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US Prepares To Board Iran-Linked Ships Globally Following Iranian Gunboat Attack On Tanker In Hormuz Summary:  Two Iranian gunboats Open Fire on a tanker near Oman; 2nd tanker hit by 'unknown projectile' Pentagon prepared to expand anti-vessel action, signals prepared to board Iran-linked ships globally Friday: Hormuz Open; Saturday: Hormuz Closed  Trump: Iran wanted to close up Strait again, can't blackmail us Strait of Hormuz traffic returns to normal by end of April? Yes 28% · No 72%View full market & trade on Polymarket *  *  * US Prepares to Board Iran-Linked Ships Globally According to the latest...

Denver Leaders Reject Justice Department's Demand That City Repeal 'Assault Weapons' Ban Authored by Michael Clements via The Epoch Times, Denver is refusing to repeal its 37-year-old ban on certain types of firearms known as “assault weapons.” Harmeet Dhillon, assistant attorney general for the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, sent a demand letter on April 28 to Denver Mayor Mike Johnston and City Attorney Miko Brown, requesting the city repeal the ordinance, which has been in place since 1989. In a May 4 response letter, Brown stated that the ordinance has withstood legal...

The US Grid Wasn't Built For This Authored by Tejasri Gururaj via Interesting Engineering, Global data center power demand is projected to hit 84 GW by 2027—a 50 percent jump from 2023 levels—with AI workloads accounting for 27 percent of that total, according to Goldman Sachs Research. The grid is strained by increasing demand from electricity-hungry data centers and electric vehicles.Getty Images The grid cannot keep up with AI. For decades, electricity demand grew slowly and predictably, giving utilities comfortable margins to plan capacity years in advance. That model broke almost overnight. Between 2023...