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Democrats hope blue states can be the party’s redoubt against Trump’s second term.Democrats will be in the minority in both houses of Congress in January 2025.Democrats are also lining up lawyers to stymie Trump’s agenda and planning for 2028.With Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential election loss, President Joe Biden leaving…
Jeff Bezos recently played tour guide for a look inside Blue Origin’s factory and the space company’s latest rocket, New Glenn.The billionaire gave YouTuber Tim Dodd, known by his channel moniker “Everyday Astronaut,” a tour of the rocket’s production facility in Cape Canaveral, Florida.Standing at over 320 feet tall, New…
You would not believe Ester van den Hoven is turning 100 today.The first time I met her, in June, the sprightly 99-year-old was dashing out for a 10-minute walk in the California sunshine.Is that Ester? I wondered, doing a double-take as I rolled towards the parking lot of her nursing…
Democratic presidential nominees have won New York in every election since 1988, generally by double-digits.The 2020 election was no different, as President Joe Biden won the state by 23 points, powered largely by his massive advantage in New York City and its suburbs.But this year, Biden’s tepid poll numbers in…
Jeff Bezos’ rocket company, Blue Origin, recently filed concerns to the FAA about Elon Musk’s SpaceX, requesting that Starship’s launch operations be potentially limited over environmental impact concerns.The filing focused on the FAA’s intentions to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to evaluate the potential environmental impacts of issuing SpaceX…
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Defense picked Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin, Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Boeing-Lockheed joint venture United Launch Alliance (ULA) to compete for national security space missions, making initial selections under a $5.6 billion award program. The Pentagon did not say which of the…
Jeff Bezos’ private space company, Blue Origin, recently announced its plans to launch a crew of six aboard its New Shepard rocket this Sunday.If all goes well, this will be the company’s first crewed rocket launch in nearly two years. The last crewed flight was in August 2022 and included…
In recent years, Arizona — after decades as a GOP bastion — has emerged as one of the most prominent electoral prizes for Democrats.President Joe Biden won Arizona in 2020, the first time that a Democratic presidential nominee had carried the state since 1996. Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly won a…
NASA awarded Blue Origin $172 million to develop a space station for both astronauts and tourists.The space station, called Orbital Reef, will need to be able to support human life. Recently, Blue Origin passed four milestones in helping prove Orbital Reef is well on its way. The International Space Station won’t…