The demise of freedom of navigation across the global commons, a concept rooted in customary international law and codified in the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, is an unintended consequence of President Donald Trump’s war on Iran, launched on Feb. 28. Iran’s closure on March 2 and the U.S. counterblockade […]
America’s prosperity depends on a simple act of faith. Businesses spend billions of dollars today because they believe tomorrow’s government won’t change its rules after the money has already been spent. Imagine sitting in the boardroom of one of America’s artificial intelligence companies or electric utilities on June 30. On the table is a $15 […]
On Wednesday, the public comment period closed on one of the most extraordinary media proceedings in the history of the Federal Communications Commission. More than 153,000 filings came in from public safety officials, free speech advocates, veterans, food banks, think tanks, and tens of thousands of individual viewers. Nearly all urged the FCC to leave […]
The organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts of America first allowed girls to become scouts almost a decade ago, in 2018. Membership has since fallen by 58%. The New York Times describes this as a “triumph.” To be fair, the op-ed describing this change does not address scouting membership levels at all. Instead, it […]
It may not surprise you that Seattle’s city government is one of the most incompetent in the country, but it may surprise you just how deep that incompetence goes. A shooting at the Seattle Center unfortunately put this incompetence on display. Seven people were shot, with two dying at the scene and another at the […]
Why did New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani publish a list of nearly 1 million homeowners who “may” face his new property-tax surcharge when the city estimates that only 10,000 properties will actually owe it? It may have something to do with the fact that Mamdani wants to raise taxes far higher than Albany Democrats have […]
Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other...
“The science is settled.” It’s Sacramento’s answer to every climate question. And if we’re talking about economics, also known as the “dismal science,” that’s...
95 DAYS AND COUNTING. Nov. 3, 2026, seemed a long time off back in December, when President Donald Trump started the first, short-lived “pivot” to campaigning for the midterm elections. It still seemed a long time off in January, when Trump’s venture into Venezuela eclipsed any attention the White House was paying to the midterms. And […]
A United States cybersecurity agency is investigating a coordinated cyberattack on over 30 municipal water facilities in Minnesota which contains details of possible Iranian hackers. The Minnesota Information Technology (MNIT) agency released an advisory Tuesday about the attacks, saying it was coordinating its investigation with federal agencies including the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA),...
Editor's Note: This story has been updated to reflect how Anthropic accessed different organizations. The artificial intelligence firm Anthropic revealed Thursday its Claude model accessed the systems of three different organizations during cybersecurity testing in recent months. Anthropic said in a blog post Thursday evening it reviewed more than 141,000 evaluations of Claude after one of...
