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Plus: A federal flip-flop on AI innovation, the beauty of America as seen through World Cup tourists' eyes, and more...
After burning through interceptors in the Iran war, the U.S. faces a dire math problem: Enemies can build drones faster than America can build missiles.
The annual G7 summit comes at a pivotal time in U.S.-European relations, as the continent grapples with an American foreign policy that demands greater European autonomy.
The proposal was nixed only after White House Staff Secretary Will Scharf explained why it was legally dubious.
The history of ceasefires is plagued by continued violence, ranging from "moderate shooting" to full-scale offensives.
The U.S. and Iran have moved to the next stage of the peace process. Hawks on all sides are terrified that it will succeed.
Plus: Anthropic vs. the government, Knicks win, bread and circuses, and more...
Plus: SpaceX's initial public offering, L.A. taking S.F.'s place, matchmaking reinvented, and more...
The president has repeatedly argued that courts have no business deciding whether his actions are legal.
The White House keeps insisting that peace is around the corner. Meanwhile, Israel, Iran, and the United States keep shooting at each other.
Plus: L.A. mayoral race updates, stabbing at Penn, Jon Ossoff thirst, and more...
The Israeli government is willing to phase out U.S. financial grants. But Mike Rogers and Tom Cotton want to lock in other forms of aid—without a debate in Congress.
Plus: Lunchtime bullying, the decline of H-1B visas, orgy mating, and more...
The federal government will now dig through databases to register 18-year-olds for conscription.
The president tramples the rule of law in his rush to glorify himself.
Plus: Jerome Powell talks, courtpacking watch, medical advancements, and more...
How Soviet séances and CIA remote viewers sparked a decades-long arms race no one was supposed to know about
After nine months of murdering suspected cocaine smugglers, the Trump administration has no evidence that the strategy is working as advertised.
Plus: when the city government starts covering Ozempic, Jill Biden's lies, and more...
The administration is avoiding conflict with China to focus on war in the Middle East. Taiwan’s democracy hangs in the balance.
If we want powerful AI systems to respect liberty, now is the time to train them to be more libertarian.
Immigrants have fought for America's founding promise because they understood it, not because they inherited it.
The Pentagon's budget is so vast that a soldier believes the extraterrestrial machine shooting lasers at them might be taxpayer–funded.
The Pentagon instituted its new press rules in the fall, prompting a months-long legal battle over the First Amendment.
The Trump administration has come up with contradictory reasons to avoid admitting to an obvious, terrible mistake.
The project’s critics have compared it to Reagan’s failed “Star Wars” initiative.
Sen. Mark Kelly says it "feels like that number was just kind of pulled out of thin air."
Plus: a different type of pizzagate, Kevin Warsh as the new Jerome Powell, and more...
Tristan da Cunha and Pitcairn Island are nearly impossible to get to. Somehow, hantavirus-exposed travelers ended up on both.
The American public never got a satisfying explanation for why Trump attacked Iran in the first place.
Direct military costs have exceeded $70 billion by one estimate, and Americans have paid more than $37 billion in higher energy costs since the war began.
The defense secretary argues that military retirees like Sen. Mark Kelly are not allowed to say things he unilaterally deems "prejudicial to good order and discipline."
Plus: AOC says you can't earn a billion dollars, Mythos, hantavirus, and more...
Trump joins a long line of presidents unwilling to be transparent about the causes and goals of their adventurism abroad.
Plus: Rudy Giuliani hospitalized, rules relaxed for foreign physicians, cities without children, and more...
Some of the people building AI have started acting like it might be dangerous.
The proliferation of drones to Malian rebels is a bizarre, unexpected form of blowback.
To justify punishing a legislator for his speech, a FIRE brief notes, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth relies on a Supreme Court precedent that is clearly inapposite.
Plus: California fails to unmask ICE agents, the illogic of medical-only marijuana rescheduling, driverless cars in D.C., and more...
A look at Palantir’s bootlicking new manifesto.
The defense secretary's asserted authority to control the speech of retired military officers "would chill public participation by veterans," a brief supporting Mark Kelly warns.
What exactly was the point of killing thousands of people and destroying the world economy?
After considering a permanent U.S. presence, the Trump administration instead evacuated American troops once and for all.
Plus: The U.S. blockade widens, Los Angeles teachers get a pay bump, the sunny side of a treeless national mall, and more...
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