During Taiwan Visit, Rep. McCaul Says He’s ‘Confident’ Trump Will Advance Massive $14 Billion Arms Sale

The Nuclear Renaissance Disconnect: Utilities Plan Big While Stocks Lag The Nuclear Energy Institute's (NEI) newly released 2026 Future of Nuclear Power survey captured American nuclear energy ambitions across 21 utility companies covering 95 commercial reactors. Reactor owners find themselves planning new reactors to meet the AI-juiced electricity demand of the future, along with the added demand from increased domestic manufacturing and electrification. More than 97% of the units surveyed are considering or pursuing approval to operate for at least 80 years. It goes to highlight the long lifespan of reactor plants,...

Jim Bovard: Cynicism Should Win The Mid-Term Elections Authored by Jim BovardIn an era of clueless voters and profoundly dishonest candidates, cynicism is one of the last best checks on political power run amok.  Regardless of the final vote count in Tuesday’s mid-term congressional elections, both Republicans and Democrats have earned all the distrust they will reap.   Any hope that elections would safeguard the Constitution should have perished after 9/11. Consider the race for a U.S. Senate seat in Michigan. Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed talks as if the Second Amendment...