AST SpaceMobile is deepening its relationship with mobile carrier giant Verizon. Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – Base Power raises $1B to deploy home batteries everywhere
Base Power’s Series C will help the company expand beyond Texas, its beachhead market, and build batteries in the United States. Read more: Read More
Border Report – 1 in 5 people in US is Latino for first time in history: Analysis
(The Hill) – For the first time in American history, one in five people living in the U.S. identify as Latino, according to a new study by the University of California Los…
Border Report – Trump says Pritzker, Chicago mayor ‘should be in jail’
(The Hill) – President Trump on Wednesday called for Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) to be jailed as the two leaders push back on the Trump…
Border Report – GOP senators increasingly anxious about Trump’s aggressive use of National Guard
Republican senators are increasingly uneasy about President Trump’s standoff with Democratic governors over deploying National Guard troops from other states to Portland, Ore., and Chicago. The conflict between federal and state authorities…
Tech Crunch – Bounce introduces a tool to move your Mastodon account to Bluesky
Moving accounts between Mastodon and Bluesky is about to get much easier, thanks to Bounce 2. Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – Ganiga will showcase its waste-sorting robots at TechCrunch Disrupt
Ganiga’s fleet of waste-sorting technology is meant to help companies track and reduce the waste they produce. Read more: Read More
KTSM News – Escobar hosts briefing on government shutdown
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — U.S. Congresswoman Veronica Escobar will host an in-person briefing on Wednesday morning, Oct. 8, in El Paso to discuss the ongoing government shutdown and its local/federal impact….
Tech Crunch – A break down of the H-1B changes — and why more changes could come
Jeremy Neufeld, the director of immigration policy at the Institute for Progress, comes on Equity to talk H-1B changes. Read more: Read More
KTSM News – Bishop Seitz visits with Pope Leo to deliver migrant letters
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The El Paso Bishop on the front lines of the U.S. immigration crackdown met Wednesday, Oct. 8, with Pope Leo at the Vatican and brought him a…