President Donald Trump on Sunday declared that he would not sign other legislation until a sweeping election operations overhaul headlined by new voter ID requirements reaches his desk – even as there’s no sign the bill can get the votes needed to pass the Senate. “It must be done immediately. It supersedes everything else,” Trump
JPMorgan analysts warned clients that a prolonged war with Iran could send the S&P 500 into correction territory. The bank’s trading desk said its view has turned tactically bearish, explaining that positioning signals investors aren’t positioning for further market risks even as volatility surges. Options pricing implies the S&P 500 could drop another 2.9% this
“Hearing European citizens getting arrested by border control over their views on the US is not something I would like to test for myself,” said Nazih Fares, a French-Lebanese citizen and creative director at indie studio Le Cabinet du Savoir. Attendees, many wearing face masks, wait in a line outside the 2022 Game Developers Conference
Gold-dusted chocolate Oscar statues are pictured during the Oscars Governors Ball press preview on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP) By LINDSEY BAHR and JAKE COYLE The Associated Press’ film writers have made their Oscars predictions in every category, ahead of the March 15 ceremony. Now it’s time to make
The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. U.S. and Israeli authorities have reportedly been considering a special operations ground raid to extract or otherwise neutralize Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium. TWZ previously explored this exact scenario, given that this nuclear material is understood to
A rumour doing the rounds in Saudi Arabia claims two colossal titles will be added to the PS Plus Extra catalogue this month. The report, which is circulating on social media, claims both Square Enix’s Final Fantasy 16 and Capcom’s Dragon’s Dogma 2 will headline the lineup, making for one of the most impressive offerings
For the first time, meteorologists have glimpsed the tiny bursts of ultraviolet light emitted by trees during thunderstorms. Scientists have long suspected the existence of this invisible phenomenon, thought to be the result of a passing storm’s charge inducing an electric current within trees below. Referred to as a corona, the glow produced by a
Noah Beck, an actor known for his work in Tubi’s popular YA romance franchise Sidelined, has landed a series regular role in the new Baywatch TV series from Fox and Fremantle. Beck will play Luke, a rookie lifeguard, and the youngest in a family of firefighters who chose the beach over the firehouse. Luke is
A view of the Kremlin’s Spasskaya Tower and St. Basil’s Cathedral in central Moscow, Russia, on April 24, 2024, with a code overlay. (Photo: Alexander Nemenov / AFP via Getty Images; Collage: The Kyiv Independent) At the end of December, the person manning the digital boards at PSE, Poland’s national electricity operator, noticed a flurry
Thunderstorms belong to a non-exhaustive list of surprisingly mundane things that we know surprisingly little about. Last year, a team of engineers identified how lightning forms on cloud tops. The same team is now back with another surprising contraption: a miniature, plastic “lightning-in-a-box.” In a recent study published in Physical Review Letters, engineers led by