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Will Trump's energy policies set back climate progress?
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Will Trump's energy policies set back climate progress?

Will the Trump administration’s cancellation of solar and wind projects hurt climate progress? Ian Bremmer breaks down what's at stake in the renewable energy transition.

Graphic Truth: Billion-dollar disasters have become more common
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Graphic Truth: Billion-dollar disasters have become more common

​Illegal immigrants from El Salvador arrive at the Comalapa international airport after being deported from the U.S. in Comalapa, on the outskirts of San Salvador.
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Trump-appointed judge strikes down use of wartime powers to fast-track deportations

A Trump-appointed federal judge in Texas just dropped a legal bomb on the president’s immigration playbook. US District Judge Fernando Rodriguez Jr. on Thursday ruled that Donald Trump overstepped his authority by invoking the centuries-old Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelan migrants without due process.

​International Space Station (ISS) crew member Terry Virts shortly after landing near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on June 11, 2015.
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EXCLUSIVE: Democratic astronaut explores Texas Senate launch

In the latest sign that Democrats are turning a new leaf after their dismal 2024 defeat, astronaut and political neophyte Terry Virts is planning to launch a run for the US Senate in Texas, GZERO Media has learned following recent conversations with those familiar with the race. He plans to challenge incumbent Sen. John Cornyn, a Republican.

​FILE PHOTO: General view shows the United States Supreme Court, in Washington, U.S., February 8, 2024.
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Can the government dictate what’s on Facebook?

The Supreme Court heard arguments on Monday from groups representing major social media platforms which argue that new laws in Florida and Texas that restrict their ability to deplatform users are unconstitutional.

​Texas Governor Gregg Abbott shakes hands with a U.S. Soldier after a news conference near the International Bridge between Mexico and the U.S., where migrants seeking asylum in the U.S. are waiting to be processed, in Del Rio, Texas, U.S., September 21, 2021.
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Texas doubles down on border challenge to Federal government

A major constitutional crisis is brewing down south as Texas Governor Gregg Abbott bucks the Supreme Court, forcing a direct confrontation between the state and federal government over who controls the US-Mexico border.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott
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Biden challenges Texas immigration law

The Biden administration has said that it will sue Texas if it does not renounce its strict immigration law, SB4, by today.

​Russian reservists recruited during a partial mobilisation of troops attend a ceremony before departing to the Russia-Ukraine conflict zone, in the Rostov region, Russia October 31, 2022.
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What We're Watching: Russian draft goes online, abortion pill ruling, US inflation slows, Taiwan gets new presidential candidate, Biden bets big on EVs

Russia’s digital draft; US inflation cools — smartphones FTW; Will this man become Taiwan's next president?; Biden’s ambitious new EV proposal

We are counting down to the US midterm elections on Nov. 8 by separating the signal from the noise on election-related news.
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Latino dreams, NY States of Mind

GOP looks to Latinos for upsets in Texas, NY governor’s race tightens

Indigenous protests in Quito, Russia bleeds troops, Texas school to be razed, Great Barrier Reef lawsuit
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Hard Numbers: Indigenous protests in Quito, Russia bleeds troops, Texas school to be razed, Great Barrier Reef lawsuit

Hard Numbers: Indigenous protests in Quito, Russia bleeds troops, Texas school to be razed, Great Barrier Reef lawsuit