President Donald Trump has directed Attorney General Pam Bondi to unseal grand jury transcripts related to the Jeffrey Epstein case.https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/video/trump-directs-pam-bondi-unseal-grand-jury-transcripts-123870927
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele said the exchange was the result of months of negotiations.https://www.wsj.com/world/americas/10-americans-released-from-venezuela-in-exchange-for-prisoners-in-el-salvador-064c660b
The Pentagon moved Germany to the front of the line for the next air-defense systems after President Trump said allies will pay for additional Ukraine weapons.https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/trump-ukraine-weapons-shipment-priority-be11f155
President Trumpās plan to place tariffs on Brazilian goods because of a legal action against the countryās former president has boosted its leftist leader.https://www.wsj.com/world/americas/brazils-bolsonaro-ordered-to-wear-ankle-bracelet-6cf432df
The European Union agreed to block attempts to revive the Nord Stream gas pipelines and lower a price cap for Russian oil sales, among other measures.https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/eu-targets-russia-with-toughest-sanctions-package-in-years-59e49926
The British government sanctioned three Russian intelligence units after an uptick of cyber and arson attacks.https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/u-k-names-russian-spies-and-denounces-moscows-sabotage-operations-f3b57566
The iconic prop, which went for $14.75 million at auction, is one of several sleds used in the production of Orson Welles' 1941 classichttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/one-of-the-rosebud-sleds-from-citizen-kane-just-became-the-second-most-expensive-piece-of-movie-memorabilia-ever-sold-180987012/
Special intestinal cells collect excess minerals into particles the snakes can poop out, according to a new studyhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-discover-the-trick-that-allows-burmese-pythons-to-digest-the-bones-of-their-prey-180987006/
Telescopes detected the first stages of hot minerals condensing from gas around a young star called HOPS-315https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/for-the-first-time-astronomers-capture-smoking-gun-of-early-solar-system-formation-180987016/
Researchers found that trees in Wisconsin that had become hosts to the eye-catching species hosted only half the fungal biodiversity of trees that had not been invadedhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/invasive-golden-oyster-mushrooms-are-crowding-out-native-fungi-and-could-slash-biodiversity-in-forests-study-suggests-180987003/
NASAās āTeacher in Spaceā added joy to many Americansā lives and increased excitement for the future of spaceflight, though she never reached her destinationhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/christa-mcauliffes-life-ended-in-tragedy-on-the-challenger-shuttle-heres-how-the-high-school-teacher-was-chosen-for-the-ill-fated-flight-180987010/
These reptiles often get a bad rap, but there are plenty of reasons to celebrate snakeshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/see-15-images-of-sensational-slithering-snakes-180986993/
Known as the painter of "The Scream," the Norwegian artist and his loved ones spent many years suffering from health conditions. A new exhibition explores how the world of medicine influenced his arthttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/edvard-munch-was-haunted-by-physical-and-mental-illnesses-but-he-was-also-fascinated-by-them-180987001/
Gathering minerals such as nickel, cobalt, manganese and lithium from the seabed could affect everything from sponges to whales. The long-term effects of these extractions remain uncertainhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/as-interest-in-deep-sea-mining-grows-scientists-raise-alarms-about-the-possible-ecological-consequences-180987009/
In 1758, during the French and Indian War, the future president saved lives by stepping into the middle of a deadly skirmish in Pennsylvaniahttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-discover-site-where-george-washington-stopped-a-friendly-fire-incident-by-blocking-muskets-with-his-sword-180987008/
The mind-bending concept of time dilation results from a seemingly harmless assumptionāthat the speed of light is the same for all observers.https://www.wired.com/story/why-time-is-relative/
Ari Aster tells WIRED he wrote Eddington during the height of the pandemic and BLM protests. The western depicts the explosive consequences of his charactersā conspiracy-fueled social media diets.https://www.wired.com/story/eddington-director-ari-aster-couldnt-stand-living-in-the-internet-so-he-made-a-movie-about-it/
The school has attracted attention for its refusal to join the higher-ed resistance and, perhaps not coincidentally, for its avoidance of any direct sanctions by the Trump Administration.https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/how-dartmouth-became-the-ivy-leagues-switzerland
Trump rode the paranoid style of MAGA politics to power. Has he discovered that he canāt control it?https://www.newyorker.com/news/fault-lines/donald-trump-jeffrey-epstein-and-three-conspiracy-theory-theories
"There's a growing desire especially among women for depth, intentionality, and shared values, even in the context of something temporary," Qloo CEO Alex Elias said.https://www.newsweek.com/why-women-are-rejecting-summer-fling-dating-apps-2101020