AOC floats impeaching Trump over Iran strike without Congressional approval

Progressive champion Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and a handful of other Democrats quickly floated the prospect of impeaching President Donald Trump for launching a military strike on Iran without Congressional authorization. "The President’s disastrous decision to bom…

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Tech Bitcoin briefly sinks below $99,000 as U.S. strikes on Iran trigger crypto market sell-off.

Spot bitcoin ETF inflows froze late last week as institutional investors grew cautious ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump’s Iran response. More than $1 billion in crypto positions were liquidated in 24 hours, most from overleveraged long bets. Bitcoin’s correlation to tec…

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Oil futures surge following US strikes in Iran.

Oil prices surged late Sunday in Wall Street’s first reaction to America’s strikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities on Saturday evening, a major escalation of the Iran-Israel conflict. US oil futures jumped 2.7% to about $75.80 per barrel at 930 pm ET. Brent futures, the…

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U.S. calls on China to prevent Iran from closing Strait of Hormuz and disrupting global oil flows.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio called on China to prevent Iran from blocking the Strait of Hormuz in retaliation for U.S. airstrikes. About 20% of the world’s oil passes through the Strait of Hormuz. China is Iran’s biggest oil customer and maintains friendly relations w…

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Trump declares 'very successful attack' on Iran's nuclear program as US forces strike 3 key sites.

President Donald Trump announced on Saturday U.S. forces successfully launched attacks on Iranian nuclear sites, warning the country to "make peace," as future strikes loom. During an address to the nation, Trump said the U.S. military carried out massive precision…

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New AI model adds another tool to hurricane-forecasting toolbox.

Google releases AI-based computer forecast model. Artificial Intelligence is quickly becoming a part of our daily lives. Now, its expanding in the weather forecasting realm. Last week Google announced the launch of its new weather model that uses artificial intelligence to he…

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James Webb Space Telescope discovers planets forming in space's most punishing environments.

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have peered deep into one of the Milky Way's most radiation-intense star-forming regions, revealing that Earth-like planets can form even in the galaxy's most punishing environments. The observations expand the…

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SpaceX Starship rocket explodes in setback to Musk's Mars mission.

SpaceX's massive Starship spacecraft exploded into a dramatic fireball during testing in Texas late on Wednesday, the latest in a series of setbacks for billionaire Elon Musk’s Mars rocket program. The explosion occurred around 11 p.m. local time while Starship was on a …

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On this day in space! June 24, 1999: Cassini spacecraft flies by Venus.

On June 24, 1999, NASA's Cassini spacecraft flew by Venus while making its way to Saturn. Taking advantage of Venus's gravity, Cassini gained enough momentum during the encounter to slingshot out past the asteroid belt. This was actually the second time Cassini swoop…

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Astronomers discover the largest comet from the outskirts of the solar system is exploding with jets of gas.

Astronomers have discovered that the largest comet from the Oort Cloud, a shell of icy bodies at the very edge of the solar system, is bursting with chemical activity. Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile, the team discovered that C/2014 UN2…

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SpaceX's Starship explodes before 10th test flight.

SpaceX's newest Starship vehicle just went up in smoke. The company was testing a Starship upper stage at its Starbase site in South Texas on Wednesday night (June 18), to prepare for the megarocket's upcoming 10th flight test. But something went very wrong, the vehic…

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Sun Releases Strong Flare.

The Sun emitted a strong flare, peaking at 5:49 p.m. ET on Tuesday, June 17, 2025. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, which watches the Sun constantly, captured an image of the event. Solar flares are powerful bursts of energy. Flares and solar eruptions can impact radio com…

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2 Chinese spacecraft just met up 22,000 miles above Earth.

China brought two spacecraft together high above Earth as part of a refueling demonstration mission, according to a space situational awareness company. China's Shijian-21 and Shijian-25 satellites had been moving toward each other in geosynchronous orbit, around 22,236 …

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France to buy surveillance aircraft from Sweden's Saab.

France has signed a declaration of intent to buy two Global Eye military aircraft from Saab, opens new tab, with options for two further planes, the Swedish defence group said in a statement on Wednesday. A final procurement could be signed in the coming months, subject to f…

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US FDA approves Gilead's twice-yearly injection for HIV prevention.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved Gilead Sciences (GILD.O), opens new tab lenacapavir, a twice-yearly injection, for preventing HIV infection in adults and adolescents. Gilead said the drug will be sold under the brand name Yeztugo. Investors and AID…

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US to end LGBT suicide prevention service, says general hotline sufficient.

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is ending funding for an LGBT suicide prevention hotline that it says encourages "radical gender ideology," a move that the project running the service called "devastating." The Trevor Project, a non-profit…

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Astronomers capture the most intricate picture of a galaxy in a thousand colors ever seen.

Astronomers have obtained a stunning new image of the Sculptor Galaxy, painted in thousands of colors that reveals the intricacies of galactic systems. The incredible image of the galaxy — located around 11 million light-years away and also known as NGC 253 — was collected w…

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50 years later, Apollo 17’s moon samples are still revealing secrets about lunar volcanoes.

Amazingly, the samples of material from the moon retrieved by the Apollo missions are still providing new insights more than 50 years later, in this case how tiny glass beads that litter the lunar surface are telling us about the explosive volcanic plumes that formed them 3…

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Mysterious radio pulses detected high above Antarctica may be evidence of an exotic new particle, scientists say.

A cosmic particle detector has spotted a burst of strange radio signals from the ice of Antarctica that currently defy explanation. The results could hint at the existence of new particles, or interactions between particles currently unknown to physics, scientists say. The m…

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SpaceX launch from California sends 26 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit.

SpaceX launched 26 Starlink satellites from California on Monday evening (June 16). A relatively new Falcon 9 rocket, making only its third flight, lifted off at 8:36 p.m. PDT local (11:36 p.m. EDT or 0336 GMT June 17) from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space For…

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