Pennsylvania Rep. Rob Bresnahan is promoting a bill to give data center-wary municipalities greater control over whether the facilities can be built, a message featured in a new television ad the Republican congressman is running in the Scranton and Wilkes-Barre area. But in the past, Bresnahan has taken an overtly friendly stance toward data centers,…
Washington — The key contests that will determine who wins control of the Senate are now set for the fall midterm elections, as the 2026 primary season wraps up. Republicans are fighting to hold onto their majority, where the GOP currently controls 53 seats. The map this cycle initially appeared to be working in their…
Two senior aides to Nigel Farage, the firebrand leader of the U.K.’s populist Reform party, have stepped down after the party was accused of breaking British electoral law concerning foreign funding in the wake of an investigative news report where a journalist posed as a wealthy American’s son who wanted to donate to the party….
President Trump has ordered a reduction in childhood vaccines — publicly faulting the shots for an increase in autism cases — even as the nation’s top health official, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has failed to produce evidence linking vaccinations to the disorder. While the executive order released Aug. 10 does not directly mention autism, Mr….
Six states are holding primaries on Tuesday, with the unpredictable Democratic primaries in Wisconsin and Minnesota coming to a close as South Carolina Republicans choose a successor for the late Sen. Lindsey Graham’s seat. In Wisconsin, the democratic socialist Francesca Hong and the more moderate David Crowley are duking it out for the Democratic nomination…
The construction of a multimillion-dollar electricity connection project between Ireland and the U.K. was slightly diverted after “Harry Potter” fans complained the infrastructure would disturb a memorial for Dobby, the fictional elf in the popular book series. The CEO of Etchea Energy, Simon Ludlam, told the “Energy Revolution” podcast his company had initially planned to…
Former Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin is launching a new conservative policy group, marking the first major move since Youngkin, a potential 2028 Republican presidential contender, left office in January. The group, called Empowering America’s Parents, will focus on expanding awareness about the Education Freedom Tax Credit, a federal scholarship tax credit that has been adopted…
“Today” co-host Savannah Guthrie asked again for answers in the disappearance of her mother Nancy in a message shared Saturday morning, one day after Arizona officials released the ransom notes the Guthrie family received in the days after the 84-year-old’s disappearance. Nancy Guthrie went missing from her Tucson, Arizona home six months ago. Guthrie wrote…
