‘Our country is the mission’: more than 100 ex-Nasa astronauts launch new voting campaign

Astronauts for America liken effort to instill trust and faith back in constitution’s principles and democratic institutions to ‘making a course correction’ Orbiting 250 miles above the US in the international space station, astronaut Cady Coleman did not look down and see red or blue states, sanctuary cities or communities occupied by thousands of federal … Read more

Trump to Speak in Michigan Ahead of Congressional Races

With just 99 days until November’s crucial midterm elections, President Donald Trump is hitting the road to make his case for Republican candidates, beginning in battleground Michigan where he’ll tout the economy despite rising gas prices and uncertainty over the Iran war. NBC’s Gabe Gutierrez reports for TODAY.

AI can fuel biological weapons. We must harness its power for defense | Annie Jacobsen

The offensive potential is no longer theoretical. We need to develop systems to strengthen public health as quickly as AI is accelerating biological design As artificial intelligence rapidly transforms the biological sciences, it is pushing the future of biology in two opposing directions. AI can help bad actors generate recipes for biological weapons with just … Read more

Rep Thomas Massie says the Iran war has ‘significantly weakened’ America ‘all for Israel’

Republican Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky argued Sunday that the war with Iran has “weakened” the United States. “The U.S. has been significantly weakened by the war with Iran,” the congressman wrote in a Sunday post on X. “This administration depleted our missile defenses, drained our oil reserves, sacrificed our men & women, inflated the … Read more

Blanche-led DoJ likely to derail Epstein survivors’ pursuit of justice, experts say

Lawyers predict ‘more suppression and no active investigations’ but victims’ groups determined to continue fight As Donald Trump’s former defense lawyer Todd Blanche appears poised for confirmation as attorney general, numerous Jeffrey Epstein survivors have sounded the alarm that a US justice department helmed by him would derail their pursuit of justice. In a letter … Read more

Oil price slides as US and Iran pause fire; cancer treatments help AstraZeneca beat profit forecasts – business live

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news The Chinese fast fashion giant Shein reported a $99m (£74.1m) net loss in its first quarter, after the removal of an import duty exemption in the US on small packages triggered a slowdown in sales. The figures were released as part of the company’s pre-IPO paperwork, … Read more