A question for the formerly woke: What exactly do you regret?
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) speaks to the press on July 22, 2026. (Illustration by The New York Times;…
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EPA moves to curb public input on data centers
New homes in northeast El Paso, Texas, a short distance from an enormous Meta AI data center under…
West Point climate professor says he was fired for refusing to ‘defy science’
By MICHAEL C. BENDER and GREG JAFFE After 17 years of teaching science at West Point, Dr. Adam…
ICE agent released from Texas jail after Minnesota loses court fight
Federal agents near the scene where a federal agent shot a man from Venezuela while trying to detain…
81 members of western PR gang ‘Los Baja Deo’ indicted
By THE STAR STAFF A federal grand jury indicted 81 members of the “Los Baja Deo” organization on…
During PR visit, Blanche defends Trump’s expansive use of pardons
U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche (Facebook via the United States Department of Justice) US attorney general says president…
UPR workers ratify strike vote for next Tuesday
Hundreds of members of the University of Puerto Rico Workers’ Union ratified a strike vote on Thursday. The…
Water & power agencies tell Senate they can’t support Esencia’s demands
Puerto Rico’s water and power authorities told lawmakers during a hearing in the island Senate on Thursday that…
Fiscal board extends access to Emergency Reserve for drought response through Sept. 10
By THE STAR STAFF With close to half of the island now in a state of extreme drought,…
Puerto Rico Is Not a State: Why Not?
Puerto Rico has been a possession of the United States since 1898 — that’s more than a century…
