I spent 11 years in the Guard & Reserve (April 1981-May 1992), so I definitely have some thoughts on President Trump’s increasing politically motivated misuse of National Guard ( NG) personnel for a “ ...

By Mr. Trump’s account, Mr. Putin behind closed doors also endorsed the lie that Mr. Trump actually won the 2020 election, only to have it stolen by Democrats. — Peter Baker, New York Times, 17 August ...

Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, released documents last week that her office said shed new light on this “Russia hoax.” The DNI’s office doesn’t explain exactly what the “Russia ...

New channels of communication and wider support for the IAEA can help prevent catastrophe. Is China Changing Its Nuclear Launch Strategy? (Tong Zhao,Foreign Policy) Certain behaviors suggest it may be ...

Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon Is Becoming a Bubble (Nancy A. Youssef, The Atlantic) An already insular Defense Department is sealing itself off from outside thinkers. Last month, a group of seven U.S.

Experts React: Starvation in Gaza (CSIS) How did Gaza descend into mass starvation and what is the path out? Israel’s Last Chance (Franklin Foer, The Atlantic) Flooding Gaza with food is the only way ...

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OUR PICKS America Should Assume the Worst About AI | Golden Dome Could Learn from SDI Politics | Export Controls Aren’t Enough to Beat China’s AI, and more ...

Five years after the height of debates on banning Huawei from European 5G infrastructure, Spain has quietly handed the Chinese tech giant a contract to store and manage police wiretaps, the legal ...

· The World Is Entering a Dark New Era of Hydroterrorism · Rubio Restricts U.S. Criticism of Tainted Foreign Elections · Calls for Japan’s Leader to Resign as His Party Faces Election Defeat · Iran ...

Last Tuesday, when an account on X using the name Cindy Steinberg started cheering the Texas floods because the victims were “white kids” and “future fascists,” Grok — the social media platform’s ...

Disinformation around a “weather weapon” and cloud seeding is being widely promoted by everyone from anti-government extremists to GOP influencers—and leading to real-world consequences. When a flash ...