How the federal government built a massive database of license plate reader data through an anti-drug trafficking program.

Space Northwest gathers statistics on the state of the state's space ventures — and selects eight startups for its accelerator program.

Gov. Bob Ferguson introduces the 23-member Washington Space Council during the kickoff for Seattle Space Week.

SpaceX sent its Starship super-rocket on its first orbital flight — a shorter-than-planned test mission that put operational Starlink satellites into orbit for the first time. The 407-foot-tall roc…

“No one is so poor as to have nothing to give.” Before Mass, the pope sat with migrants and told catechists to respect each person’s pace. Six altar servers with Down syndrome served his Mass.

Advertisements for Alex Gibney's Elon Musk documentary will come to YouTube and Meta after all. The platforms had previously rejected them.

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The two nations weakened a range of safeguards in a landmark U.N. effort to try to regulate the use of lethal autonomous weaponry. The global negotiations earlier this month marked the furthest progre...

Mountain View, CA—Astronomers at the SETI Institute have confirmed that a radio signal originated from an advanced alien civilization, but was intended for a different planet behind Earth.

YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing “political” content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing.

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County election officials are rushing to deal with the pile of delayed records before early voting begins in the state next month.

Iowa Gubernatorial candidate Zach Lahn claims to be a family farmer, but in reality he is an investor and political consultant who doesn't live on his farm

The 30-second ad, apparently paid for by U.S. tax dollars, features photos and videos of Trump, the American flag and military aircraft.

One of the great mysteries in astronomy has been why Venus has no moon. Now a new theory provides a simple answer: It might have been eaten.

Exclusive: UK artist finances bright pink motor yacht that set sail in secrecy to avoid being intercepted by authorities

Eight US Navy personnel assigned to the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group attempted suicide during a period that included when the ships undertook combat operations against Iran and the carrier...

All systems go for Starfish's Otter space vehicle, which is designed to inspect inoperable satellites up close for NASA's SSPICY mission.

The vice president's anti-fraud task force may strip health coverage from people who did nothing wrong.

The inquiry was closed last year because senior bureau officials questioned the veracity of a campaign donor’s account, according to current and former officials.

Trump banned three news organizations from the White House last week — and there’s a research literature on exactly where that leads.

A sample of 5,000 alleged agents seen by 404 Media includes names, addresses, phone numbers, and details on FBI employees' spouses.

Pending move comes over the objections of the NIH director.

Since 2020, certification has increasingly become a tool for fringe local officials to delay results, force state intervention and cast doubt on votes they are legally required to finalize.

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Budget chief Russell Vought reportedly wants more power to veto DEI-related funding

This paper examines how a propaganda frame alleging the existence of a “Censorship Industrial Complex” was institutionalized and then helped justify the dismantling of US election information resilie...