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The U.S. has finalized a major rollback of the Endangered Species Act. One of America’s most successful conservation laws, credited with helping recover the bald eagle, gray wolf, and many other species, is being significantly weakened. The new rule removes habitat destruction from the legal definition of “harm” to an endangered species. This could make it easier for logging, mining, and development to damage the habitats that threatened and endangered wildlife depend on. Weakening these safeguards affects not only wildlife. It threatens ecosystems that provide clean water, carbon storage, flood protection, and biodiversity. The ESA has been a cornerstone of U.S. conservation for more than 50 years. Rolling back habitat protections risks reversing decades of progress while nature is already under immense pressure. You cannot protect endangered species if the habitats they depend on are no longer protected. [Source: NPR; Earthjustice (July 2026).]

85 empty seats. This Sunday, millions of fans will gather to cheer for their national teams in the FIFA World Cup Final. But 85 voices from Argentina will be missing. They belong to the victims of the 1994 AMIA terrorist bombing in Buenos Aires, an attack planned by the Iranian regime and carried out by Hezbollah. Behind every terrorist attack are lives stolen and futures cut short. We remember. We stand against terror. Always.

The Department of Energy has abruptly deleted over 1,600 webpages containing utility cost-saving tips amid a nationwide heat wave.

Amazon data centers consumed a staggering 2.5 billion gallons of water in 2025. The landmark disclosure represents Amazon’s first public accounting of its total data center water consumption, a volume equivalent to roughly 3,800 Olympic-sized swimming pools. Across its network of more than 900 facilities in over 50 countries, Amazon utilizes massive water-based cooling systems to prevent server overheating. While the retail and cloud giant highlighted a 2% decline in direct water usage from 2024—attributing the reduction to more efficient cooling and a commitment to return water to communities—critics point out that such high-level global metrics can obscure the localized strain these facilities place on drought-prone areas. This massive resource consumption is driving a political backlash, with communities and lawmakers demanding greater transparency. In the U.S., Utah recently enacted a groundbreaking law requiring certain new data centers to publicly report their annual water use, while local residents elsewhere voice concern over falling water pressure and rising utility bills. Public sentiment reflects this tension: a recent national survey revealed that only one-third of Americans support new data center construction, and a mere 14% would accept having one built near their home. source: Bhutani, A. (2026). Amazon Says Its Data Centers Used 2.5 Billion Gallons of Water in 2025. The Wall Street Journal.

🚨BREAKING: ICE agents are now kidnapping Native grandmothers in Chaparral, New Mexico. A Native woman pulled into a gas station because she realized she was being followed by a truck. Moments later, ICE agents surrounded her and escorted her to one of their vehicles. This is a woman whose ancestors lived on this land for thousands of years before the United States even existed. A Native woman, on her own ancestral land, being treated like a foreigner by the federal government in 2026. The Fourth Amendment protects people from being unreasonably stopped or detained, and the federal government cannot lawfully target people simply because of their race or ethnicity. So why did ICE agents stalk and kidnap this woman? This stopped being about immigration a long time ago.

?????? There's genuinely nothing wrong with using AI to code lol

The US is considering a new law that would make it impossible to use a phone without giving up your identity. The FCC proposal would only give cell service to people who give their ID and other personal info to phone companies.