Former special counsel Jack Smith's probe into President Trump and Republicans collected "communications" from members of the news media, including major networks and newspapers, the Senate's senior lawmaker revealed Tuesday.
In the span of a few months, advanced AI systems from three leading American laboratories crossed the boundaries of safety tests and affected real systems. Google’s Gemini accessed systems at three companies. An Anthropic model published malicious code that reached 15 outside systems. And as revealed last week, these are creating international incidents, with OpenAI’s […]
A federal judge appointed by former President Barack Obama handed the Trump Justice Department a major victory over New York Democrats this week that is probably a preview of yet another victory when Boulder County, Colorado, faces producers in the Supreme Court this fall. New York engineered this fight in December 2024, when Democratic Gov. […]
California’s third-largest school district is on the hook for a racial hate crime hoax, and the details appear to get worse with each passing day. The saga began in 2022, when Fresno Unified School Board Trustee Keshia Thomas claimed that teacher and legendary Bullard High School football coach, Don Arax, called her son the N-word […]
It emerged this week that the Dutch government has moved a large chunk of its gold reserves from the United States to the Bank of England. Some 86 tons were shipped out of North America between March and August. Central bankers are generally dull in their language, and the Dutch are no exception. “Combining the […]
President Donald Trump’s diplomatic envoys deserve praise for working to secure a peace deal that ends the war in Ukraine. But by again meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will only lend credibility to Putin’s false sincerity. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky noted on Thursday that the two men […]
Minnesota can be the firewall to stop the spread of socialism across our country, or we can be the next domino to fall. From coast to coast, candidates openly aligned with the Democratic Socialists of America have won their primaries and will now be on the ballot this fall. Whether it’s New York, Michigan, or […]
Americans did not show up on any recent Election Day and vote for new technology that would bring sweeping changes to our way of life. Yet AI is here, and its power demands a strategy that promotes innovation, protects the American dream, and shapes our next 250 years. Artificial intelligence has the potential to be […]
Hostility and opposition to data centers was palpable four months ago. It has gotten much worse since then. Americans’ increasing aversion to new data centers borders on mass hysteria. A recent Gallup survey found that Americans would rather have a nuclear power plant built near them than an AI data center — by over 20 […]
At last! We finally hit $40 trillion in red ink. Since the 2007-2008 financial crash, there’s been an avalanche of news stories on the looming consequences of the skyrocketing national debt. Yet, even with almost 20 years of attention, scrutiny, and endless proposals to reduce the debt, it continues up, up, and away. Stanford economist […]