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CNN, Politico and MS NOW have said they will sue the Trump administration after the three US media outlets were barred from the White House.President Donald Trump announced the ban on Friday, accusing the three organisations of writing “fiction or lies” about his government.The companies said their reporters were denied access and had their badges seized when attempting to access the building on Saturday.In a joint statement on Monday, they said they were pursuing legal action to “protect our First Amendment rights and defend the principle that the government does not decide what the press reports or publishes”.The First Amendment…

The new label is optional for smaller data centers, “but later we are also going to introduce minimum performance standards which, of course, will put more pressure on those who may not voluntarily wish to be as sustainable as we want them to,” he added.  While Australia and Singapore already have schemes rating the energy efficiency of data centers, the Commission’s new label would be the most comprehensive worldwide — asking tech companies to be transparent not only about their power use but also their impact on the local and global environment via information on how much water they consume, how…

Suzanne Morgan will never forget the day her mother died. It was nine months after she had gone into hospital with gallstones, where she received a routine blood transfusion.“She went downhill rapidly,” Morgan recalled. Her mother haemorrhaged in her liver, and the next day she was dead.The family were astonished to be told that she had Hepatitis C, and doubly shocked to learn that they couldn’t see her because her body was sealed due to contagion risk, leading them to suspect she was HIV positive.Morgan, who was pregnant at the time, said: “I went into full-blown miscarriage. I was in…

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for freeYour guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the worldCNN, MS Now and Politico have said they are suing the Trump administration after the US president banned the news outlets from the White House.The media groups said on Monday that they were filing the legal action to protect their First Amendment rights and defend the principle that the government does not decide what the press reports or publishes. “Without notice or process, the White House revoked our journalists’ credentials because it objected to our reporting,” they said in a…

Talks have begun between US and Chinese officials to propose a mechanism for the two countries to notify each other of artificial intelligence incidents which could threaten national security.The framework, called the US China AI Dialogue, would also see representatives from both countries meet again to discuss the technology and try to align on common goals and threats, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said.“We think that, just like with any cross-border activity, that moving from opaque to more transparency between the number one and the number two AI powers in the world is very important,” Bessent told reporters on Sunday.Bessent said…

Bitcoin surged above $85,000 as a wave of short liquidations accelerated the cryptocurrency’s strongest advance since January.Data from CryptoSlate showed BTC gained more than 5% over the past 24 hours to reach $85,193, extending its advance over the past 35 days to about 29%. The asset had eased to $84,545 as of press time after breaking through levels that had constrained its recovery for much of the year.The rally caught bearish traders heavily exposed. CoinGlass data showed about $750.5 million of leveraged crypto positions were liquidated over the past 24 hours, with more than $648 million, or roughly 86%, coming…

Calcium and vitamin D supplements are widely taken to support bone health, especially by older adults. But a large review published in The BMJ suggests that, for most older people, these supplements provide little to no meaningful protection against falls or broken bones. Falls are a major health concern as people age. Nearly one in three adults aged 65 and older falls each year, and those falls can lead to fractures, chronic pain, loss of independence, reduced quality of life, and in some cases a move into residential care. Finding effective ways to prevent falls and fractures is therefore an…

Florida’s coastal residents know to brace for storm surge, but during 2024’s Hurricane Milton, it was inland communities that suffered some of the greatest flooding. It took three weeks for water to recede from some neighborhoods, remembered Polk County Commissioner Becky Troutman. Her community, along Central Florida’s busy I-4 corridor, is among the nation’s fastest-growing places. With homes costing an average of $100,000 less than those in Orlando and Tampa, Polk—once known for citrus—is now coveted for its housing stock. So as the county began to update its comprehensive plan, which governs growth management, leaders had much to consider. Among…

RWE has awarded Swedish offshore survey company Njord Survey a three-year framework agreement for surveys using remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) across its offshore wind farms in the UK and European waters.Source: Njord Survey “We are incredibly proud to secure this long-term agreement with RWE, one of the world’s leading renewable energy companies,” said Philip Ljungström, Project Director at Njord Survey. “Over the past years our teams have surveyed more than 23 full offshore wind farm areas on behalf of the wider industry, and we believe this latest framework agreement is a clear recognition of that experience. It confirms our position…

Reading Time: 9 minutes The Nov. 3 race for Wisconsin attorney general, a rematch between Democratic incumbent Josh Kaul and Republican challenger Eric Toney, features their contrasting views on the Trump administration, abortion, election security and problems in crime lab testing. Kaul, 45, a former federal prosecutor and private attorney, won his first four-year term as attorney general in 2018, defeating Republican incumbent Brad Schimel, 49.4% to 48.8%. Toney, 42, a former private attorney, was first elected Fond du Lac County district attorney in 2012. He lost to Kaul by 1.3 percentage points in 2022. Kaul’s opposition to President Donald…