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Subscribed with another email? Logout and Login with that one. Account subscription benefits alongside Premium Stories, Editorials, Opinions and more. Unlock these with Subscription NASA astronaut Anil Menon attends a press conference ahead of the Soyuz MS-29 expedition to the International Space Station (ISS), at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan on July 13, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Anil Menon, a NASA astronaut of Indian heritage, is scheduled to begin an eight-month mission to the International Space Station (ISS), launching from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan alongside two Russian cosmonauts. The Roscosmos Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft is scheduled for lift-off from the Baikonur spaceport at 8:17 p.m. (IST) on Tuesday (July 14, 2026) and is expected to dock at the orbital laboratory after a little over three hours. Let’s take a closer look at Anil Menon's life and how this event marks a historic milestone for the Indian community. Born in Minneapolis to Ukrainian and Indian immigrants, 49-year-old Dr. Menon is an emergency medicine physician and a Colonel in the US Space Force. He has also spent a year in India as a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar to study and support Polio vaccination initiatives. His mother, Elizabeth, is an immigrant from Ukraine to America.
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Anil Menon, NASA’s first astronaut of Malayali origin, embarks on a historic ISS mission, conducting groundbreaking research in space.
The Supreme Court’s proposed $228 million budget includes funding to expand its in-house police force, which handles round-the-clock security at the justices’ homes, in addition to providing security when the justices travel outside the Washington area.
Members of the Army National Guard patrol at the Lincoln Memorial on July 02, 2026 in Washington, D.C. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images North America hide caption WASHINGTON – The National Guard will remain deployed in Washington, D.C. through Inauguration Day 2029 as part of President Trump's anti-crime mission in the city, unless the president deems otherwise, the Pentagon confirmed to NPR. The announcement comes as the number of troops in the city has essentially doubled to nearly 5,000 from more than 20 states in recent weeks, as part of a " summer surge " of law enforcement announced by federal officials in May. The current cost of the deployment is more than $3 million per day, according to an estimate by the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office. Trump first deployed the National Guard to D.C. in August of 2025 — something the president can do because of the unique status of the city — after declaring a "crime emergency" and launching the D.C. Safe and Beautiful Task Force , despite violent crime hitting a 30-year low . The emergency declaration ended a month later, but the task force and troop presence has continued. The result has been thousands of armed and uniformed National Guard members patrolling residential and business districts of the city for nearly a year, becoming a regular — and controversial — part of the D.C. scenery. Trump has repeatedly touted the drop in crime in the city since, although those trends had started long before the task force was launched. "I have seen no indications that they are going to draw down at the end of this summer," says Virginia Burger, senior defense policy analyst for the Project on Government Oversight, meaning the likely cost will be on the higher end.
Maine Senate hopeful, Democrat David Costello, speaks with a potential voter as he gathers signatures, required to be considered at the party's convention, in downtown Brunswick, Maine on July 12. Tamara Keith/NPR hide caption BRUNSWICK, Maine – On a sunny Sunday, Senate hopeful David Costello worked the sidewalk in downtown Brunswick asking for signatures. "Woud you happen to be a registered Democrat?" he asked one woman before engaging in a back and forth conversation. She asks if he's progressive. Costello is one of several Maine Democrats who see the fall of Graham Platner's senate campaign as an opportunity to represent Maine in Washington. Platner won June's Democratic primary election handily. "People appreciate the fact that I provide steady leadership — and the word steady does come up a lot," Collins said at the parade, "and that I continue to work really hard for Maine." Collins has represented Maine in the Senate since 1997. Susan Sharon/Maine Public hide caption Democrats see Maine as pivotal to their chances to retake the Senate. Maine state Senate President Mattie Daughtry, a Democrat, is encouraged to see many of the candidates running on Platner's progressive platform of transformational change. But I think we'll get through this," Senate hopeful David Costello predicted.
