From Jenna Orkin Biden turned his State of the Union into an anti-Trump blitz Costco is now selling $625 packs of silver coins as well as $2,000 gold bars — and shoppers are snapping them up Meet Sen. Katie Britt: The 42-year-old Alabama Republican who gave the GOP response to Biden's State of the Union Spanish soldiers changing gender to female for added benefits, higher pay: ‘On the inside, I am a lesbian’ Scientists just discovered a massive reservoir of helium beneath Minnesota Fact-checking President Biden’s 2024 State of the Union address Ellen Brown on the Public Bank That Wasn’t: New Jersey’s Excursion into Public Banking Ray McGovern on Victoria Nuland Smedley Butler Explains the Latest Excuse for American Intervention in Ukraine Drinking Boiled Tap Water Reduces Human Intake of Nanoplastics and Microplastics

From Jenna Orkin The breathtaking scope of Sam Altman's future AI empire Europe Is Wargaming a Food Crisis Firefighters battling ‘monster’ Texas wildfire contend with strong winds and heat as residents grapple with lost homes Inside the Saudi scheme for screwing Biden's election hopes Coywolves Are Taking Over Eastern North America Coywolves are not ‘shy wolves’—they are coyote-wolf hybrids (with some dog mixed in) and now number in the millions Amid explosive demand, America is running out of electricity Sweden finally joins NATO in expansion spurred by Putin’s Ukraine war The Terrifying A.I. Scam That Uses Your Loved One’s Voice Rupert Murdoch's new Russian fiancée ties him to a sprawling web of money — with some surprising connections George Santos crashing the State of the Union to announce a comeback campaign is what Congress deserves

From Jenna Orkin GOP’s Ernst wants to stop Biden from delivering the State of the Union Russia Mulls Putting Nuclear Power Plant on Moon Supplementary Information of HGC Global Communications Regarding Submarine Cable Damage in the Red Sea To Demonstrate Hong Kong as International Telecommunication Hub Between 2022 and 2023, the number of people experiencing homelessness increased by 12 percent, or roughly 70,650 more people. Federal judge orders minority-business agency opened to all races How the Pentagon Learned to Use Targeted Ads to Find Its Targets—and Vladimir Putin Elon Musk’s German Tesla plant suffers close to $1 billion in damages after attack by the ‘dumbest eco-terrorists on Earth’ The Internet runs wild with conspiracy theories in today’s On the Record Trillions of gallons leak from aging drinking water systems, further stressing shrinking US cities China just pulled the country version of a company canceling its quarterly earnings call

From Jenna Orkin As of 2024, the vault housed approximately 507,000 gold bars, with a combined weight of 6,331 metric tons. The vault is able to support this weight because it rests on the bedrock of Manhattan Island, 80 feet below street level and 50 feet below sea level. Germany says it will investigate after a recording leaked of a conversation between several top-ranking German officers on the country’s Ukraine war strategy. During the conversation, posted online by the head of Russia’s state-backed RT channel, Margarita Simonyan, air force officers discuss the possible delivery of Taurus weapon systems to Ukraine as well as the potential targeting of the Kerch Bridge, which connects the annexed Crimean peninsula to mainland Russia. Japan’s Indo-Pacific Security Waiting Game in Cambodia One of the world's most populated cities is nearly out of water The Fight Over I.V.F. Is Only Beginning CBP’s colossal discovery results in over $11 million worth of fentanyl pills Millions of research papers at risk of disappearing from the Internet Hundreds of thousands of salmon dead from ‘gas bubble disease’ in US river Library cuts and teachers quitting: Texas’s takeover of Houston schools U.N. report: ‘Convincing’ information Hamas raped, tortured hostages

From Jenna Orkin Thousands of millionaires haven’t filed tax returns for years, IRS says Texas panhandle wildfire becomes largest in state’s history A dangerously extreme blizzard has begun in the Sierra Nevada They also wanted to see documents related to the transfer, overseen by Qiu, of deadly Ebola and Henipah viruses to China's Wuhan Institute of Virology in March 2019. The East Coast Is Sinking How RFK Jr. hiring a bird smuggler sent his environmental group into turmoil The Hot New Luxury Good for the Rich: Air A new company is shipping Arctic ice from Greenland to chill posh drinks in Dubai Israel agrees to cease-fire; Hamas decision pending Surprising methane discovery in Yukon glaciers: 'Much more widespread than we thought'

