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Nevada Democrat congressional candidate Teresa Benitez-Thompson is campaigning as a born-again skeptic of the data-center industry after spending years taking money from interests tied to the industry and voting to help build the lucrative tax-abatement regime she now condemns. Campaign-finance records reviewed by The Nevada Globe identify at least $45,300

President Donald Trump is moving to create a new federal academy dedicated to producing the astronauts, engineers, warfighters and technical leaders America will need to dominate the next great strategic battlefield: space. Trump signed an executive order Friday establishing the Presidential Commission on the United States Space Academy, a NASA-led

President Donald Trump is declaring victory in the battle for control of the Strait of Hormuz, with the White House pointing to newly released U.S. military figures showing American forces have cleared Iranian mines, escorted nearly 1,500 commercial vessels and choked off Tehran’s oil exports through one of the most

Nevada Democrat congressional candidate Teresa Benitez-Thompson has picked up support from Indivisible activists as the national progressive network eyes Nevada’s historically Republican 2nd Congressional District as a potential 2026 target. Indivisible Carson City recommends Benitez-Thompson in the NV-02 race, according to Blue Voter Guide, while Nevada organizers are asking national

President Donald Trump declared a national emergency Wednesday over foreign threats to America’s electric grid, moving to block potentially dangerous foreign-made equipment from the nation’s bulk-power system as artificial intelligence, data centers and advanced manufacturing place unprecedented demands on electricity infrastructure. Trump’s executive order warns that foreign-produced transformers, generators, control

House Speaker Mike Johnson dropped into the NRCC’s Las Vegas Battlestation Tuesday to rally volunteers for Republican congressional candidate Marty O’Donnell, sharpening the GOP’s focus on Democrat Rep. Susie Lee as control of the House narrows to a handful of battleground districts. Johnson and O’Donnell thanked campaign volunteers and supporters

House Speaker Mike Johnson descended on Henderson Tuesday with Republican congressional candidate Carrie Buck, touring Pinecrest Academy Sloan Canyon and putting education, parental choice and Democrat Rep. Dina Titus’ opposition to President Donald Trump’s school-choice agenda squarely in the middle of Nevada’s hottest congressional fight. Johnson and Buck visited five

The Hawk Fire is ripping through northwest Reno and the North Valleys right now. Over 15,000 acres have burned since it ignited on August 22 near Peavine Peak. It sits at 27 percent contained in the latest updates. Dozens of homes are destroyed or damaged. Tens of thousands of Nevadans