Last year, the RJCs leadership summit was centered on combatting antisemitism within the Republican Party, and leaders took aim at Carlson and others. Vance has been an ally of Carlsons, and when Col…
Month: August 2026
With elections nearing, battleground Republicans still waiting for Trump to open his campaign wallet – AP News
LAS VEGAS (AP) When Vice President JD Vance stepped on stage in Michigan on Monday, it was MAGA Inc. writing the check for the campaign event. It was a rare bit of spending in a battleground state fr…
Watch 2 astronauts take 6th-ever all-female spacewalk today – Space
Ice Island Survives Run-In With Joe Island – NASA Science (.gov)
Summer is prime iceberg season in Greenlands glacier-fed fjords, and 2026 was no exception. Especially notable was the berg that broke from the Petermann Glacier along Greenlands northwest coast in A…
Congo authorities report more than 6,000 confirmed Ebola cases and nearly 3,000 deaths – AP News
BUNIA, Congo (AP) Congos authorities said Monday that the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history has topped 6,000 cases with 2,911 deaths.
More than 1,360 people have recovered from the virus, in…
Microsoft Outlook outage reported by thousands of users on Monday – Mashable
White House says deal to take control of Venezuelan oil will rely on North American Blue Energy Partners – CBS News
The Trump administration’s plan to take a stake in tens of billions of barrels of Venezuelan oil reserves will hinge on a private company called North American Blue Energy Partners, the White House a…
The CDC hasn’t added 2 deaths to its measles database. Here’s why. – The Washington Post
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is excluding two deaths reported by Pennsylvania from its weekly updates of a national measles death tally, a decision that came from new CDC director E…
Galaxy Z Fold 8 is so popular that Samsung is stealing parts from next year’s phones just to make more – 9to5Google
Samsung has a hit on its hands with the Galaxy Z Fold 8, to the point where the company is taking parts production from its 2027 smartphones just to meet demand for the foldable.
ZDNet Korea reports…
How NASA’s new space telescope could help solve mysteries of dark energy and dark matter – PBS
NASA launched its newest space telescope, undertaking its biggest mission yet to study the universe on a much larger scale. A roughly $4 billion project, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will al…