President Donald Trump predicted that gas will “soon” drop to $2 per gallon. During a speech in Japan, he said “our motto is drill baby drill” and noted that he anticipates “$2 gasoline pretty soon,” describing the prospect as “bigger than a tax cut.” If the president’s prediction pans out, it would mark a substantial decrease from the gas prices Americans have been facing at the pump. GAS PRICES NEAR $3 MARK FOR FIRST TIME IN YEARS The AAA national average price for regular gas is currently $3.044. In mid-June 2022, during President Joe Biden’s White House tenure, the AAA…
Author: Emily Carter
Call it “The Art of the Rare Earth Deal.” President Trump has embarked on bold new rare earths diplomacy to reduce China’s global dominance in the rare earth supply chain needed to power industries worldwide. And to do it, Trump is moving to strike rare earth gold in a new global mineral blitz to outflank Beijing, with new deals from Asia to Australia. Rare earths are the foundation materials for much of modern technology and defense systems. Without these elements, production of EVs, iPhones, F-35 fighter jets, and even MRI machines would stall. For defense, they’re used for precision-guided missiles,…
Chip giant Nvidia on Tuesday announced new partnerships with tech and telecommunications companies in efforts to advance artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure and operationalize AI capabilities. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang made a series of announcements in a keynote address on Tuesday covering a swath of new AI advancement initiatives the company is undertaking with partners. One initiative will see Palantir integrate Nvidia models into the core of its Ontology framework at the core of the Palantir AI platform. The two companies will build a first-of-its-kind integrated technology stack for operational AI, including analytics capabilities, reference workflows, automation features and customizable, specialized AI agents.…
Vampire Survivors just dropped a free update that includes an expansion based on the indie sensation Balatro. The expansion is called Ante Chamber and includes a new stage, new characters and a new power ups that makes the top-down rogue shooter feel more like, well, Balatro. First up, the titular Ante Chamber stage is filled with playing cards, calling to mind the source material. The new characters include the iconic joker Jimbo and there are new power-ups and weapons pulled from Balatro. These include jokers that increase points combos, just like the card game, and riffs on pre-existing Balatro mechanics…
Don’t Nod has a long history of making memorable narrative games, and it looks like the studio’s next project will come from Netflix programming. In the company’s half-year financial report, Don’t Nod noted that it has signed “a development agreement with Netflix for the creation of a new narrative video game based on a major IP.” Its Montreal studio is helming the project, while Netflix will publish the game. There are no other details available about the project, including what show or movie it will be based on, so place your guesses now. Netflix’s game strategy took some hits over…
Lawmakers at the helm of the Senate Special Committee on Aging have proposed a sweeping series of changes that could transform the way the government safeguards the quality of essential generic drugs. Citing a recent ProPublica investigation, the senators said the Food and Drug Administration should alert hospitals and other group purchasers when foreign drugmakers with serious safety and quality failures are given a special pass to send their products to the United States. Since 2013, ProPublica found, the FDA quietly allowed more than 20 troubled overseas factories, mostly in India, to continue to send certain medications here even after…
Lawmakers at the helm of the Senate Special Committee on Aging have proposed a sweeping series of changes that could transform the way the government safeguards the quality of essential generic drugs. Citing a recent ProPublica investigation, the senators said the Food and Drug Administration should alert hospitals and other group purchasers when foreign drugmakers with serious safety and quality failures are given a special pass to send their products to the United States. Since 2013, ProPublica found, the FDA quietly allowed more than 20 troubled overseas factories, mostly in India, to continue to send certain medications here even after…
I’ve reported on Idaho’s anti-vaccination movement for the past 10 years, most recently for ProPublica. I’ve written about people moving to Idaho as self-described “refugees” from states where vaccines are required for school. After the COVID-19 pandemic arrived, I wrote about Idaho’s low COVID-19 vaccination rate and, later, how that contributed to deaths and the near-collapse of our hospitals. As a journalist, the debate over vaccine policy and the rationales of the people behind the anti-vaccination movement fascinate me, even as the work comes with the weight of reporting on what can be, in some cases, life-or-death stakes. But I’m…
I’ve reported on Idaho’s anti-vaccination movement for the past 10 years, most recently for ProPublica. I’ve written about people moving to Idaho as self-described “refugees” from states where vaccines are required for school. After the COVID-19 pandemic arrived, I wrote about Idaho’s low COVID-19 vaccination rate and, later, how that contributed to deaths and the near-collapse of our hospitals. As a journalist, the debate over vaccine policy and the rationales of the people behind the anti-vaccination movement fascinate me, even as the work comes with the weight of reporting on what can be, in some cases, life-or-death stakes. But I’m…
By MIKE MAGEE With the announcement of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine last week, the American Association of Immunologists (AAI) took an understandable victory lap, stating: “This Nobel Prize demonstrates how immunology is central to medicine and human health. The ability to harness, modulate, or restrain immune responses holds promise across a vast range of diseases — from autoimmune conditions to cancer, allergies, infectious disease, and beyond.” This year’s award went to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Dr. Shimon Sakaguchi, and it couldn’t have come at a better time as our nation’s scientific community and their…