US scientists boost clean power hopes with fusion energy breakthrough  —  Net energy gain indicates technology could provide an abundant zero-carbon alternative to fossil fuels  —  US government scientists have made a breakthrough in the pursuit of limitless, zero-carbon power by achieving …

Libyan Operative Charged in 1988 Lockerbie Bombing Is in F.B.I. Custody  —  Abu Agila Mohammad Mas'ud, a Libyan bomb expert, is accused of building the explosive device used in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103.  —  WASHINGTON — A Libyan intelligence operative charged in the 1988 bombing …

Kevin McCarthy pledges subpoenas for 51 intel agents in wake of Hunter Biden ‘Twitter Files’ revelations  —  Elon Musk shows apparent government-tech collusion in the release of the ‘Twitter Files’  —  Kevin McCarthy: We won the majority and fired Nancy Pelosi

White Nationalists, Other Republicans Brace for ‘Total War’  —  A collection of radical right figures including white nationalists and ultranationalist European leaders gathered in Manhattan for the New York Young Republicans Club's (NYYRC) annual gala Saturday night, where that group's president declared …

UK to downgrade commitment to human rights for close diplomatic ties  —  Foreign secretary to announce ‘pragmatic’ partnerships with countries likely to be more influential over next 30 years  —  The UK will target a group of about two dozen middle-level countries for long-term diplomatic partnerships …

The New Obesity Breakthrough Drugs  —  I'm not using the term breakthrough lightly  —  There are many holy grails in medicine, with failure after failure, like finding a way to prevent Alzheimer's disease or a non-invasive means of accurately measure ambulatory blood pressure.

Why Is Howard Schultz Taking This So Personally?  —  His opposition to a union isn't primarily about the bottom line, friends say.  It clashes with his image of Starbucks as a model employer.  —  Noam Scheiber has covered the union campaign at Starbucks since it began in 2021.

Why liberal Washington can't quit Twitter  —  They may hate Elon Musk, but they're not leaving Twitter yet.  “You will have to pry my fingers from my phone.”  —  WASHINGTON — To tweet or not to tweet?  That is the question many left-leaning and Elon Musk-loathing political influencers are debating — often on Twitter.

Elon Musk Steps Up Attacks on Twitter's Former Safety Head  —  Elon Musk posted tweets including an excerpt of Yoel Roth's doctoral dissertation Saturday that suggested the former Twitter executive is an advocate for child sexualization — a baseless trope that leaves Roth susceptible to online abuse.

There is a path to save the Supreme Court from itself  —  The Supreme Court's right-wing majority has been on a tear lately.  In the last week alone, Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. made inappropriate wisecracks during oral arguments about whether a web designer can object to working with gay couples …

Congressional Republicans divided on attacking Trump investigations  —  The former president's closest allies are working to discredit a potential prosecution by raising claims of politicization at the FBI and Justice Department  —  Republicans in Congress are splintering over how aggressively …

Wanted by McCarthy critics: 1 qualified alternative speaker  —  There's trouble brewing in the House GOP's anti-Kevin McCarthy ranks.  —  The group of conservatives wreaking havoc in the House GOP conference with their challenge to McCarthy's bid for speaker is facing internal indecision …