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WAR & GEOPOLITICS
Sign up here to receive Bellingcat’s biggest investigations by email as soon as they are published. Satellite imagery obtained by Bellingcat lays bare the extent of tree-felling at a Washington DC golf course that President Trump is reportedly seeking to transform into a champion…
Sign up here to receive Bellingcat’s biggest investigations by email as soon as they are published. US non-profits whose founding leaders or organisations have been associated with India’s controversial Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) – or initiatives the Hindu nationalist grou…
Top leaders from the defense industry share their ideas on how to scale up production and integrate AI in remarks from the show floor at AUSA 2026.
As military leaders clamor for increased weapons and systems productions, top defense company leaders chart ways they can meet the demand.
Can you save for your child’s college without undermining your retirement planning? These tips can help guide you to success.
Recent exercises suggest the service and its foreign partners are moving closer to a single-screen data system.
The money to start AUTOWARCOM is to come from a reconciliation bill whose passage is in doubt.
That's what officials are telling sailors' families in Japan, where two destroyers are slated for 12- and 14-month cruises.
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AEROSPACE & DEFENSE TECH
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The fortunes of the AGM-183A, which is now set to arm B-52 and B-1 bombers, have now been fully reversed. The post USAF Orders ARRW Hypersonic Missile Into Production, The Same Weapon It Nearly Cancelled appeared first on TWZ.
The meeting between Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Iran took place as the U.S. and Israel are spinning-up for a new round of strikes. The post Last-Ditch Meeting In Iran Seeks To Stave-Off A Restart Of All-Out Fighting In The Region appeared first on TWZ.
Cyber threats against critical infrastructure are exploding, with worries enemies could neuter U.S. military units before they even leave their garrisons. The post 90 Days No Help: Fortress America’s Goal To Make Bases Resilient Bastions In A Crisis appeared first on TWZ.
– Paris-based FLEXELL SPACE FRANCE SAS creates a local business hub in Europe– New entity to support ongoing contract and volume-production discussions with European customers, from technical reviews to supply […] The post Flexell Space Establishes French Subsidiary to Strengthen…
SAN FRANCISCO —October 26, 2026—Today, Astranis announced it has upgraded its 4th launch to a dedicated mission aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket set to launch in 2028, allowing it […] The post Astranis Upgrades Falcon 9 Launch Contract to Dedicated Mission for Entire Block 4 Produ…
Join us to explore how emerging technologies and commercial capabilities are transforming satellite operations The post Nov. 5: Satellite Mission Management at the Edge appeared first on SpaceNews.
UNDERGROUND & INVESTIGATIVE
The post In a Newly Drawn District, Black Voters May Get a Representative Who Spent Years Undermining Their Interests appeared first on ProPublica.
The post Cybersecurity CEO Indicted for Allegedly Scamming Millions From Ransomware Victims appeared first on ProPublica.
The post A Texas Cop Signed on to Help ICE Deport His Neighbors. It Tore the Town Apart. appeared first on ProPublica.
The Pentagon and private capital have teamed up to militarize the island nation. The post Bankrolling American Empire in the Philippines appeared first on The Intercept.
“Records are important,” said the mother of a woman killed by her Navy colleague. We found nearly twice as many domestic-abuse killings by servicemembers as the DoD listed. The post Pentagon Records Missed Almost Half of Troops’ Domestic Abuse Killings appeared first on The Inter…
“What do I tell a soldier who believes an action is immoral, but also believes that God commanded it?” one Army chaplain told The Intercept. The post Hegseth Built a New Pentagon Office for Religion. Military Religious Leaders Wish He Hadn’t. appeared first on The Intercept.
Chinese banking giants piled loans onto the debt-ridden country, then adopted a hardball stance when it came time to repay, documents show.
Former intelligence director Alexandre Ramagem fled after his conviction for trying to overturn Brazil’s 2022 election. Authorities there are investigating whether he had help.
As romance scams incur record losses, the law requires apps to notify users if someone they’ve been talking to is banned for fraud.
INDEPENDENTS & SUBSTACK
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The AI debate has produced no clear good guys, only rival visions of who should control our fate. The power to decide rests with a handful of billionaires, writes Christopher Caldwell.
Netanyahu has spent three years fighting a war that has redrawn the Middle East. His opponents promise change, but Israel has much to lose by abandoning the strategy that brought it this far, writes Gadi Taub.
Progressives are so confident in a midterm blowout that they think Trump cheating is the only way they can lose. They’re setting up their base for rage and disappointment, writes Mark Halperin.
LEFT
Just as it has throughout Latin America, the Trump administration was openly working to defeat a left-wing government in Brazil and replace it with a far-right one. With Lula’s victory, Trump failed.
From France to India, young people have led the current wave of protests. Rather than deny the importance of generational politics, we can see it as a way that people make sense of their life chances and of the opportunities they are denied.
The result of Alberta’s referendum was widely expected: three-quarters chose to stay in Canada. The referendum’s other questions, and the political tensions they exposed, point to deeper struggles — over immigration and the country’s resource economy.
