Independent Journal Review

Oregon and Washington joined a broader legal challenge to the Trump administration’s pause on new wind energy approvals, arguing the freeze threatens planned projects, grid reliability and state clean-energy mandates. In 2025, Washington state generated the most hydroelectric power compared to any other state, accounting for 85% of its renewable power — with wind at 11%, according to the Energy Information Administration.

A conservative nonprofit is organizing nationwide protests against AI data centers Saturday — but none of the protests target communities with Anthropic-affiliated projects. Humans First is hosting Saturday’s “Nationwide Day of Protest” in Kentucky, Indiana, Tennessee, Texas and New York. However, the nonprofit has not registered any protests in the specific towns home to Anthropic’s facilities in those same states, according to its website. “We didn’t choose the places for protests.

President Donald Trump has thrown down the gauntlet in Iran as the U.S. military doubles down on its air campaign and intensifies attacks on civilian infrastructure. The newest wave of airstrikes began early on Friday and included attacks on energy sites, bridges, shipping facilities and airports, according to the Associated Press (AP) and Reuters.

The Iran War may be hemorrhaging Israel’s tourism industry. Over 50,000 tickets to Israel’s Ben-Gurion International Airport may be cancelled due to U.S. Air Force presence, The Jerusalem Post reported Friday. Israel’s tourism industry employed over 350,000 people and generated $12 billion in direct revenue for the nation in 2023, according to Worldmetrics.

A legal dispute in Canada involving a surrogate mother and the intended parents of a child she carried has raised difficult questions about surrogacy agreements, prenatal medical decisions, and the limits of contractual obligations. According to the National Post, a same-sex male couple filed a lawsuit in Ontario Superior Court in May against the surrogate who carried their son.

President Trump just dropped a bombshell that changes everything about our elections. He revealed that China stole the voter registration data of 220 million Americans. This is not a rumor or a conspiracy theory. This data loss presents an unprecedented election security nightmare. According to reports, Trump made this announcement during his primetime speech on Thursday. The scale of this theft is simply mind-blowing for any patriotic American. China did not just stumble upon this information.

“Oh crap.” That was the response of FBI Foreign Interference Task Force Lead Nikki Floris to a tip in late September 2020 about possible Chinese election interference in the upcoming presidential election between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, according to newly declassified documents. Floris — an official within the FBI Counterintelligence Division entrusted to keep tabs on foreign interference schemes — instead immediately began retracting the tip.

An oil and gas giant is planning expansion into the Middle East to avoid the Strait of Hormuz during the Iran war. Chevron plans to sign memorandum of understanding with Iraqi government, creating new access points to Qurna 2 and Nassiriya oil fields, according to the Wall Street Journal. Iraqi talks with Chevron are to produce technical studies and explore potential pipeline routes to bypass the Strait of Hormuz, an executive told Reuters.

Four university officials faced questioning on Tuesday over allegations of antisemitism and the role of diversity, equity, and inclusion on their campuses. The hearing titled, “Training Activists, Not Physicians: The impact of DEI on Medical Schools,” probed into alleged antisemitism found on the campuses stretching back to 2023, according to the Committee of Education and Workforce.

China unveiled a new artificial intelligence (AI) model Thursday that seemingly wipes America’s most advanced models at a fraction of the cost. Moonshot AI, a Beijing-based AI company, released Kimi K3, which now threatens the United States’ lead in the global race on AI. The release of this advanced AI model follows as Anthropic has accused Chinese AI labs of using American AI models to train Chinese AI.