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Satellite images show the loss of forest in Bolivia’s eastern lowlands between 1984 and 2022, mostly from expanding farmland. | Planet Observer/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Over the last few decades, wildfires, farmers, and cattle ranchers have razed millions of acres of tropical forests across the planet. Much of that deforestation has occurred in three countries: Brazil, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Indonesia. But in the last few years, another, smaller nation has risen

In today’s issue: Democrats are feeling increasingly bullish about their prospects for the midterm elections with less than six months remaining before voters head to the polls. History is on their side, as the party out of power has typically gained seats in Congress in most midterms. But they’re starting to show signs of a chance to flip control of both...

Some of the people building AI have started acting like it might be dangerous.

EXCLUSIVE — U.S. Customs and Border Protection has achieved a remarkable feat under President Donald Trump, locking down tens of billions of dollars in funding for the largest-ever expansion of border security, while it simultaneously brought the number of illegal immigrant arrests at the southern border to 55-year lows for more than a year. The Trump […]