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Venture Capitalists Disgusted by Solar Power Because It’s Generating Too Much Clean Electricity to Be Grossly Profitable
As the Trump administration continues to debilitate the United States’ path to green power, other parts of the world are all-in on renewable energy. In fact, some countries have ramped up green energy generation so much that prices are dropping precipitously — and venture capitalists are unhappy as their margins take a big hit. As…
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Trump’s fixation on voting has had mixed results. He still has ways to affect November’s elections
ATLANTA — President Trump has tried many ways to tighten his grip on U.S. elections, from signing executive orders to pushing restrictive legislation in Congress. Monday’s Supreme Court ruling siding with states that accept late-arriving mail ballots was the latest example showing the limits of his reach. It followed back-to-back rulings last week that barred his two…
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Hollywood director who stole $11M from Netflix gets 30 months in prison after Keanu Reeves testimony
A Hollywood director was sentenced Monday to 30 months in prison for stealing $11 million from Netflix – and using the riches to splurge on Rolls-Royces and stays at five-star hotels. Carl Rinsch, 48, who directed a handful of sci-fi and action films, received a sentencing just half the length of the prosecution’s recommended jail…
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‘Harry Potter’ and ‘Indiana Jones’ actor Michael Byrne dead at 82
British actor Michael Byrne, who starred in “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade” and “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” has died. He was 82. Byrne passed away on June 20, according to The Guardian. His cause of death was not given. British actor Michael Byrne (seen above in “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade”)…
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Shadow bribery market inside Amazon preys on desperate sellers
In December, online merchant Jack Nekhala got in touch with Amazon.com Inc. with an urgent message. Nekhala told an Amazon representative that a woman he didn’t know had contacted him with an intriguing offer: She could bribe an Amazon employee to help him retrieve $90,000 in funds that the e-commerce giant had frozen after suspending…
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The Ultimate Triumph of the Unitary Executive
Nearly a half century ago, Ronald Reagan was elected on the promise of shrinking the federal government. Toward that end, his administration incubated a theory of presidential power that would give the president unprecedented control over all discretionary policy making within the executive branch. The new paradigm came to be known as “unitary executive theory.”…
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U.S.-born Brian Gutiérrez and Obed Vargas signal a new era for Mexico’s national team
After the total failure that was Mexico’s participation in the Qatar 2022 World Cup, where they were eliminated in the group stage, the future looked very dire for “El Tri.” By 2024, the situation had worsened after another international failure at the Copa América. The 2026 World Cup co-hosts had even more pressure now. In…
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Rep. Tom Kean Returns to Congress, Explains Mysterious Four-Month Absence
Rep. Tom Kean Jr. (R-N.J.) is pursued by reporters as he arrives to deliver a floor speech at the U.S. Capitol on June 30, 2026. —Francis Chung—POLITICO/AP Images New Jersey Rep. Tom Keanreturned to Congress on Tuesday after an almost four-month absence from the lower chamber, revealing that he had been diagnosed with depression and…
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Pope promotes Italian nun to top migrant role in his first major appointment of a woman to Holy See
ROME — Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday made his first major appointment of a woman to the Holy See hierarchy, promoting Italian Sister Alessandra Smerilli to head the Vatican office responsible for migrants, the environment and development. Smerilli, an economist, is currently the No. 2 in the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development. As prefect, she replaces…
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Dad reveals haunting final words of hero daughter who drowned trying to save cousin
A grieving father revealed the haunting last words his hero daughter said to him before she drowned while attempting to save her nine-year-old cousin. Glenn Bradley, of Detroit, recalled the moment of horror when his daughter Aamina, 14, began getting pulled into a current at Maheras-Gentry Park after her cousin fell into the river over…