President Donald Trump has announced that an agreement with Iran has been largely negotiated and now awaits finalization. If the agreement permanently removes the threats that brought the region to the brink of a wider conflict, it would represent a significant achievement. But announcements are not outcomes. The real test is whether the final deal […]
SpaceX is reportedly on track to go public as soon as this June. OpenAI is working with investment bankers on its own path to the public markets. Anthropic is generating the kind of revenue growth investors want to see. As a result, something may be about to happen that has been too rare in recent […]
The Pentagon is ending mandatory flu vaccines for service members, phrasing the change as giving troops “medical autonomy” and “freedom to express their religious convictions,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Tuesday. “Our new policy is simple. If you, an American warrior entrusted to defend this nation, believe that the flu vaccine is in your best...
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) announced Tuesday that it is under investigation by the Department of Justice, a move that comes after the Trump administration has repeatedly admonished the civil rights group. SPLC’s interim CEO Bryan Fair said the group does not have all the details, but that the investigation appears to be focused...
Rep. Eric Burlison (R-Mo.), who sits on the House Oversight Committee, said late Monday that he would “not be surprised” if foreign adversaries were responsible for the mysterious deaths and disappearances of nearly a dozen American scientists over the past few years. “I would not be surprised if our adversaries —China, Russia, Iran, or any...
President Trump on Tuesday urged Iran not to execute eight women accused of crimes against the Islamic Republic amid ceasefire talks in Islamabad, Pakistan. “To the Iranian leaders, who will soon be in negotiations with my representatives: I would greatly appreciate the release of these women,” the president wrote on his Truth Social platform. “I...
President Trump praised Tim Cook’s tenure as the CEO of Apple on Tuesday, a day after the company announced Cook would step down from the role. “I have always been a big fan of Tim Cook, and likewise, Steve Jobs, but if Steve was not taken from the Planet Earth so young, and ran the...
Republican attempts to flaunt the benefits of the tax cuts they passed last year are being overshadowed by President Trump’s foreign entanglements and tariffs, and the economic uncertainty that comes with it. “War’s expensive, government's expensive, and there's a challenge,” Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform, said last week in a Tax Day Eve press conference...
With a fragile ceasefire winding down, Pakistan is pushing ahead with preparations for a second round of talks in Islamabad, even as Tehran signals it may not show up. U.S. officials have expressed cautious optimism that talks on a longer-term deal to end hostilities would resume in Pakistan despite uncertainty over whether an Iranian delegation...
