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Removable panels on the Lego Icons Hubble Space Telescope provide a look at the instruments and equipment inside. Credit: LEGO Removable panels on the Lego Icons Hubble Space Telescope provide a look at the instruments and equipment inside. Credit: LEGO As part of its storied history, the Hubble telescope was visited by astronauts five times, first to correct for an optical flaw and then to upgrade its capabilities. This Lego model is configured to reflect the Hubble’s current configuration, following its fifth servicing in 2009. Included in the build are the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS), Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS),…

Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro speaks during a press conference at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia on July 02, 2026 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump on Monday hurled more criticism at Jeanine Pirro as he fumed over the federal prosecutor’s decision to drop her Reflecting Pool vandalism case after admitting damage to the water feature was caused by a botched installation.Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, “made a mistake” and “choked” by moving to dismiss the indictment against former Olympic canoeist David Hearn, Trump told…

Evan Speigel, CEO of Snap, speaks with CNBC on June 16th, 2026.CNBCSnap reported better-than-expected revenue and earnings for the second quarter and issued a forecast for the current period that topped analysts’ estimates. The stock jumped over 10% in extended trading. Here’s how the company did compared with analysts’ expectations:Loss per share: Loss of 10 cents. That figure is not comparable to analysts’ estimates.Revenue: $1.6 billion vs. $1.54 billion expected, according to LSEGGlobal daily active users: 493 million vs. 487 million expected, according to StreetAccountGlobal average revenue per user (ARPU): $3.25 vs. $3.16 expected, according to StreetAccountRevenue in the second…

People watch as the Doris Ocean container ship departs from the Port of Los Angeles, in Los Angeles, May 28, 2026.Mario Tama | Getty ImagesA coalition of 25 Democratic-led states sued the Trump administration Monday, arguing President Donald Trump exceeded his authority by imposing sweeping tariffs on goods from 60 U.S. trading partners.The complaint, filed in the U.S. Court of International Trade, challenges tariffs of 10% or 12.5% on most goods imported from the affected economies, which together, the states say, account for 99.4% of U.S. imports.The states also allege the administration rushed through investigations of 60 economies, bypassed required…

As so many career counselors and lifestyle coaches have explained, first impressions matter. A bad one can set the tone for an entire relationship, whether that’s with a person, a novel, a restaurant, or a car. And the 2026 Volkswagen Jetta Sport and I did not get off to the best of starts. Picture the scene: You’ve been at home for a total of one night out of the previous eight, and you’ve just landed at the airport after an eight-hour flight. It’s 85˚F (30˚C) and raining. You could take the metro home. Sure, 80 minutes isn’t quick, but all…

A national social care service for Wales will not be achieved in this Senedd term, according to the deputy Welsh government minister in charge.Plaid Cymru’s 2026 Senedd election manifesto said the party believed “social care, like healthcare, should be provided free at the point of use to all those who need it”.Speaking at the National Eisteddfod, Delyth Jewell said a national service was “not something we’ll be able to achieve in its entirety in this term”.Her comments follow a speech by the new UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham last week, announcing a national conversation on the future of adult social…

Hopes are running high that high-profile software provider Palantir can shake off its nine-month bear market and rally after earnings Monday night.After all, the chart of Microsoft was looking similar going into its report, and that stock’s now in the midst of a three-day, 25% bounce. The options flows around Palantir also mirror Microsoft going into its report, where traders were scooping up calls and betting on a bigger-than-usual swing.More than twice as many Palantir calls traded than puts by volume Monday, with traders buying 56,000 calls and fewer than 25,000 puts, according to ThinkOrSwim data. Of the $160 million…

Hugging Face CEO Clément Delangue said China is winning the artificial intelligence race with open-weight models and could catch up to U.S. model makers as soon as this year. “They’re clearly dominating on open models right now, and I wouldn’t be surprised if they start dominating at the frontier either by the end of this year or next year at the rate of progress,” he told CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street” on Monday.Fueling this revolution is the open collaboration and sharing ecosystem in China, while model makers in the U.S. are “building in silos” and risk falling behind, he said.…

Nigel Farage has told the BBC he discussed the “potential liabilities” of returning to politics before the 2024 general election.It comes after The Sunday Times, external reported Farage had negotiated a deal in March and April 2024 with then-Reform leader Richard Tice to return to lead the party.Farage confirmed he spoke with Tice in spring 2024 to scope out what would happen to Reform’s finances if he returned but said it “wasn’t a deal, it wasn’t an agreement”, adding that talks came “quite some time after” he received a £5m gift from a billionaire donor.Labour said Farage’s remarks had “blown…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.The US Treasury has fined UBS a record $125mn over its failure to implement adequate anti-money laundering controls despite being sanctioned for similar shortcomings in 2018. UBS Financial Services, the Swiss bank’s US broker-dealer and wealth management subsidiary, failed to put in place an effective anti-money laundering programme and properly review foreign currency transactions worth more than $10bn, according to findings from the US Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network. FinCen said it was the largest penalty ever imposed against a broker-dealer for violations of…