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☆ John Eastman wants to keep practicing law, representing Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene – and paying his own bills
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-05 | by ( Katelyn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Eastman is asking a judge in California to reactivate his license following a disciplinary decision last month that rendered him unable to practice law for now. That decision prompted his law license to be made inactive over the weekend, meaning he can’t have legal clients while he appeals the decision. Until his law license was made inactive, Eastman represented about a half-dozen clients on constitutional issues, including relating to elections. Those prominent clients are now going to bat for him in his request to continue his legal work. Greene’s campaign committee and the joint fundraising committee “Put America First” have paid Eastman’s law partnership about $25,000 for legal services since 2021, according to campaign finance records.

Persons: John Eastman, Matt Gaetz, Marjorie Taylor Greene, –, Eastman, ”, Donald Trump, Mike Pence, Joe Biden, Yvette Roland, Disbarment, United States …, Trump, Gaetz, Greene, “, ” Gaetz, they’d Organizations: Washington CNN —, Trump, Eastman, California Supreme, United, Republican Party of Colorado, Colorado Republican Party, State Bar of Locations: California, Georgia, Trump, United States, Fulton County, Fulton County , Georgia, Gaetz, Anaheim, Riverside , California, State Bar of California, Greene’s, Gadsden

☆ Boebert continues stoking controversy amid intense battle to keep her job
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-05 | by ( Melanie Zanona | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

“It hasn’t encumbered her job performance,” GOP Rep. Byron Donalds of Florida told CNN. I’m not afraid of a challenge though,” Boebert told CNN before the House left for a two-week break. And unfortunately, I’ve had a front row seat,” Boebert told CNN. “I did it because we don’t have to have two separate elections and cost the taxpayers two separate elections,” he told CNN. And she’s probably made more jokes about her own stupidity in that movie theater than I’ve heard elsewhere,” one GOP lawmaker told CNN.

Persons: Lauren Boebert, Donald Trump, Boebert, Trump, MAGA, carpetbagging –, Byron Donalds, we’re, I’m, ” Boebert, ”, Ken Buck, –, Buck, Greg Lopez, “ Greg, they’re, “ You’ve, Buck Still, Mike Johnson, Boebert’s, There’s, I’ve, “, ” Buck, Marjorie Taylor Greene –, She’s, Lauren Organizations: CNN, Colorado Republican, New York Young Republican, Trump, GOP, Pueblo Jobs, Democrat, Republican, Colorado Republicans, Boebert, Democratic, “, Caucus, Freedom Caucus Locations: Denver, Manhattan, Colorado, Florida, Colorado’s, Boebert

☆ The upcoming solar eclipse will cause shallow, cumulus clouds to disappear. Researchers explain why
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-30 | by ( Ayurella Horn-Muller | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

That’s at least what scientists expect to take place in swaths of Mexico, Canada and the United States during April 8’s total solar eclipse. They discovered that cumulus clouds dissipate during eclipses because of the relationship between solar radiation and the formation processes of the clouds. Shallow cumulus clouds, in particular, serve a critical function. But what exactly shallow cumulus clouds’ role is when it comes to the rapidly warming climate remains a long-standing subject of uncertainty in the scientific community. De Roode hopes those across North America gearing up for the next solar eclipse remember to keep an eye out for any vanishing low-lying cumulus clouds.

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☆ Polar ice is melting and changing Earth’s rotation. It’s messing with time itself
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-27 | by ( Laura Paddison | Rachel Ramirez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Exactly when that will happen is being influenced by humans, according to a new study, as melting polar ice alters the Earth’s rotation and changes time itself. The hours and minutes that dictate our days are determined by Earth’s rotation. But after a long trend of slowing, the Earth’s rotation is now speeding up. Melting polar ice is slowing the impact on Earth’s rotation and has delayed the date by three years, pushing it from 2026 to 2029, the report found. Changes in Earth’s rotation over the long term have been dominated by the friction of the tides on the ocean floor — which has slowed down its rotation.

