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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who warned the Big 12 it faces more than 200 million dollars in liability over any Sorsby sanction

Paxton Threatens Big 12 With $200 Million Bill as Sorsby’s Lawyer Warns of Contempt

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton warned the Big 12 it faces more than $200 million in liability if it punishes Texas Tech over Brendan Sorsby's court-ordered return, while Sorsby's attorney Jeffrey Kessler

June 12, 2026

Government and Politics·News·Sports

An oil refinery in Cuba, where the state company Cupet was placed under US sanctions

Washington Sanctions the Company That Keeps Cuba’s Lights On, Then Calls It Humanitarian

The Treasury blacklisted Cupet, Cuba's state oil company, during the island's worst energy crisis in decades, days after blocking a Florida firm's 250,000-barrel fuel shipment meant for the private sector. Rubio says

June 12, 2026

Government and Politics·News

The National Academy of Sciences building in Washington, home of the institution whose extreme weather attribution report is targeted by an industry-allied campaign

Industry Allies Are Mining Climate Scientists’ Emails to Blunt a Report Headed for Court

A National Academies report on extreme weather attribution is due within weeks, and an industry-allied network has spent 19 months pulling scientists' emails to discredit it first. The target is not the

June 12, 2026

Climate·Government and Politics·News

Huge Pacific waves crash against the rocky shore at Shore Acres on the Oregon coast, the kind of surf El Nino winters drive into the US West Coast

El Niño Is Back, and NOAA Puts 63 Percent Odds on a Super Event by Winter

NOAA has declared El Niño with two-in-three odds it reaches super strength by winter, a class of event seen only five times since 1950. It arrives on a planet already at record

June 12, 2026

Climate·News·Science

Ariana Grande performing in concert in 2017, years before her standoff with the White House over her song Bye

Ariana Grande Tells the White House to Stop Using Her Music for ‘Heinous Nonsense’

The White House posted a TikTok of ICE arrests captioned 'Bye-bye' and set to Ariana Grande's 2024 song Bye. Grande answered in the comments, calling it barbaric, inhumane, heinous nonsense. The audio

June 12, 2026

Entertainment·Music·News

SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, where 2,000 hospitality workers ratified a historic contract before the US World Cup opener

SoFi Stadium Workers Ratify Historic Contract on the Eve of the US World Cup Opener

SoFi Stadium's 2,000 hospitality workers ratified a contract their union calls the richest at any NFL venue, with 40 percent raises and World Cup premium pay, on the eve of the US

June 12, 2026

News·Sports

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket lifts off at night from Kennedy Space Center

SpaceX Raises $75 Billion in the Largest IPO Ever, and the $1.77 Trillion Question Trades Today

SpaceX priced 555.6 million shares at $135 each, raising $75 billion in the largest IPO in history and valuing the rocket maker at $1.77 trillion before its first trade. Elon Musk becomes

June 12, 2026

Business·Markets·News

Ariana Grande, whose song Bye was used in the White House ICE TikTok video before the audio was removed

Ariana Grande Tells the White House to Keep Her Music Out of Its ICE Videos

Ariana Grande told the Trump White House to stop using her music after a TikTok video set ICE arrest footage to her 2024 song Bye. The administration fired back instead of apologizing,

June 12, 2026

Entertainment·Music·News

Aerial view of NSA headquarters at Fort Meade, whose Section 702 collection continues despite the statute's lapse

America’s Premier Spy Law Dies at Midnight, and the Wiretaps Won’t Even Notice

Section 702 lapses Friday for the first time since 2008 after the House rejected a final extension 198 to 218, casualties of the standoff over Bill Pulte's installation as intelligence chief. The

June 12, 2026

Government and Politics·News

Mi Clip digital wallet launched in Mexico by Clip, Ant International, Mastercard and TelevisaUnivision in June 2026

Mexico Bet Everything on Cash. Ant International, Mastercard and Clip Just Called Its Bluff.

Mexico's Clip has launched Mi Clip, a digital wallet backed by Ant International's Alipay infrastructure, Mastercard's payment rails, and TelevisaUnivision's media reach — a coalition targeting the 85% of small transactions still

June 11, 2026

Business·Economy·News·Technology

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Paxton Threatens Big 12 With $200 Million Bill as Sorsby’s Lawyer Warns of Contempt

Washington Sanctions the Company That Keeps Cuba’s Lights On, Then Calls It Humanitarian

Industry Allies Are Mining Climate Scientists’ Emails to Blunt a Report Headed for Court

El Niño Is Back, and NOAA Puts 63 Percent Odds on a Super Event by Winter

Ariana Grande Tells the White House to Stop Using Her Music for ‘Heinous Nonsense’

SoFi Stadium Workers Ratify Historic Contract on the Eve of the US World Cup Opener

SpaceX Raises $75 Billion in the Largest IPO Ever, and the $1.77 Trillion Question Trades Today

Ariana Grande Tells the White House to Keep Her Music Out of Its ICE Videos

America’s Premier Spy Law Dies at Midnight, and the Wiretaps Won’t Even Notice

Mexico Bet Everything on Cash. Ant International, Mastercard and Clip Just Called Its Bluff.

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Bangladesh; India’s Biggest Ally or China’s Dragon Nest?

Ahmadis in Bangladesh face fresh threat of persecution

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