Google announced Monday that it has struck agreements with two regional grid operators to reduce its data center demand at times when the grid is under more strain. The tech giant unveiled agreements with Indiana Michigan Power and the Tennessee Valley Authority to shift certain workloads to limit the stress on the grid in a process…
Texas House Democratic Caucus Chair Rep. Gene Wu and other members of his party who fled to Illinois over the weekend are expected to speak Monday evening in Chicago. The House Democrats left Texas on Sunday in a bid to stop Republicans from proceeding with a redistricting effort that would give the GOP five more…
The decision by Texas Democrats to flee the state has ratcheted up tensions and started a new phase in the redistricting war around the country. Democrats from the Lone Star State’s Legislature fled to Illinois, New York and Massachusetts starting Sunday to avoid giving Republicans the quorum needed to pass a highly unusual effort for…
Texas Democrats who fled their state on Sunday face $500 daily fines as they try to stall GOP efforts to redraw the Lone Star State’s congressional maps, along with Gov. Greg Abbott’s (R) call for their arrest. Democrats are denying the Republican-led state House the numbers it needs to function and pausing progress on the…
The Trump administration is eyeing additional barriers to the development of solar and wind energy on public lands. In a memo made public late Friday, the administration said that it would seek to block projects that take up a lot of room, calling wind and solar “highly inefficient uses of Federal land.” The memo said…
A slew of potential Democratic presidential candidates are taking front-line positions in the battle over Texas and redistricting, a fight with huge implications for the midterm elections that is giving ambitious politicians a chance to show their loyalty to the party base. California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D), who could…
{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Massive AI spending shows early payoff for Big Tech The billions of dollars Big Tech has poured into artificial intelligence (AI) development seem to be paying off as companies show they can produce results, earning Wall Street’s stamp of approval for now. © Kin Cheung, Associated Press After…
Radio host Charlamagne tha God responded on his show Monday to recent comments from President Trump calling him a “racist sleazebag,” mostly shrugging off the insults and saying he wants the president to succeed. “Now, the personal insults, I don’t care. He called me a sleazebag. I looked up the definition of sleazebag, says it’s…
President Trump is rattling the U.S.’s formidable nuclear saber amid his growing frustration with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s refusal to halt the war in Ukraine, just days ahead of Trump’s deadline for a ceasefire. Trump last week said he was moving two “nuclear” submarines closer to Russia in response to threatening rhetoric from a top…
Colorado is the first blue state to have a waiver approved for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) that limits the ability to buy soda and other sugary beverages, set to go into effect in March 2026. “Colorado is one of the healthiest states in the nation and has the lowest obesity rate of any…