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☆ Mike Gallagher to leave Congress in April, giving GOP an even narrower majority
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-22 | by ( Melanie Zanona | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

GOP Rep. Mike Gallagher of Wisconsin will resign from Congress early, handing another blow to Speaker Mike Johnson and his razor thin Republican majority. Once Buck and Gallagher leave, Johnson will be down to a 217-to-213 majority, meaning Republicans will only be able to lose one vote with full attendance and still be able to pass legislation. Gallagher is chairman of the high-profile Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, and Gallagher noted the hunt for a new chair once he departs in his announcement. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise downplayed the tightening majority. “It is tough with a five-seat majority, it is tough with a two-seat, one will be the same,” Scalise told CNN.

Persons: Mike Gallagher, Mike Johnson, Gallagher, –, Ken Buck, Buck, Johnson, “ I’ve, ” Gallagher, Steve Scalise, ” Scalise, “, ”, Majorie Taylor Greene Organizations: Republican, NBC News, Chinese Communist Party, CNN, House GOP, House Republicans, GOP Locations: Wisconsin, Colorado, Georgia

☆ It happened again: These 20 House members, mostly Republican, voted against millions in funding for their own districts
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-22 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

"Ultimately, I don't control what the final language of the total funding bill will be," said Higgins. Higgins voted against the bill, despite securing $2.3 million in federal funding for an emergency operations center at the port in Morgan City, Louisiana. He was one of 20 House members — 15 Republicans and 5 Democrats — who voted against Friday's government funding bill despite securing so-called "earmarks," known officially as congressionally directed spending. Related storiesThe other 30% was contained in a separate funding bill passed roughly two weeks ago, but that bill contained far more earmarks, especially for House members. Nonetheless, 42 House members who secured earmarks voted against it anyway, 40 of whom were Republicans.

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Ten nonprofits serving young people in Detroit will get an unusual, lasting gift as part of a campaign started by Lisa Ford and her husband, Bill Ford, the executive chairman of Ford Motor Co. Endowments are funds a nonprofit can invest and the annual financial returns from those investments can go into the nonprofit’s budget. Detroit-area nonprofits may apply in June, when Michigan Central Station will reopen, and ten selected organizations will each receive $500,000 to launch an endowment. The Children's Foundation will manage the nonprofits’ endowments and offer them guidance and technical support over two years. Lisa Ford said the idea for creating endowments for youth nonprofits evolved out of their commitment to supporting a robust and vibrant future for the city and the automotive industry.

Persons: Lisa Ford, Bill Ford, ’ ”, Andrew Stein, ”, ” Ford, Todd Ely, Ely, ” Ely, Meadow Didier, Stein Organizations: Ford Motor Co, Children’s Foundation, Michigan Central, Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Harvard, Foundation, Children’s, Endowments, Internal Revenue Service, University of Colorado, Nonprofit Finance Fund, Children's, Ford, Associated, Lilly Endowment Inc, AP Locations: Detroit, Michigan, University of Colorado Denver

☆ What a Trump 2.0 Economy Would Look Like
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-15 | by ( Tim Smart | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +10 min

Overall, the Biden economic plan draws less than favorable reviews from voters. So, too, are promises of more tax cuts and a sharp curtailment of immigration. Trump was upset in 2019 that Powell was not doing enough to lower interest rates and stimulate the economy. The Trump tax cuts are set to expire in 2025, giving a second Trump administration the opportunity to fight that battle again. “A Trump 2.0 presidency would inherit very large fiscal deficits from the Biden Administration, rising interest expenses and an economy probably more prone to bouts of inflation,” the report said.

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☆ Britain shows off a laser weapon that could take out drones for as little as $13
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-14 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The UK has showcased its new laser weapon, DragonFire. Lasers could prove an effective new form of air defense against military drones. AdvertisementThe UK's Ministry of Defence has released new footage of its laser weapon DragonFire being tested. The UK's new laser weapon, DragonFire, in a video released in March 2024. A DragonFire laser takes out a drone in an animation sequence released by the UK MOD on March 11, 2024.

