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Poland Rejects 'Unofficial' US Request To Redeploy Patriot Batteries To Mideast Via The Cradle Poland has rejected an "unofficial" US request to deploy one of its Patriot air defense systems to West Asia, Polish Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz announced on Tuesday, following reports by Polish daily Rzeczpospolita that Washington had informally approached Warsaw amid rising regional tensions. "Our Patriot batteries and their armaments are used to protect Polish airspace and NATO's eastern flank. Nothing is changing in this regard and we are not planning to move them anywhere!" Kosiniak-Kamysz stated. Still frame via the...

Treasury Appointees Push To Put Trump's Face On A Brand-New $250 Bill Two political appointees at the Treasury Department spent months pressing Bureau of Engraving and Printing staff to develop prototypes for a $250 bill bearing Donald Trump's portrait, even as bureau officials repeatedly warned them the project had no legal foundation and could take nearly a decade to execute properly, the Washington Post reports. U.S. Treasurer Brandon Beach and senior adviser Mike Brown, both political appointees, began pushing bureau staff last year to prepare designs for the note. Beach handed...

Data Center Backup Power Contributes To Health Risks: Report By Robert Freedman of UtilityDive Federal regulatory changes impacting enforcement of on-site backup generator emissions are contributing to increased data center health risks, a report says.  Air pollution from data centers could increase healthcare costs by almost $21 billion by 2028, contributing to roughly 600,000 asthma cases and 1,300 premature deaths, says the Environmental Protection Network, a nonprofit whose members are former public officials who maintain an interest in environmental policy.  Much of the health risk is from federal regulatory changes made to help...