French court jails Lafarge former CEO for funding IS in Syria

French cement-maker Lafarge convicted of terrorism financing over Syria plant

US court dismisses appeal from former Honduran president Hernandez - Reuters

<a href="https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiqwFBVV95cUxOYXRVbEd1ZEdUbVA3UEtyblpxWThBRnFNSzR2Q0c3dy1LWnE5a0ZXNFBaZGlIQUdLejQxaHFZUTY5dThVcXZVODAtVzhqbUFBSmtrZzhtcm5iNGNMNUFncHdMdG1JR1J5SjVubnBJWU0wVlVYR082QmZQZzVIenRweGcwRDYwN2NwaElEYVRIY21PSnhIRUtrX1J3UnlFNEJteDI2TlNZelBkZVk?oc=5" target="_blank">US court dismisses appeal from former Honduran president Hernandez</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color="#6f6f6f">Reuters</font>

Environmental groups urge appeals court panel to lift halt on closing Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz' - AP News

<a href="https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiqwFBVV95cUxNaXVFZ0FGVEhvV2xhcGdUblZDem16Si1sZkVsU3FOSGxBQmJ0NFozdV9ScWtURE5yZGtJSkxIZVFDWHhXcjFGOC1tN1hLcWdTUXVzelNoY1pJZmVxY3llSFZ5a2I2ZFJETmJpcXpIbE1fLTB4aXFtQks4djFLSnU0QUtWamxQOG5GUWFJeXdwSjdQeFFoU0FsSlRHdGc0X005U1BQeTNrTWNVYTA?oc=5" target="_blank">Environmental groups urge appeals court panel to lift halt on closing Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz'</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color="#6f6f6f">AP News</font>

Texas court overturns sentence for man on death row for nearly 50 years

<p>Clarence Curtis Jordan was convicted in 1978 but hadn’t had a lawyer for over 30 years</p><p>The Texas court of criminal appeals has overturned the death sentence of Clarence Curtis Jordan, a 70-year-old man with intellectual disabilities, who spent nearly 50 years on death row –&nbsp;much of that time without a lawyer.</p><p>Jordan was convicted in 1978 for the murder of Joe L Williams, a 40-year-old grocer in Houston, and was sentenced to death. In the years that followed, courts determined that Jordan, who has intellectual disabilities, was “incompetent”, making him ineligible for execution under constitutional standards.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/10/texas-death-row-sentence-overturned">Continue reading...</a>

Exclusive: Record funding for fusion power lands as Trump eyes cuts

<p>A key government agency will announce on Wednesday a record amount of funding for fusion energy — tapping the power of the stars — even as President Trump seeks to cut other parts of the federal fusion budget.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> The split-screen approach underscores tensions in the administration's energy strategy — and highlights how federal support is falling short of what the fusion industry says it needs.</p><hr><p><strong>Driving the news</strong>: The Energy Department's Advanced Research Projects Agency (known as ARPA-E) will commit $135 million over the next 18 months to accelerate the development of fusion energy technologies, according to details shared with Axios.</p><ul><li>The funding — the largest single fusion investment in the agency's history — will focus on tackling technical barriers that have kept fusion from reaching commercial scale.</li></ul><p><strong>The big picture</strong>: Fusion is still early in its development, and federal govern...

Top GOP senators to meet with Trump on DHS funding

Senate Republican Whip John Barrasso (Wyo.) said he and House Budget Committee Chair Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) will meet with President Trump at the White House on Friday to discuss the path forward on funding immigration enforcement portions of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with only Republican votes. The bill would be part of a…