Persons: —, Iain Boyd Organizations: Ministry of Defence, Service, Defence, MoD, MOD, Royal Navy, Center for National Security, University of Colorado Locations: Scotland, China, Israel, Ukraine

☆ Air defense for $13 a shot? How lasers could revolutionize the way militaries counter enemy missiles and drones
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-13 | by ( Brad Lendon | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

And it is claimed it also take out its targets for a tiny fraction of what current air defense missiles cost. In contrast, the Standard Missile-2 used by the United States Navy for air defense costs more than $2 million per shot. The DragonFire laser weapon is tested in January on a British firing range. UK Defense Ministry“It has the potential to be a long-term low-cost alternative to certain tasks missiles currently carry out,” a January statement from the UK Defense Ministry said. Meanwhile expensive air defense systems from Western allies have been crucial to Ukraine’s ability to defend itself from attacks by Russian missiles and drones.

Persons: “, ”, Houthi, Leon Neal, ” James Black, DragonFire, Black, Grant Shapp, Iain Boyd, Boyd, Fred Pyle, ” Shimon Fhima Organizations: CNN, United Kingdom’s Defense Ministry, Defense Ministry, UK Defense Ministry, The Defense Ministry, United States Navy, ExCel, Getty, RAND, ”, Center for National Security, University of Colorado, Navy, Warfare, Breaking Defense, US Navy, Office, DOD Locations: Britain, Scotland, Ukraine, Gulf of Aden, Russian, London, England, RAND Europe, Ponce, Persian, USS Portland

☆ Ken Buck Cuts Short House Term, Leaving Republicans Down Yet Another Member
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-12 | by ( Robert Jimison | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Representative Ken Buck, Republican of Colorado, announced on Tuesday that he would leave Congress at the end of next week, cutting short his final term in office in a move that will further shrink his party’s already tiny majority. The decision, which caught House Republican leaders by surprise, is the latest in a long string of losses for Speaker Mike Johnson and his party, who will control just 218 out of the chamber’s 435 seats after Mr. Buck departs. In a brief statement, Mr. Buck, a veteran conservative, thanked his constituents and said he hoped to remain involved in the political process while also getting to spend “more time in Colorado with my family.”Last year Mr. Buck said he would retire at the end of this term, citing his party’s election denialism and the refusal by many Republicans to condemn the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol. His plans were seen as unlikely to affect the ultimate balance of power in the House, given that Republicans would be all but certain to hold his solidly conservative district in eastern Colorado.

Persons: Ken Buck, Mike Johnson, Buck, ”, denialism Organizations: Republican, Capitol Locations: Colorado

☆ Former Trump official files class-action lawsuit seeking $50 million for lawmakers who say they haven't been paid enough
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-12 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewYou may have heard that some lawmakers think the $174,000 annual salary for rank-and-file House and Senate members is too low. Since 2009, rank-and-file lawmakers' salaries have remained flat at $174,000 because government funding bills have included a provision explicitly blocking a modest pay increase that would otherwise happen. Rep. Rick Crawford of Arkansas is among the current and former lawmakers suing the United States over their salaries. "People who don't like it should take it up with James Madison," Cuccinelli added, referring to the fourth US president and the original proponent of the 27th Amendment. That suit also alleged a violation of the 27th Amendment, though a judge later dismissed the case.

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☆ Kyrsten Sinema is still sitting on over $11 million in campaign cash — and she could easily use it to fuel her post-Senate life
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-11 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

At the end of January, the Arizona senator reported holding nearly $10.6 million cash on hand in her campaign account and another $466,000 in her leadership PAC. AdvertisementNow, it's far from clear what will happen to those "resources" — Sinema's campaign did not respond to Business Insider's request for comment last week on the matter. There are a few different ways this could play out if Sinema decides to keep a "zombie PAC" running. Elizabeth Warren and Michael Bennet once introduced a bill to crack down on "zombie PACs." Advertisement"A lot of people use that to stay in the game because a leadership PAC is kind of a slush fund.

