New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is at it again. In a recent interview, he announced he is actively exploring whether his administration can arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during an expected visit to New York for the U.N. General Assembly. He cited an International Criminal Court warrant and claimed he’s consulting city lawyers […]
Chinese artificial intelligence company Moonshot AI recently released its latest model, Kimi K3, triggering fresh alarm in the United States that China may be erasing America’s AI lead. In April, the Center for AI Standards and Innovation estimated that China’s leading model at that time, DeepSeek’s V4, was approximately eight months behind top American systems. […]
On July 17, 2019, the United States kicked Turkey out of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program, five days after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan received the Russian-made S-400 air defense system it had purchased. President Donald Trump may admire Erdogan, but he had no choice. The 2017 Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act applied sanctions […]
President Donald Trump has always insisted that he wants to make a deal with the Iranian regime. If the back-and-forth negotiations since the spring prove anything, though, it is that Tehran is unwilling to settle this conflict diplomatically. As the president himself said last week, the remaining leaders of the Islamic Republic are “stone-cold crazy.” […]
Microsoft is set to invest $60 million into the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Genesis Mission, which focuses on accelerating scientific discovery and technological leadership through artificial intelligence (AI). The company’s investment will put $40 million towards Azure cloud and AI computing credits over three years to “support large-scale AI and scientific workloads” while $20 million...
The next phase of the legal battle over presidential power is taking shape as the Supreme Court's decision in Slaughter ripples through the federal government's historically independent agencies. President Trump's effort to further cement his grip over nearly all facets of the executive branch has resulted in a new wave of dismissals and a mix...
Author Steve Israel argues that recent actions by Donald Trump, including White House renovations and rhetoric regarding the 2020 election, suggest a strategy to challenge democratic norms and influence the outcome of the 2026 midterm elections.
OpenAI said Tuesday that one of its artificial intelligence systems hacked into another AI company’s servers on its own during internal testing, in what the ChatGPT maker described as an “unprecedented cyber incident.” “We had a significant security incident during evaluation of our models,” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said in a statement. “We are sharing...
A 30-year-old sleeping statute just woke up. How carefully it is used in this first case will tell us whether it becomes a serious national security tool or a cautionary tale about reaching for an untested law to solve a political problem.
In today's issue: ▪ Hegseth, Caine push Iran war funding ▪ House passes stopgap spending bill ▪ What’s to blame for wildfire smoke? ▪ Zelensky replaces top commander Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s appearance before lawmakers Tuesday to push for additional funding for the Iran war underscores the difficult road ahead in finding seven Democrats in the...
The release of the Chinese AI model Kimi 3 is forcing Washington and Silicon Valley to reckon with another sign of intense competition with Beijing, renewing questions over how to curb the country’s technology capabilities. Kimi 3, released late last week by the China-based firm Moonshot AI, quickly sent shockwaves through industry and policy circles,...
President Trump's budding rivalry with Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff (D) is looming over his upcoming visit to the Peach State on Wednesday, as the president ramps up his rhetoric on election security ahead of the midterms. Trump is slated to talk about affordability during his visit to Georgia, which would be welcome news for Republicans....
