Energy Firms Try to Squeeze More Power Out of Old Nuclear Plants
It takes a long time to build new nuclear plants. So, some U. S. companies are looking to get more electricity out of reactors that already exist.
Incumbent Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, a moderate who owns an auto repair shop, hopes to retain congressional seat The two-term Democratic congresswoman Marie Gluesenkamp Perez is heading into one of the country’s most closely watched contests on Tuesday after national recognition for flipping a Republican seat in 2022. Representing Washington state’s third district, Gluesenkamp Perez finds herself squeezed between the Democrat and progressive Brent Hennrich and the Republican state senator John Braun on her right. There are six other candidates on a single crowded ballot and the top two finishers will advance to the November general election regardless of party. Democrats are favored to win the House of Representatives in November’s midterm election, but highly contested seats such as Gluesenkamp Perez’s will be crucial to securing a majority, and expanding the margin. Republican Jaime Herrera Beutler won Washington’s third district in 2010 and held it for six terms, until Gluesenkamp Perez narrowly beat Trump-endorsed Joe Kent in 2022. Trump has carried the district in all three of his presidential runs, most recently by about three points, and yet in 2024 Gluesenkamp Perez ran rough

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US President Donald Trump said he will delay imposing new tariffs on a wide array of Canadian goods for three days as the countries firm up a trade deal. "I have paused the 50% Tariffs against Canada, that were scheduled to kick in…
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US President Donald Trump said he will delay imposing new tariffs on a wide array of Canadian goods for three days as the countries firm up a trade deal. "I have paused the 50% Tariffs against Canada, that were…
Read original at BBC →More than 70,000 Canadians have signed a petition calling for the US ambassador in Ottawa to be expelled for undermining diplomatic relations between the two neighbours. The online petition accuses Pete Hoekstra of…
Read original at BBC →Republican strategist Collin Reed and Fox News contributor Richard Fowler analyze the 2026 midterm election power rankings with 'America's Newsroom' anchor Bill Hemmer. The panel examines four Senate toss-up races in…
Read original at Fox News →Incumbent Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, a moderate who owns an auto repair shop, hopes to retain congressional seat The two-term Democratic congresswoman Marie Gluesenkamp Perez is heading into one of the country’s most…
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US President Donald Trump said he will delay imposing new tariffs on a wide array of Canadian goods for three days as the countries firm up a trade deal. "I have paused the 50% Tariffs against Canada, that were scheduled to kick in…
View source →More than 70,000 Canadians have signed a petition calling for the US ambassador in Ottawa to be expelled for undermining diplomatic relations between the two neighbours. The online petition accuses Pete Hoekstra of "making repeated…
View source →Republican strategist Collin Reed and Fox News contributor Richard Fowler analyze the 2026 midterm election power rankings with 'America's Newsroom' anchor Bill H
View source →Incumbent Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, a moderate who owns an auto repair shop, hopes to retain congressional seat The two-term Democratic congresswoman Marie Gluesenkamp Perez is heading into one of the country’s most closely watched contests…
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It takes a long time to build new nuclear plants. So, some U. S. companies are looking to get more electricity out of reactors that already exist.
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