Persons: —, What's Sen, Kyrsten Sinema, Ruben Gallego, Kari Lake, Sinema, Arizonans, Saurav Ghosh, Ghosh, That's, Republican Sen, Rob Portman, Portman, Matt Dolan, Anna Moneymaker, he's, Kelly Ayotte, who's, Aaron Scherb, it's, She'd, she'd, Democratic Sens, Michael Bennet of Colorado, Elizabeth Warren of, Elizabeth Warren, Michael Bennet, Bill Clark, Bennet, she's, airfare, Jordan Libowitz Organizations: Service, Senate, Democrat, Democratic Rep, Business, Bloomberg, Republican, American Enterprise Institute, US, Republicans, Democratic, Daily Beast, Citizen, Washington, Commission, PAC Locations: Arizona, Ohio, New Hampshire, Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Washington, Europe

☆ Audio Clip Emerges of Biden Saying He Told Netanyahu a ‘Come-to-Jesus Meeting’ on Gaza Aid Was Near
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-08 | by ( Erica L. Green | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

President Biden said on Thursday that he and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel were headed toward a “come-to-Jesus meeting” over the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, according to an audio clip of the president’s remarks posted on social media on Friday. In recent days, Mr. Biden had expressed hope that at least a six-week cease-fire deal would be in place by Ramadan, the Muslim holy month that starts in a few days. But Israel and Hamas have reached an impasse in negotiations to recover vulnerable hostages taken during the Oct. 7 attack in Israel in exchange for a permanent cease-fire and the withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza. On Friday, when asked by reporters if a deal could still be reached by Ramadan, Mr. Biden said, “It’s looking tough.”The president’s earlier “come-to-Jesus” comments were captured on a hot microphone during what Mr. Biden thought was a private exchange with Senator Michael Bennet, Democrat of Colorado, after the State of the Union address. According to a recording of the conversation, Mr. Bennet encouraged the president to “keep pushing” on the issue of humanitarian assistance to Gaza as Israel fights its war against Hamas, a war for which the United States has provided funding and weaponry.

Persons: Biden, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, ”, Netanyuhu, Ramadan, “, Jesus ”, Mr, Michael Bennet, Bennet Organizations: Hamas Locations: Gaza, Israel, Colorado, United States

☆ Supreme Court keeps Trump on Colorado ballot, rejecting 14th Amendment push
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-04 | by ( John Fritze | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

“The Supreme Court had the opportunity in this case to exonerate Trump, and they chose not to do so. Using the 14th Amendment to derail Trump’s candidacy has always been seen as a legal longshot, but gained significant momentum with a win in Colorado’s top court in December, on its way to the US Supreme Court. But in Colorado, a series of decisions by state courts led to a case that Trump ultimately appealed to the US Supreme Court in January. The Colorado Supreme Court, on a sharply divided 4-3 vote, affirmed the findings about Trump’s role in the US Capitol attack but said that the ban did, in fact, apply to presidents. Trump is appealing, and a state court paused those proceedings while the Supreme Court dealt with the Colorado case.

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☆ How a ‘Body Farm’ Might Help Tackle Fentanyl Abuse
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-03 | by ( Natalie Kitroeff | Meridith Kohut | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The two women lifted a stiff corpse from the ground, revealing a squirming bug in the dirt. “That one is a live larva!” said Alex Smith, the lab manager of Colorado Mesa University’s Forensic Investigation Research Station, plucking the larva off the ground and stuffing it into a glass tube. Maggots aren’t just maggots, Mr. Smith explained — they’re potential evidence. “You can actually test the larvae and pupa casings for drugs,” he said, excitedly. The Mexican forensic specialists came to learn about testing cadavers for fentanyl, which is how they wound up in a field of corpses, observing as a researcher foraged in the dirt for maggots.

Persons: Alex Smith, Smith, —, ”, foraged Organizations: Colorado Mesa University’s Forensic, Research Locations: Colorado, ”

☆ NASA may build giant telescopes on the moon in your lifetime. Check out the blueprints.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-01 | by ( Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

One moonshot plan would build a giant radio dish spanning an entire crater on the far side of the moon. An illustration of a conceptual radio telescope within a crater on the moon. Silk argues that lunar telescopes would open the door to a new era of major space discoveries. A satellite trail streaks in front of galaxies in this image from the Hubble Space Telescope. Any radio telescope on the moon's back end would pick up the pure emissions of the universe.

