Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. It’s generally not a great idea to mix bourbon with high-voltage electricity. That said, chemists at the University of Kentucky discovered a potentially powerful use for one of whiskey’s most annoying—and plentiful—byproducts. According to…

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WASHINGTON (CN) — The Justice Department appears to have inadvertently provided Congress with sealed grand jury materials in the classified documents case against President Donald Trump, an apparent violation of a judicial order blocking the agency from disclosing such information.And, according to House Democrats, the trove of previously undisclosed information…

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A new study published in the journal Science of Climate Change completely demolishes the primary measurement used by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the World Meteorological Organization to claim the planet is facing dangerous warming due to human activities. Lead author Jonathan Cohler, a physicist, joined…

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Federal, state, and local governments extract approximately $818,000 from the median worker earning $60,000 over a 40-year career: $240,000 in federal income taxes, $367,000 in payroll taxes (the full economic burden, including the employer share that would otherwise be wages), and $211,000 in state and local taxes. For the $250K earner, the figure reaches $4.46 million. For the $1M earner, $19.7 million. The Honest Acknowledgment:…

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Election 2026: never has a midterm year been so important, so seminal, with so much riding on its outcome. President Trump has unleashed one of the most consequential presidencies in American history. He has resisted the moderation of previous leaders, enacting a bold, aggressive agenda, recognizing the unique opportunities of…

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Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation,…

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The Pentagon announced Monday it has revised its media policy following a federal judge’s order last Friday that blocked the Trump administration’s restrictive press access rules. The compliance came with a clear signal: the Department is appealing.As reported by Newsmax, Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell confirmed the revisions would take effect…

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By Joseph C. Stewart, Op-ed contributor Wednesday, March 25, 2026iStock/Getty Images Plus/Andrzej RostekDecline rarely announces itself — it whispers until it eventually wins. This is what happened in the House of Lords last week in Great Britain — another whisper.In case you missed it, last week in Great Britain, the…

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Multiple U.S. attorney’s offices are reportedly conducting investigations into Colombian President Gustavo Petro over alleged meetings with drug traffickers and whether his presidential campaign solicited donations from them. The New York Times broke the story on Friday, citing three unnamed sources, and the Associated Press, CBS News, and Reuters followed…

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At the center of the storm is Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, a controversial authority set to expire April 20 unless Congress acts. What should be a routine reauthorization has turned into a full-blown political brawl, exposing deep fractures not just between parties, but within the Republican…

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On Monday, ICE agents were deployed to airports across the country, stepping into the breach as TSA operations strain under the weight of a Democrat-driven DHS shutdown fight. More deployments are expected, signaling a rapid federal response aimed at stabilizing security operations while Washington plays politics. Here’s the kicker: the…

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