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The March rule cuts the year-over-year improvements expected from the auto industry, slashing standards that require automakers to produce fleets that average nearly 55 mpg by 2025. Instead, the Trump rule would bring that number down to about 40 mpg by 2026, bringing mileage below what automakers have said is possible for them to achieve. … [Read more...] about Eighteen states fight conservative think tank effort to freeze fuel efficiency standards

“Set forth at the meeting were new policies for further increasing the nuclear war deterrence of the country and putting the strategic armed forces on a high alert operation in line with the general requirements for the building and development of the armed forces of the country,” the Korean Central News Agency wrote. … [Read more...] about North Korea nuclear fuel plant still operational despite US pressure to end program, report says

The episode encapsulated Trump’s approach to the presidency and to this time of national crisis, which has upended nearly every aspect of American life and put his November reelection prospects at risk. He’s latched on to personal grievances and cast himself as a victim, while making only occasional references to the staggering loss of life across the country. He’s willingly stoked partisan divisions over public health, and now racial divisions in the face of a death, rather than seeking opportunities to pull the nation together. … [Read more...] about Analysis: Trump fuels new tensions in moment of crisis

The box truck carrying a load of paper blocked two lanes on the northbound Golden State (5) Freeway at Olive Avenue, prompting the California Highway Patrol to issue a SigAlert. The truck also spilled some of its diesel fuel, prompting authorities to close all northbound lanes while crews work to clear the scene. The crash occurred shortly after 12:30 p.m. Thursday, and authorities did not have an estimate for when the freeway would reopen. … [Read more...] about SigAlert: Truck Fire And Fuel Spill Snarls 5 Freeway In Burbank

"This is a dream come true, I think for me and everyone at SpaceX," he said. "This is not something that I ever thought would actually happen. When starting SpaceX in 2002, I really did not think this day would occur. I expected a 90% chance we'd fail to even get to lower-Earth orbit with a small rocket. So if somebody told me in 2002 that I'd be standing here with the NASA administrator, meeting the astronauts and a spacecraft on (launch) pad 39A, the best pad in the world, it's an honor to be there, I would have thought, man, ... no way." … [Read more...] about Watch: SpaceX Rocket Launches NASA Astronauts