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☆ Police IDed Lauren Boebert's son from surveillance footage because he wore a hoodie bearing the name of his mom's shuttered gun-themed eatery
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-29 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Rep. Lauren Boebert's son, Tyler Boebert, was arrested connection to a string of Colorado property thefts. Tyler Boebert, 18, was linked to the crimes, in part, through surveillance footage, according to court documents. Tyler Boebert's arrest is the latest upheaval in Lauren Boebert's bid for Colorado's 4th District seat. Lauren Boebert has been involved in a contentious split with her ex-husband, Jayson Boebert, with whom she shares four sons. Jayson Boebert was recently arrested twice and Lauren Boebert now has a temporary restraining order against him.

Persons: Lauren Boebert's, Tyler Boebert, —, Lauren Boebert, Tyler, Tom Williams, Tyler Boebert's, Jayson Boebert Organizations: Service, Colorado's Rifle Police Department, Sheriff's, Police, Rifle, Shooters, Inc, Getty, Colorado's Locations: Colorado, Garfield, , Colorado

☆ Any use of marijuana linked to higher risk of heart attack and stroke, study says
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-28 | by ( Sandee Lamotte | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Smoking, vaping or eating marijuana is linked to a significantly higher risk of heart attack and stroke, even if a person had no existing heart conditions and did not smoke or vape tobacco, a new study found. While both daily and non-daily users had an increased risk of heart attack and stroke compared to nonusers, stroke risk rose 42% and the risk of heart attack rose 25% if cannabis was used daily, the study found. Younger adults — defined as men under 55 and women under 65 years old — who used marijuana had a 36% higher risk of coronary heart disease, heart attack and stroke regardless of whether they also used traditional tobacco products. Heart disease and marijuana use a known linkPrevious research has already found a link between heart disease and marijuana use. Also called atherosclerosis, CAD is the most common type of heart disease, according to the CDC.

Persons: ”, Abra Jeffers, ” Jeffers, Robert Page II, ” Page, Page, — Organizations: CNN, Massachusetts General Hospital, University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, American Lung Association, Getty, American Heart Association, US Centers for Disease Control, Prevention, CDC Locations: Boston, Aurora , Colorado

☆ Caitlin Clark is breaking more records
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-27 | by ( Jordan Valinsky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —It wouldn’t be a Caitlin Clark game without a record being broken. The average purchase price for her game, as of Tuesday morning, is 1,100% more expensive ($557) than the average price of a WNBA game ($49). Clark hasn’t said if she will forgo the 2024 WNBA draft — where she is projected to be selected first overall — or remain in college for a fifth season. That meant college athletes like Clark could start making money off their likeness. Clark has also signed deals with Gatorade, Nike and State Farm, among others.

Persons: Caitlin Clark, Clark, TickPick, ” TickPick, Brett Goldberg, “, Clark hasn’t, Shedeur Sanders, Deion Sanders, ’, CNN’s Clare Duffy, Allison Morrow Organizations: New, New York CNN, NCAA, University of Iowa, Ohio State, University of Michigan, Carver, FOX, WNBA, CNN, Iowa, Big, Clark, University of Colorado Buffaloes, NFL Hall of, Gatorade, Nike, State Farm Locations: New York, Iowa, Ohio, Minneapolis

☆ The ‘Doomsday Glacier’ is rapidly melting. Scientists now have evidence for when it started and why
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-26 | by ( Laura Paddison | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

They have discovered it started retreating rapidly in the 1940s, according to a new study that provides an alarming insight into future melting. The Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica is the world’s widest and roughly the size of Florida. “Once an ice sheet retreat is set in motion it can continue for decades, even if what started it gets no worse,” he told CNN. While similar retreats have happened much further back in the past, the ice sheet recovered and regrew, Smith said. “Further events arising more from the warming climate trend took things further, and started the widespread retreat we’re seeing today,” he told CNN.

