America Bets $50 Billion On Coal And Gas Power, More Than China, As Electricity Demand Soars

From Trucks To Tanks: Pentagon Looks To Automakers To Rebuild America's Arsenal With two active conflict areas in Eurasia - the Russia-Ukraine conflict in Eastern Europe and the U.S.-Iran theater in the Gulf - the world is moving deeper into a war cycle. The latest indicator is not only that militaries around the world are beginning to stockpile one-way attack drones, but also the early-stage push to convert underused civilian industrial capacity, including struggling auto production lines, into wartime manufacturing hubs. The Wall Street Journal is out with a new report...

National Mall Vandalized With '8647' Markings Ahead Of Independence Celebrations Authored by Kimberley Hayek via The Epoch Times, U.S. Park Police and federal officials opened an investigation Thursday after a sizable marking resembling “8647” was etched into the lawn of the National Mall. The incident occurred amid preparations for major events celebrating the nation’s 250th anniversary of independence. A Reuters photographer witnessed the marking from atop the Washington Monument before authorities, including members of the National Guard, arrived on scene near the World War II Memorial. The numbers, formed by discolored or browned...