Janet Mills.
USA TODAY
'Extremely hazardous': Alaska volcano could erupt within weeks or months
Evidence of elevated volcanic activity indicate eruption of Alaska's Mount Spurr volcano could happen within weeks or months, federal officials say.
Reuters
AI to fuel bumper year for M&A in US power sector
Dealmakers expect 2025 to be a bumper year for mergers and acquisitions in the U.S. power industry, with a voracious appetite for assets as the sector gears up to meet massive demand growth from data centers for artificial intelligence. Record power demand and dizzying projections for electricity consumption for AI have made power generation and infrastructure assets, and companies which own them, attractive to energy companies, private equity and other institutional investors. In January and February, there were 27 U.S. power deals worth a combined $36.4 billion, headlined by Constellation Energy's $16.4 billion acquisition of Calpine.
Yahoo Finance
Trump close to naming Bowman as Fed's top bank cop, signaling shift in regulatory stance: reports
Michelle Bowman would likely take oversight of the nation’s largest banks in a new direction as the Trump administration makes it clear it wants to lift constraints on lenders and revisit a regulatory framework put in place after the 2008 financial crisis.
NBC News
Watch live as four astronauts launch to the space station
Four astronauts will soon launch to the space station — a flight that will kick off a series of events culminating in the long-awaited return of NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore.
Yahoo Finance
Stock market today: Tech rally leads Nasdaq, S&P 500 higher as Tesla, Nvidia surge after cool CPI print
Investors are digesting better-than-expected inflation data and bracing for the next move in Trump's escalating trade war.
Associated Press
Gangs unleash new attack on Haiti's capital as police vow to hold them back
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A powerful gang coalition has launched new attacks on Haiti’s capital, driving dozens of families from homes as police vowed Wednesday to hold the gunmen back. Authorities evacuated students at a Catholic school in western Port-au-Prince as heavy gunfire continued in the area near the renowned Oloffson Hotel, which once attracted international celebrities in the 1970s and '80s. “They’re trying to take more areas, but police are there, making sure that doesn’t happen,” Lionel Lazarre, deputy spokesman for Haiti’s National Police, told a press conference.
Politico
Florida Republicans turn on DeSantis administration in DOGE-like quest to cut spending
“We are the guardians of the taxpayer,” state House Speaker Daniel Perez said during the opening day of the legislative session.
USA TODAY
How Trump and Musk have sought greater control over federal employees
President Trump has made large scale changes to the federal workforce even before receiving mass layoff plans from federal agencies due Thursday.
Time
Trump Says Many Fired Federal Workers Were Barely Working
“We want to cut the people who aren’t working,” Trump said.
USA TODAY
Should NASA move to Ohio? Members of Congress pitch new location for headquarters
Members of Ohio's congressional delegation said the Glenn Research Center in Cleveland would make a good headquarters for NASA.
The Conversation
America’s clean air rules have boosted health and the economy − here’s what EPA’s deregulation spree ignores
Clean air has become one of America’s best investments, returning $10 for every $1 spent on regulations, by one estimate.
CNN
Powerhouse storm moves into US, prompting evacuations in California ahead of its trek east
Incoming heavy rain from an atmospheric river-fueled storm that slammed into the West Coast early Wednesday is threatening mudslides and debris flows in Southern California and has already prompted evacuations in the Los Angeles area.

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