Persons: Antarctica’s, Thwaites, Joshua Stevens, Julia Wellner, that’s, ” Wellner, you’re, James Smith, “, ”, Smith, ” Thwaites, Jeremy Harbeck, NASA Ted Scambos, Martin Truffer, Truffer, — Organizations: CNN —, National Academy of Sciences, El, West, NASA, Observatory, University of Houston, CNN, British Antarctic Survey, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Alaska Locations: West Antarctica, Florida, Pine, Antarctica, University of Alaska Fairbanks, “

☆ Severe Frostbite Gets a Treatment That May Prevent Amputation
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-24 | by ( Matt Richtel | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The first time Dr. Peter Hackett saw a patient with frostbite, the man died from his wounds. Dr. Hackett later worked at Mount Everest Basecamp, on Denali, Alaska, and now in Colorado, becoming expert in treating cold-weather injury. His mentor in Anchorage used to say, “Frostbite January, Amputation July,” remembered Dr. Hackett, clinical professor at the Altitude Research Center at the University of Colorado’s Anschutz Medical Campus. “For centuries, there was nothing else to do.”This month, the Food and Drug Administration approved the first therapy for treatment of severe frostbite in the country. The drug, iloprost, is given intravenously for several hours a day over a little more than week.

Persons: Peter Hackett, Hackett, Mount Everest Basecamp, ” Organizations: Mount Everest, Altitude, University of Colorado’s Anschutz Medical, Food and Drug Administration Locations: Chicago, Denali , Alaska, Colorado, Anchorage

☆ Opinion: I’m a Christian who underwent IVF in Alabama. The state supreme court decision is devastating
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-23 | by ( Opinion Rebecca Mathews | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Having struggled with infertility, I’ve spent nearly all of the past 10 years focusing solely on creating life. Our two children were conceived in Alabama through in-vitro fertilization (IVF), the science of creating, freezing and attempting to implant embryos in my womb. And although IVF is very much a wonder of modern science, as a Christian, I believe it is a gift from God. Women who miscarry an embryo implanted through IVF may wonder if their actions are illegal, and if so, whether they will be prosecuted. I’d like to know how many of the justices who conferred personhood on embryos know someone who had to create and miscarry multiple embryos in order to finally have a child.

Persons: Rebecca Mathews, CNN —, I’ve, Ivan Couronne, Tom Parker, Jeremiah, ’ ”, Parker, “, God Organizations: CNN, Alabama, Virginia Center for Reproductive Medicine, Getty Locations: Alabama, Colorado, AFP, Birmingham

☆ Schumer leads congressional delegation to Ukraine to mark 2-year anniversary of Russian invasion
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-23 | by ( Colin Mccullough | Shania Shelton | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is in Ukraine to reiterate US support for the country and ratchet up pressure on House Republicans back home to pass a foreign aid bill that includes further assistance for Ukraine and Israel. The visit comes as House Republicans are holding still a foreign aid package that would send further aid to Ukraine and Israel. Schumer told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer Friday that during his visit, Zelensky told him that Ukraine will win its war against Russia if Congress passes further aid to the country. If Ukraine loses, Schumer warned, “Our allies will think we will not stick with them anymore. “We must show Putin that he can pay a price, an economic price as well as a political price and a military price.

Persons: Chuck Schumer, Jack Reed, Michael Bennet of Colorado, Richard Blumenthal of, Maggie Hassan, Schumer, Volodymyr Zelensky, Mike Johnson, CNN’s Wolf, Zelensky, “ Schumer, “, ” Schumer, Johnson, ”, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Putin, ” Biden, Biden, Alexey Navalny Organizations: CNN, Republicans, Democratic, Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, Republican Conference, Congress, New York Democrat, NATO, “ Locations: Ukraine, Israel, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Russia, Europe

☆ The US Navy wants rechargeable magazines for lasers to take out drones
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-21 | by ( Michael Peck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Laser weapons avoid these problems, or at least in theory. The Navy is aiming for a magazine that can power a small weapon of 20 kilowatts and operate on a 1-micron wavelength. However, it would be perfect for the real prize that the Navy seeks: a laser weapon compact enough to disable small drones. US NavyRechargeable magazines could enable laser weapons to fire more shots before needing to cool down. “Sometimes we have a tendency to over promise and under deliver,” the Navy admiral who oversees laser weapons research admitted at a recent conference.

Persons: —, ” Iain Boyd, Boyd, “ Organizations: Service, Business, Navy Small Business Innovation Research, Navy, Stryker, Amphibious, US, Center for National Security, University of Colorado Locations: HEL, Portland, Persian Gulf

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