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Obama calls for Dems to focus on AI

Former President Barack Obama is urging Democrats — including 2028 presidential candidates and congressional leaders — to more aggressively focus on a comprehensive AI...

This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—September 13

2019—In CREW v. Trump, a divided panel of the Second Circuit reverses a district-court ruling that the plaintiffs did not have standing to pursue their...

Trump calls on Ukraine to halt strikes on Russian diesel, saying attacks are causing a shortage

U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday called on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to halt strikes on Russian diesel, saying the attacks are causing a fuel shortage.

GOP congressman from Wisconsin swims to safety after plane makes emergency landing in a lake

A Republican congressman said he had to swim to safety after a plane he was traveling in made an emergency landing in a lake late Saturday.

Swedish voters go to polls to choose a new parliament as hard right bids for role in government

Voters in Sweden went to the polls on Sunday for an election that will determine whether a conservative leader remains in charge and a hard-right party wins ministerial jobs for the first time, or whether the center-left returns to power.

Pentagon funding hits snag, as Congress returns amid Iran war and ahead of midterm elections

The Republican-controlled House and Senate return Monday amid a series of looming national security policy fights.

Trump’s FDA followed the science on vaping. Politicians are furious

There is a built-in incentive for regulators like the Food and Drug Administration to be cautious. Saying no rarely begets significant backlash. Saying yes means owning every negative headline for the next decade or more. So when the FDA does say yes, it’s worth paying attention. Recently, the agency authorized new e-cigarette products, citing data […]

92% of American corn is modified — and Big Ag is suing to keep the recipe secret

Today, almost all the corn grown in America is genetically modified — 92% according to the USDA. What are those genetic modifications? We don’t know; the companies that hold those patents want to keep it secret. Keeping that information secret prevents them from facing competition when their patents expire. Four companies control more than half […]

Israel’s sin was building a shield instead of digging graves

When an air defense system intercepts 9 out of 10 rockets fired into civilian areas, it achieves something remarkable for civil defense. Yet in international opinion, that success frequently works against the state that built it. By denying adversaries the mass casualties they seek to inflict, Israel’s defense creates a strange political inversion. The absence […]

Political Islam’s real victory of 9/11: Teaching us to censor ourselves

Twenty-five years after Sept. 11, Americans will again remember the smoke over lower Manhattan, the collapsing towers, and the passengers who fought back aboard Flight 93. We will honor the dead and repeat the vow: Never forget. But remembrance is not the same as understanding. We have remembered 9/11 as a terrorist atrocity, but we […]

Trump’s ultimate deal: Abandon Taiwan to kick China out of Cuba and Venezuela

President Xi Jinping’s upcoming meeting with President Donald Trump in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 24 provides a perfect opportunity to kick-start a mutually beneficial strategic reset aimed at forging an enduring modus vivendi between China and the United States. The key would be ensuring that over the next two years, the Chinese footprint within the […]

What Don Corleone knew about power — and how Iran uses it today

Don Corleone’s character in The Godfather is one of Hollywood’s most memorable villains. He was a fictional mobster transplanted to New York City in 1901 as a child, orphaned by mob violence in his native Sicily that took his family. He went on to create a crime family of great power, wealth, and influence. The […]

Yes, Trump’s crypto conflicts are real — don’t hold America’s financial future hostage over it

Congress has spent more than 15 months trying to answer a fundamental question confronting America’s digital asset industry: Who regulates what? On Sept. 15, the Senate will face a procedural cloture vote on the CLARITY Act that could determine whether Congress gets any closer to an answer. The dispute surrounding the CLARITY Act includes legitimate […]

Xi Jinping sends his children to American schools — and bomb threats to American theaters

Right now, the Chinese Communist Party is waging a secret war against Chinese Americans who fled persecution in China. The goal? To turn public opinion and the U.S. government against the Falun Gong spiritual practice. Ahead of CCP Chairman Xi Jinping’s visit to the United States, I’m asking you to stand with Falun Gong practitioners […]

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