Israeli parliamentary elections are being held on Tuesday, the first since Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attack and Israel’s subsequent assault on Gaza. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is currently embroiled in a corruption scandal in Israel, is up for reelection. On Fr…
Serbia’s longtime leader Aleksander Vučić has been swept out of power by a historic student-led opposition movement against Vučić’s right-wing Serbian Progressive Party. Candidates from the Student List, who are not students themselves but largely first-time politicians selected …
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has won a record fourth term in office, defeating far-right challenger Flávio Bolsonaro by 4 million votes in a runoff election on Sunday. Flávio Bolsonaro is the son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, who remains under house arrest …
Luis Sandoval was detained in a Folkston ICE center, where a hunger strike has been ongoing for over 2 weeks.
Israeli forces have displaced over 3,000 Palestinians from their homes in the West Bank city of Hebron since Friday.
Trump called El-Sayed a “jihadist” and said people like him should never be allowed in the Senate.
Iran’s Army has revealed a new drone that carries a warhead twice the weight of the previous generation, as Tehran threatens a war without limits in retaliation for US-Israeli military operations – MintPress News’ Robert Inlakesh looks at the latest developments in the regional w…
RIGHT
Federal prosecutors said Monday that investigators have identified 405 people they believe are not U.S. citizens who voted in Washington state elections, casting more than 1,500 ballots over multiple elections. The post ‘Tip of the Iceberg’: Feds Allege 405 Migrants Voted 1,500 T…
Republicans lead Democrats by 31 points among Jewish voters on the congressional ballot, according to a McLaughlin & Associates poll that points to a potential shift among a group that has long favored Democrats. The post Poll: Jewish Voters Favor Republicans over Democrats by Ne…
Trump’s relentless campaign schedule in the home stretch before the midterm elections is something the White House says gives Republicans their best shot at emerging victorious. The post Exclusive — White House: Trump’s Energy Infusing Republicans with Midterm Boost appeared firs…
UK Must Be Ready For War In 1,000 Days, Says British Defense Secretary Authored by Rachel Roberts via The Epoch Times,British Defense Secretary Wes Streeting has said the country must be ready for war in 1,000 days, after the government advised citizens to stock up o…
One Big Club Update: Judge Rules DOJ Unlawfully Fired Epstein Prosecutor Maurene Comey, Orders Her Reinstated A federal judge ruled Monday that the Justice Department unlawfully fired Maurene Comey, the former Manhattan federal prosecutor who worked on the Jeffrey Ep…
On Election Eve, Israeli Opposition Says Netanyahu Must Face Treason Probe On the eve of Israel's high pressure legislative elections, the explosive and provocative charge of "treason" is being thrown around.Former Israeli Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman on Monday …
This article was written by Gus Wilson and published on , a new media company founded by Clay Travis that is built around sports, culture, original voices, and live conversation.* * * * * The Georgia Bulldogs just added a lifelong fan at quarterback. His dad also happens to be co…
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The Department of Justice has charged former FBI Director James Comey with transmitting national defense information and conspiring to do so in connection with an alleged 2016 disclosure to The New York Times, according to court documents unsealed Monday. Prosecutors charged Come…
THINK TANKS
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Beijing is making life difficult for Panamanian ships, and others could be next.
What Serbian youth understood about politics that their counterparts elsewhere in the West haven’t.
A student-led grassroots movement in Serbia will replace one of Europe’s staunchest populists.
AI & TECH
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. After weeks of frenzied speculation, Anthropic has filed its IPO prospectus. The 335-page document (100 pages or so are focused on risks) lays…
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Opinion: The focus on AI safety disasters ignores everyday harms —Sam Hiner, cofounder of the Young People’s Alliance, and Emma Leiken, execut…
Consider what passes for success in technology policy. An AI company promises that its chatbot will not encourage suicide. A social media platform makes it more difficult for children to buy fentanyl. These are important protections, and they should have existed all along. But co…
Months after Elon Musk declared that the xAI model would outclass Christopher Nolan’s mythological epic, the bot itself admitted defeat.
Anthropic’s S-1 filing is hundreds of pages long—and it leaves out quite a few financial details. “Anthropic owes investors more information,” one analyst tells WIRED.
The powerful Dyson V16 Piston Animal and other Dyson vacuums and tools are discounted until Halloween.
Employees in the US, Canada, India, and the UK may receive offers to leave MS today.
Case study gives a whole new meaning to "bedroom eyes."
Lindsey Fitzharris chats with Ars about her new book, Sleuth-Hound: The Case of the Real Sherlock Holmes.
“These re-interviews are consequential,” a leaked email seen by 404 Media reads.
SCIENCE
Nearly 19 million bats are estimated to have been killed by wind turbines in the US between 1981 and 2024, but measures can be taken to make them less deadly
Compared with humans, macaques are more likely to miss the bigger picture, but are also less confused by flipped images
Until now, it was thought that the squishy, permeable skin of amphibians was unsuited for marine life because it would absorb too much salt from sea water – but a fossil found in China upends that view
mRNA vaccine from Merck and Moderna slashes risk of melanoma’s return, but why remains unclear
Deaths can be prevented by regulating when wind turbines operate, scientists say
Jumping spiders enter a REM-like state, darting their eyes and twitching their legs. What’s happening beyond that remains unclear