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What was the rationale judges used for allowing Trump to keep control of the CA National Guard in CA? Sharon S. Hi Sharon, thanks for your question. This lawsuit over whether Trump can deploy California’s National Guard without the approval of California Gov. Gavin Newsom has worked its way through the courts, and, on Thursday, an appellate court ruled in the president’s favor. It is the last court before the lawsuit can be appealed to the Supreme Court. Here’s some of our reporting from yesterday:In its decision, a three-judge panel on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously concluded…

When Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg poached Scale AI founder Alexandr Wang last week as part of a $14.3 billion investment in the artificial intelligence startup, he was apparently just getting started.Zuckerberg’s multibillion-dollar AI hiring spree has now turned to Daniel Gross, the CEO of Ilya Sutskever’s startup Safe Superintelligence, and former GitHub CEO Nat Friedman, according to sources with knowledge of the matter.It’s not how Zuckerberg planned for a deal to go down.Earlier this year, sources said, Meta tried to acquire Safe Superintelligence, which was reportedly valued at $32 billion in a fundraising round in April. Sutskever, who just launched…

(The Center Square) — The California High-Speed Rail Authority has responded to the Federal Rail Authority’s plan to terminate $4 billion in federal funding for the Los Angeles-to-San Francisco high speed rail project. Its response elaborates on its plans for continuing initial work on a 119-mile segment between Madera, which has a population of nearly 70,000, and Poplar Avenue in Kern County, which is near Shafter, a small city of just over 20,000 residents northwest of Bakersfield. This segment is being expanded into the 171-mile “early operating segment” that will carry passengers all the way between Bakersfield and Merced by 2033. According to CHSRA, the…

(The Center Square) – Nevada Democrats criticized Gov. Joe Lombardo this week for vetoing a bill that supports the right to in vitro fertilization.Senate Bill 217 sought to enhance the availability of IVF and other assisted reproductive technologies. This bill would have prevented the state from implementing restrictions on these procedures and protected insurance companies from certain liability.Furthermore, SB 217 required select health insurance providers to cover infertility treatments for a group with over 50 employees. Additionally, this bill sought to have Medicaid cover infertility treatments in 2027, pending participation from the federal government. In his veto letter last week, Lombardo wrote, “There…

(The Center Square) – During a Wednesday hearing of the Senate Energy Committee, U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., aggressively questioned Energy Secretary Chris Wright about Republican efforts to eliminate the clean hydrogen production tax credit.In 2023, the Biden administration awarded a $1 billion grant to the Pacific Northwest Hydrogen Association, a multi-state, nonprofit coalition focused on developing a regional clean hydrogen hub in the Pacific Northwest. The coalition includes partners from Washington, Oregon and Montana.Such hubs are envisioned to help speed up the development of hydrogen as a clean fuel that could help reduce greenhouse gas emissions in difficult-to-decarbonize industries, such…

(The Center Square) – The Midcontinent Independent System Operator is warning that “immediate action” is needed to address rising risks to resource adequacy as electricity demand across the region accelerates sharply due to artificial intelligence, electric vehicles and industrial expansion.”Load growth is accelerating, driven by economic development such as data centers, onshoring and new industries,” the report states. The survey “calls for immediate action on capacity additions, strategic retirements and reliability reforms amid increasingly complex seasonal and load growth challenges.”MISO, which oversees the power grid in 15 U.S. states including Louisiana, released new projections showing demand could surge by more…

(The Center Square) – Senators in North Carolina have agreed with changes from the lower chamber and will send a bill to Democratic Gov. Josh Stein eliminating a statutory goal to cut carbon emissions 70% by 2030.The Power Bill Reduction Act, known also as Senate Bill 266, authored by Sens. Timothy Moffitt of Henderson County, Danny Britt of Robeson County and Warren Daniel of Burke County, was first known as the Historic Flood Event Bldg. Code Exemption. Passage in the upper chamber Thursday was 29-11 and included three Democrats for it and no Republicans against.Stein’s friend and predecessor, former Gov.…

(The Center Square) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday it halted all new clinical trials that entail sending Americans’ genetic data to international labs.Based on “mounting evidence,” the FDA said, some U.S. companies did not inform trial participants that their living cells were sent to foreign labs, including in China, for genetic engineering before reinfusion into patients.“The previous administration turned a blind eye and allowed American DNA to be sent abroad – often without the knowledge or understanding of trial participants,” FDA Commissioner Marty Makary said. “The integrity of our biomedical research enterprise is paramount. We are…

U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks at the Border Security Expo at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. April 8, 2025. Rebecca Noble | ReutersThe U.S. Department of Homeland Security has put new restrictions on visits by members of Congress to immigration enforcement field offices after several episodes where Democratic lawmakers have been refused access or even arrested.The new guidelines, dated this month, also say Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a DHS agency, has sole discretion over whether to deny or cancel a tour of an ICE detention center by a member of Congress.Senators and representatives in…

(The Center Square) — A pro-life activist is challenging the city of San Diego’s standard on free speech by appealing a federal judge’s dismissal of his lawsuit against a “no speech zone” law outside abortion clinics.With the help from the Thomas More Society, a not-for-profit pro-life law firm, Roger Lopez is appealing U.S. District Court Judge Linda Lopez’s decision to dismiss his lawsuit and deny his motion for a preliminary injunction.On behalf of the plaintiff, TMS attorneys are arguing against San Diego’s ordinance in the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit on grounds that it violates Roger Lopez’s…