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Vance warns Republican senators about voting against RFK Jr and Gabbard

Vice President JD Vance advised Senate Republicans against voting “no” on the confirmations of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard. In an X post on Wednesday, Vance gave a strong warning to Senate Republicans on the fence about voting for two of President Donald Trump’s most controversial Cabinet picks, Kennedy for secretary of health […]
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Information regarding American Eagle Flight 5342

American Eagle Flight 5342 en route from Wichita, Kansas (ICT), to Washington, D.C. (DCA) was involved in an accident at DCA. The flight was operated by PSA Airlines with a CRJ-700.
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Independently funded jet’s sound barrier mark revives talk of commercial supersonic travel

An aircraft developed by Boom Supersonic became the first independently funded jet to break the sound barrier this week. The XB-1 aircraft accelerated to Mach 1.05 at about 35,000 feet during a test flight Tuesday in the same Mojave Desert airspace in California where Charles “Chuck” Yeager was the first person to break the sound barrier in 1947. H…
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Takeaways from RFK Jr.’s first confirmation hearing as Trump’s nominee for health secretary

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., was pressed to clarify his views on vaccines, abortion and public health priorities in the first of two senate hearings as he tries to make the case to become President Donald Trump’s health secretary.
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Comedian Ken Flores dies at 28, remembered for his ‘infectious laugh and presence’ in the L.A. comedy scene

Flores, a beloved figure in L.A. stand-up, was becoming a breakout star at various comedy clubs including Hollywood’s Laugh Factory, the Comedy Store and Hollywood Improv. No cause of death was immediately known.
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What to know about Guantanamo Bay, the base where Trump will send ‘criminal aliens’

President Donald Trump, who made the deportation of immigrants a central part of his campaign and presidency, said Wednesday that the U.S. will use a detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to hold tens of thousands of the “worst criminal aliens.” “We’re going to send them out to Guantanamo,” Trump said at at the signing of the Laken Riley Act. H…
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Droplet microfluidics advance may hold key to next-generation cancer drugs

At Texas A&M University, one research lab is changing the game of droplet microfluidics, a technique that involves conducting experiments in nanoscale droplets of liquid in a controlled environment. The team has developed a system that makes droplet microfluidics faster, lower cost, and more accurate.
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Magnificent Seven Stocks: DeepSeek Deep-Sixes Nvidia’s Crown. Apple Coronated.

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Nation’s Report Card results show declining reading skills, little math improvement

Struggling students just posted their worst reading scores in over 30 years.
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RFK Jr. faces blistering questions on vaccines, abortion from Democrats

The longtime liberal faces deep skepticism over his public health views. “Frankly, you frighten people,” one Democratic senator told his former roommate.