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SpaceX Starship upper stage blows up SpaceX Starship upper stage blows up 00:25 A SpaceX Starship exploded at a launch site in Texas Wednesday night, bursting into a massive fireball. Video shows the explosion, which SpaceX said occurred as the Starship was preparing for a flight test.The Starship “experienced a major anomaly while on a test stand at Starbase,” SpaceX’s launch site in Texas, the company said on X.”A safety clear area around the site was maintained throughout the operation and all personnel are safe and accounted for,” SpaceX said. The company said there here are no hazards to residents in surrounding…

When the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline launched in 2022 it included a pilot to offer specialized support to LGBTQ+ kids. The Trump administration is ending that. PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP/AFP/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP/AFP/Getty Images The Trump administration is ending specialized suicide prevention services for LGBTQ+ youth on the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. While anyone in a mental health crisis can call or text 988 and be connected to a trained counselor, the line has specially trained counselors, often with similar life experiences, for high risk groups like veterans and LGBTQ+ youth. The federal government’s…

Lawmakers and the public gathered at the Minnesota State Capitol Wednesday night to honor Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark, who were fatally shot over the weekend in what authorities called a political assassination.As a brass quintet from the Minnesota Orchestra played, Gov. Tim Walz wiped away tears and comforted attendees at the gathering for former House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, who were killed early Saturday in the northern Minneapolis suburbs.Walz has described Hortman as his closest political ally and “the most consequential Speaker in state history.” Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and his wife Gwen Walz…

Every day, The Nation exposes the administration’s unchecked and reckless abuses of power through clear-eyed, uncompromising independent journalism—the kind of journalism that holds the powerful to account and helps build alternatives to the world we live in now.  We have just the right people to confront this moment. Speaking on Democracy Now!, Nation DC Bureau chief Chris Lehmann translated the complex terms of the budget bill into the plain truth, describing it as “the single largest upward redistribution of wealth effectuated by any piece of legislation in our history.” In the pages of the June print issue and on The…

New York Times reporter Ana Swanson reports from the Los Angeles Port, the largest port in the Western Hemisphere as well as the place that first saw the signs of Trump’s tariff war. The Port of Los Angeles is significant because of our trade relationship with China in particular, which is why The Trump administration’s 145% tariffs on the country resulted in lower volume at the port. Ana Swanson explains what the port illustrates about U.S. trade and how what’s felt at the Port of Los Angeles will soon be felt by U.S. consumers. Source link

A SpaceX Starship upper stage exploded in a spectacular conflagration during ramp-up to an expected engine test firing at the company’s Starbase manufacturing facility on the Texas Gulf Coast late Wednesday, destroying the rocket in what appears to be a major setback for the Super Heavy-Starship vehicle Elon Musk says is critical to the company’s future.Video from LabPadre, a company that monitors SpaceX activities at Starbase, showed the Starship suddenly exploding in a huge fireball just after 11 p.m. CDT, 10 to 15 minutes before the anticipated engine test firing, sending flaming debris shooting away into the overnight sky from…

Trump answers question on Iran, Israel Trump says “I may do it, I may not do it” on joining Israeli strikes against Iran 19:31 Washington — The U.S. State Department said Wednesday it had “no announcement about assisting private U.S. citizens to depart at this time,” after the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem said it was working on dispatching evacuation flights and cruise ships for American citizens who wish to leave Israel amid the country’s ongoing conflict with Iran.”Urgent notice! American citizens wanting to leave Israel- US Embassy in Israel … is working on evacuation flights & cruise ship departures,” U.S.…

Jemal Countess/Getty Images for the Peter G. P Jemal Countess/Getty Images for the Peter G. P Note: A version of this episode first ran in 2023. Every year, the U.S. government spends more money than it takes in. In order to fund all that spending, the country takes on debt. Congress has the power to limit how much debt the U.S. takes on. Once we reach that limit, Congress has a few options so that the government keeps paying its bills: Raise the debt limit, suspend it, or eliminate it entirely. Which is daunting, because if lawmakers don’t figure something…

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In its bigotry and deceitfulness, US v. Skrmetti is destined to be seen alongside Plessy, Dobbs, Dred Scott, and all of the court’s other most notorious decisions. Ad Policy Children hold signs and transgender pride flags as supporters of transgender rights rally by the Supreme Court, December 4, 2024, in Washington, DC.(Jacquelyn Martin, File / AP Photo) The Supreme Court, by a vote of 6–3, upheld a Tennessee law banning gender affirming care to minors on Wednesday. The case, called US v. Skrmetti, involves a Tennessee law known as “SB1.” The law essentially seeks to eradicate a class of transgender…