Houston dominates Tennessee, punches ticket to Final Four

The Houston Cougars’ formidable defense helped keep the Tennessee Volunteers in check during Sunday’s Elite Eight game.  The nation’s stingiest defense held the Vols to 15 first-half points, the fewest in an Elite Eight game since 1979. The 69-50 victory secured Houston’s first trip to the Final Four since 2021. The Cougars have now advanced…

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Dem senator says party brand is ‘really problematic’ and led to the loss of trust of working-class voters

Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., said that the Democratic Party’s brand is “really problematic” and castigated his party for losing touch with working people on NBC’s “Meet the Press” Sunday. “I agree that the Democratic Party brand is really problematic… it’s a brand that’s associated with New York and California, is associated with the educated elite…

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Energy chief envisions US nuclear renaissance: restoring ‘pit’ production, localizing nuke power

In a wide-ranging interview last week, Energy Secretary Chris Wright discussed how the U.S. can bring nuclear power to the fore for both energy and defense purposes, starting with rebooting otherwise dormant “pit” production. Under the first Trump administration, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) sought to meet the Pentagon’s goal of manufacturing 80 such…

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