From Jenna Orkin BLM proposes to open 22 million acres in Western states to solar development Microsoft Probes Reports Bot Issued Bizarre, Harmful Responses In one incident, Copilot offered mixed message on suicide Putin threatens nuclear response to NATO troops if they go to Ukraine The Scandal of Clarence Thomas’s New Clerk Is it safe to ramp up ocean ecosystems’ absorption of climate pollution from the sky? A tech billionaire is quietly buying up land in Hawaii. No one knows why These companies tried a 4-day workweek. More than a year in, they still love it Stock market today: NYCB plunges 25% as fresh banking fears temper inflation relief Cocoa Hits Record on Tight Supply, Threatening Pricier Treats 9 charts that show US factory farming is even bigger than you realize

From Jenna Orkin Argentina Oil Provinces Rebel Against Milei’s Austerity Plan Microwave Energy Could Fix The Biggest Problem Facing EVs Scientists Are Freaking Out About Ocean Temperatures The United States Couldn’t Stop Being Stupid if It Wanted To For Washington, self-imposed restraint will always be a contradiction in terms. An Opera for the Wrongfully Convicted Lead-Tainted Applesauce Sailed Through Gaps in US Food Safety System We’re Really Sorry About That Antisemitic Cartoon, Guys Our Columnists Aaron Bushnell’s Act of Political Despair The US Army is breeding a new kind of Arctic warrior by 'testing the mettle of the human' in frigid, freezing Alaska, commander says Macron says ‘nothing ruled out,’ including using Western troops, to stop Russia winning Ukraine war

From Jenna Orkin Denmark Drops Probe Into Nord Stream Gas Pipeline Sabotage Protesting farmers spray Brussels police with liquid manure near EU’s base in a new display of power The cuts will mainly be in already-empty posts — not actual soldiers — including in jobs related to counter-insurgency that swelled during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars but are not needed as much today. Macy’s to close 150 stores as it bets on luxury brands They renounced Trump. Will they get fellow conservatives to vote Biden? Airman who set self on fire grew up on religious compound, had anarchist past Macy’s to close historic Union Square store The Vatican and the War in Gaza The Increasing Attacks on Kamala Harris White supremacy is so normalized people don’t see it, British scholar warns

From Jenna Orkin Mayor Adams won’t release 9/11 toxin reports until NYC’s liability risk determined Latest Twitter Files shows CIA, FBI have spent years meddling in content moderation British banker Jacob Rothschild dies aged 87 Strange Phase of Matter That Only Existed in Theory Turns Out to Be Real The latest billionaire trend? Doomsday bunkers with a flammable moat Roads, Copper, and Cobalt: DRC and China Strike New Mega Deal Backgrounder: Ethnic Armies and the Myanmar Civil War US’ Bancroft or Russia’s Wagner? Cold War Redux in Central African Republic Senegal: Signs of Backsliding in One of Africa’s Strongest Democracies U.S. launches probe into possible fraud by organ collection groups

From Jenna Orkin Palestinian Authority prime minister and government resign Native American Tribes Given Power To Halt Hydropower Projects The Y Chromosome Is Vanishing. A New Sex Gene May Be The Future of Men. These giant, invasive spiders appear built to thrive in the U.S. INSIDE NORTH KOREA'S FORCED-LABOR PROGRAM Workers sent from the country to Chinese factories describe enduring beatings and sexual abuse, having their wages taken by the state, and being told that if they try to escape they will be “killed without a trace.” Koch network says it will stop funding Nikki Haley's presidential bid A college is removing its vending machines after a student discovered they were using facial recognition technology NASA's James Webb telescope spotted a strange 13 billion-year-old galaxy that shouldn't exist The Spy War - How the CIA Secretly Helps Ukraine Fight Russia Largest single haul of meth seized at South Texas port of entry