Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 7, 2025

Trump Halts U.S. Bombing of Houthis, Citing Ceasefire Pledge That The Houthis Deny

Saudi Arabia Pressed Trump To Stop Attacks On Yemen Ahead Of Visit

Mammoth $254B NY state budget revealed, goes up for vote: ‘Albany at its cynical worst’

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 6, 2025

India Strikes, Pakistan Responds

Trump: U.S. Will Stop Bombing Yemen After Houthis ‘Capitulated’

Super Hornet Crashes Landing On USS Truman, Its Second F/A-18 Loss In A Week

Chemical Industry Redoubles Campaign Against New York Waste Bill

Judge Blocks School Board From Removing Explicit Books, Saying It’s Unconstitutional to Follow ‘Conservative Values’

Valero Refinery Fire in Benicia is the Latest in California’s Fuel Supply Challenges

New salmonella outbreak is linked to backyard poultry

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 5, 2025

Israeli Airstrikes ‘Obliterate’ Houthi’s Main Port After Missile Attack on Ben Gurion Airport

Israel okays ‘conquering Gaza, holding the territories,’ as IDF chief said to warn ‘we could lose’ the hostages

From safe haven to hidden hazard: Bangladesh’s growing yen debt strain

Saudi Arabia’s New Oil Play – Embracing the Glut to Win the Long Game

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 3, 2025

China Erupts: Furious Workers Riot As Factories Collapse Under Trump’s Tariffs

OPEC+ Stuns Market With Larger Than Expected Output Hike

Aurora’s driverless trucks are making deliveries in Texas

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 2, 2025

It’s Okay to Notice When Solar and Wind Fail. Lessons from Spain’s Blackout

BBC on what people found that they needed during the Spanish Power Outage (or wished they had)

New York’s School Districts Are Shrinking — But Their Financial Problems Are Growing

We finally know a little more about Amazon’s super-secret satellites

College students don’t spend much time studying

‘Unparalleled’ snake antivenom made from man bitten 200 times

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 1, 2025

Mike Waltz Out as National Security Advisor, Nominated for Ambassador to UN

The interesting thing to me is that some washing machines succeeded in getting rid of pathogens in question Health care workers who wash their uniforms at home may be unknowingly contributing to the spread of antibiotic-resistant infections in hospitals

It is ironic that a article that ends by saying “the math does not work” acts like saying that a program that is growing by 7% is not sustainable is a partisan point instead of mathematical fact.The debate over Medicaid costs has put New York’s seven Republican members of Congress in a tight spot: They are pressured by their leadership to impose budget cuts, but they are aware that a large proportion of their constituents rely on Medicaid. At the same time, the debate gives them significant power: With a tiny majority in the House, Republicans can afford only a handful of defections to pass the budget — so New York Republicans’ votes can be decisive.

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, April 30, 2025

U.S., Ukraine Sign Rare Minerals Deal

Europe lacks resources to field even 25,000 troops for Ukraine peace mission

Oil Plunges On Report Saudis Bracing For Price War, Can “Live With Lower Oil Prices”

Iran Port Blast Was Massive

The massive power outage that wreaked havoc in Europe is being blamed on a pair of likely solar plant breakdowns in southwest Spain

Port of Los Angeles Boss Sees Dramatic Drop in Cargo Volumes

New York Just Took a Big Step Toward State-Sponsored Suicide

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, April 29, 2025

Power Restored In Spain, Portugal But The Situation Reveals A Very Serious Underlying Problem…

The massive blackout that left the Iberian Peninsula in the dark on Monday appears to have been sparked by the unexplained disappearance of 15 gigawatts of power from Spain’s electricity grid.

Pakistan has claimed it has credible intelligence that India is preparing to launch a military strike within the next 24 hours

Trump backs down a bit on auto industry tariffs—but only a bit

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, April 28, 2025

They are landing shots somewhat close if carriers are zig zagging hard enough to throw a plan overboard. USS Harry Truman Was Evading Houthi Attack When F/A-18 Super Hornet Rolled Off Its Deck

Newly released Hamas documents found in Gaza show that Israel seriously misunderstood the impact of its 2021 operation in Gaza, which the terror group viewed as a victory that encouraged it to launch the October 7 massacre over two years later

No subway, no traffic lights, no elevators and no coverage in Madrid due to the blackout: ‘Can I borrow your phone to call my mom?’ The heart of Spain’s capital is filled with pedestrians looking for a way home, parents trying to pick up their children from school and traffic jams

Spain is about to face the challenge of a “black start”

Why did the lights go out in Spain and Portugal?

Widespread power outage in Spain leaves thousands cut off: Calls and messages nearly impossible

Solar Power Surge Sinks Europe’s Electricity Prices Deep Below Zero

Investigation Reveals Key Errors that Led to Reagan Airport Midair Crash. “Not only was the Black Hawk flying too high, but in the final seconds before the crash, its pilot failed to heed a directive from her co-pilot, an Army flight instructor, to change course.”

Home Health Aides Are Getting New Insurance Coverage — From a Company With a History of Cutting It Off