More than 2 million species are believed to exist in the Earth’s oceans, but only about 240,000 have been described by scientists, according to the Ocean Census. The huge gaps in our knowledge of the ocean have unsettled researchers for decades, prompting them to now launch a global mission to explore the uncharted depths of the deep-sea ecosystem.
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Former Vice President Mike Pence testified for more than five hours Thursday to a federal grand jury investigating the aftermath of the 2020 election and the actions of then-President Donald Trump and others, sources told CNN. This marks the first time in modern history a vice president has been compelled to testify about the president he served beside. Pence was set to recount — for the first time under oath — his direct conversations with Trump leading up to the insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. A federal judge previously ruled Pence could also be compelled to recount conversations when Trump repeatedly pressured him — unsuccessfully — to block the 2020 election results.
The Federal Reserve will release a report today on the findings from its investigation into what caused Silicon Valley Bank to collapse last month. Randal Quarles, former vice chair of supervision at the Fed, told CNN that he doesn’t expect the report to uncover any smoking guns. However, new details could shed light on how the bank imploded and what, if anything, could have been done to prevent it. Quarles said the report will likely hint at or formally propose more restrictive banking regulation without outlining specifics. In particular, he thinks there will be a lot of discussion around rolling back rules that allowed banks the size of SVB to skirt certain…
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