Households in the contiguous United States will pay thousands of dollars more for energy through 2040 because of federal policy changes since President Trump returned to office, according to modeling released Friday by a nonpartisan think tank. abcnews.link/H2EJmpb

The Trump administration would require U.S. taxpayers to disclose their citizenship and work authorization status to the IRS as part of a proposed change to the annual tax form that nearly all workers file each year. to.pbs.org/3TGvjov

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Fully power down your phone before crossing an international border.

DOJ is reviewing whether the special prosecutor’s office that investigated the Watergate break-in committed misconduct, according to people familiar with the matter, more than half a century after that scandal led to Nixon’s resignation. W @PhilipWegmann wsj.com/politics/policy/deca…

New: USPS is to put cameras in its trucks that continuously record. To gather data on roads, signage, and to improve "community safety," the agency tells me. The cameras are marketed to capture passing license plates too, but don't run ALPR software 404media.co/usps-to-put-came…

The US government has lost more than 10,000 STEM PhDs since the start of the administration

US HOUSE SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON WARNS DEMOCRATIC HOUSE CONTROL WOULD BRING INTENSIFIED CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATIONS OF TRUMP, HIS ADMINISTRATION & BUSINESS FIGURES

Rebrand watch: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, speaking alongside Elon Musk at the Trump admin's AI launch event, is referring to data centers as "SI factories"

BREAKING: The Supreme Court lets the Trump administration continue deporting people to third countries for now while justices weigh policy. apnews.com/article/supreme-c…

I hate that LEGO is one step shy of being Funko Pops now, concentrating so heavily on licensed pop culture properties aimed at adults, instead of original "generic" themes to stir the imagination of children. But I guess I'm old and this kinda stuff just doesn't sell anymore.

Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/NmmAzhf

ALERT: FY2025 NASA PLANETARY RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS FUNDING CUT BY MORE THAN 50% From Mark V. Sykes @psisykes: Earlier this month I published "An Investigative Report on the Funding of NASA Planetary Research and Analysis Programs, FY2011-FY2025" at: blog.planetary-research.org/… This report presented the grim evidence of a fairly flat funding profile over the last 15 years for NASA Planetary Research and Analysis Programs (R&A),in stark contrast to recommendations by NRC planetary decadal surveys and Congress. This does not take into account the loss of more than 30% drop in value of that funding due to inflation over that period. New documents received in response to a Freedom of Information Act request show that in FY2025, NASA actually underspent what was budgeted for its R&A programs by more than 50% in the aggregate as of June 30, 2026. This is now published in a new report, "ALERT: FY2025 NASA Planetary Research and Analysis Funding Cut by More than 50%" at: blog.planetary-research.org/… The impact of this is compounded by NASA also forward funding future grant years in the year of the award, diminishing the number of awards it can make by 2/3 (assuming an average of three-year proposals). This moves a grim situation to one that is catastrophic in the short term, requiring immediate Congressional attention. NASA planetary science cannot be the only federally funded research programs being targetted by this stealth underspending. Congress should demand this information, while at the same time not waiting to act to staunch the damage. Without such action, I fear American science, which has driven our economic advancement for 80 yeaars, will not recover. Efforts to obtain FY2006 information are underway. Mark V. Sykes Senior Scientist and Former CEO Planetary Science Institute NOTE: All opinions are those of the author and not the Planetary Science Institute. #NASA @NASA @NASAScience_ @sciencedems

we need more liberal arts students, not less. we wonder why everyone is getting dumber. we wonder why no one can read. we wonder why everyone lacks critical thinking skills. it’s because higher education is completely inaccessible

Breaking: @NHTSAgov publishes nearly 900-page final fuel economy rollback rule reuters.com/world/trump-says…