Trump Administration Is Repurposing Federal Land for A.I. Data Centers

In the latest example, the Energy Department will convert a shuttered Cold War-era uranium enrichment facility into a data center campus and gas plants.President Trump and Energy Secretary Chris Wright during a White House event last week in which 200 companies vowed to prevent A.I. data centers fro

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Vote on Blanche in Doubt After Senators Express Skepticism Over I.R.S. Provision

Senators John Cornyn and Thom Tillis accused the attorney general nominee of refusing to put on paper his promise to kill aspects of the deal he cut to settle President Trump’s suit against the agency.Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, cannot afford to lose a single Republican vote.

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With Blanche Nomination at Stake, Payouts to Trump Allies Continue

A seven-figure settlement is announced two days before a scheduled Senate committee vote on Todd Blanche’s nomination to be attorney general.Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, has said the Justice Department dropped its plan for a $1.8 billion fund to pay purported victims of government weap

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Trump Demanded Details of Agents’ Interview of Comey, New Filing Says

The request suggests the intense personal involvement of President Trump in investigating one of his longtime critics, the former F.B.I. director James B. Comey.James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director, was interviewed by the Secret Service after posting a photo of seashells on Instagram.

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Shipping Risks Spread Across Crucial Middle East Oil Routes

Attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab al-Mandab Strait are disrupting the passage of oil tankers in the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea.Vessels transiting the Bab al-Mandab Strait off the coast of Yemen. The passageway has become an alternative route for Saudi Arabia to ship oil.

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Why Republicans Aren’t Funding the Texas Senate Race Yet

The peculiar dynamic is playing out in Texas, where the fate of the Republican nominee, Ken Paxton, will help decide which party controls the U.S. Senate.Ken Paxton, attorney general of Texas, is the Republican nominee for Senate there but has struggled to raise money.

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Obama Endorses Josh Turek in Iowa Senate Race With Basketball Video

The former president is trying to help Josh Turek net a Senate seat in Iowa, which Democrats see as one of their best pickup opportunities of the midterms.Former President Barack Obama made one of his first endorsements of the midterm elections, backing Josh Turek, a centrist state lawmaker in Iowa

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Summer of Heat, Fires and Storms Is a Reckoning for Europe on Climate

The continent is experiencing some of its biggest fires and highest temperatures ever. Residents are fleeing, leaders are struggling to respond and “it will get worse,” one climate expert said.Firefighters using controlled burns to stop the spread of wildfires near Madrid on Tuesday.

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European Wildfires Amplified by Emptying Countryside and Fewer Farms

A warming planet and a shift away from farming have set the stage for larger fires on the continent. “We must learn to coexist with them,” one report said.Wildfire smoke from a fire burning west of Bordeaux, France, on Tuesday. The giant blazes in France and Spain are their largest on record.

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Wildfires Slow in France and Spain, but Worse May Be Ahead

Firefighters have contained vast wildfires in both countries, but winds are high and temperatures rising. Spain’s prime minister said the next 12 hours would be “decisive.”Un bombero descansando cerca de Lanton, Francia, el martes

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How Are You Navigating This Extreme Summer?

Amid blistering heat, economic anxiety and a tumultuous news cycle, we want to hear how you’re experiencing the season.A construction worker under the heat wave in New York earlier this month.

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