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“Over the life of the mission, MAVEN supported more than 8 percent of all of our relay sessions planned by our rovers and landers, but it accounted for nearly 18 percent of all of the data returned, illustrating its usefulness when returning large data volumes,” said Tiffany Morgan, director of NASA’s Mars Exploration Program. The network still has plenty of capacity to support the Perseverance and Curiosity rovers, with some minor caveats. “We do have remaining assets, and those assets have adjusted the amount of data that they return, and the rovers have also adjusted their planning for how they…

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The Barack and Michelle Obama statue outside The Obama Presidential Center in the Hyde Park neighborhood in Chicago, Illinois, May 29, 2026.Joshua Lott | The Washington Post | Getty ImagesFor the first time, the public is getting a look inside the long-awaited Obama Presidential Center ahead of its Juneteenth opening on Chicago’s South Side. The sprawling, 19.3-acre, $850 million campus blends museum exhibits chronicling former President Barack Obama’s political rise and presidency with contemporary art, public gathering spaces, athletic facilities and a branch of the Chicago Public Library. The center is also poised to redefine the scale of the modern…

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Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for freeYour guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the worldEuropean allies are seeking clarifications from Washington over plans to remove key military assets from Nato’s rapid response force, raising concerns about the alliance’s ability to deter and tackle Russian aggression.The US has in recent weeks presented allies with detailed proposals to reduce the military capabilities it assigns to the Nato Force Model, the alliance’s pool of forces and equipment that can be deployed within 10 days to respond to a crisis, according to people familiar with the discussions.German newspaper…

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As athletes and millions of fans gear up for the FIFA World Cup starting next week, global health officials are preparing for a high-stakes challenge of their own: protecting against infectious diseases.For the first time, the tournament will span 16 host cities across three countries — the United States, Canada and Mexico — and feature 48 teams, making it the largest World Cup in history. The event also comes amid an Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda that the World Health Organization has designated a “public health emergency of international concern.” Despite those worries, the risk of widespread Ebola transmission during…

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There is no denying that waking up Thursday morning to the post-earnings declines in CrowdStrike and Broadcom is painful. It was also painful to see a similar sell-off in Palo Alto Networks in the prior session. In fact, Palo Alto stock is now riding a three-session losing streak. Ultimately, all three companies reported solid quarterly results and forward guidance, and Wall Street analysts largely increased their price targets. We did, too. However, all three ran hot into their prints, and “solid” was not nearly good enough to meet the lofty expectations of an investor base that is looking for the…

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The exterior of Verizon and AT&T stores, Coconut Grove, Miami, Florida. Jeff Greenberg | Universal Images Group | Getty ImagesThe U.S. Supreme Court backed the Federal Communications Commission’s system for levying fines, ruling on Thursday ⁠against wireless carriers AT&T and Verizon in their challenge to the agency and handing a win to President Donald Trump’s administration.The ruling ​was 8-1. At issue in ​the legal dispute was whether ​the agency’s in-house proceedings for imposing the penalties deprived the companies of their right to a jury trial under the U.S. Constitution. Trump’s administration defended the FCC’s system for assessing financial penalties, known…

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The age of robotaxis, long the preserve of science fiction, is now a reality, at least in a handful of American cities. It took just over a decade to get from the DARPA Grand Challenges to the start of Waymo’s commercial service in California, albeit initially with a safety driver on board. Proponents of the technology, which has attracted at least $100 billion in investment, say robotaxis will be safer than human-driven vehicles. And last year, Waymo’s data showed its cars were involved in many fewer crashes than human drivers, with much lower insurance claims, although recent issues with school…

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