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WASHINGTON – Senator Mitch McConnell went to the Senate Monday to mourn the death of Representative John Lewis, a civil rights icon whom the Republican leader called a “monumental figure” who made “huge personal sacrifices to help our nation overcome the sin of racism. ” . “ While many Democrats …

July 21, 2020 – Two NASA astronauts tied a spacewalk record as they prepared the International Space Station for future updates. Bob Behnken, who arrived at the space station on SpaceX’s Crew Dragon DM-2 spacecraft in late May, and Expedition 63 commander Chris Cassidy conducted their fourth spacewalk together on …

The White House is expected to announce that President Trump intends to veto the upcoming National Defense Authorization Act if it includes an amendment to rename the military bases that are currently named after the Confederate leaders. This echoes past threats from the president, who has openly opposed renaming sites …

Public health experts have spent months emphasizing that masks are one of the most effective tools to help combat the pandemic, and many US states have now introduced some form of mask requirement. However, Trump has refused to introduce a mandate at the national level, saying he wants people to …

Meet the big shot: a new species of fish accidentally created by scientists in Hungary. It is an unusual mix of two endangered species, the American spoonbill and the Russian sturgeon. According to a study published in the journal Genes, researchers from the Hungarian National Center for Agricultural Research and …