What to know about Defense Protection Act and the Pentagon’s Anthropic ultimatum

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave Anthropic an ultimatum this week: Open its artificial intelligence technology for unrestricted military use by Friday, or risk losing its government contract.

We asked scientists what they think we'll learn from the government's UFO files. Here's what they said.

With the release, the American public could learn what, if anything, the government has documented about the unexplained ...
Psychology Today

Trump Orders UFO Disclosure: What Does It Mean for Us?

Trump has ordered the release of UFO files. The real question isn’t what they contain—it’s how the uncertainty could affect ...
The Mining Journal

Minnesota’s campaign for interposition and nullification

Thomas Jefferson doesn’t have much in common with Tim Walz, but in his more radical moments, the Sage of Monticello might have appreciated the spirit of the Minnesota governor’s campaign to resist ...
Newsweek

The Rise of the New Confederacy

“What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun,” King Solomon famously observed in the Koheleth (Book of Ecclesiastes). True words ...
The New York Times

In Minnesota, America’s Federal System Is Coming Apart

The state is in a standoff with the federal government over who has the power to investigate the killing of protesters. It’s not a fair fight. Federal agents confronting protesters in Minneapolis, ...
National Review

Minnesota’s Campaign for Interposition and Nullification

How Trump’s ‘Prior Authorization’ Deal Puts Patients Ahead of Paperwork The Hypocrisy of Jon Meacham How America Quietly Made Nuclear Power Great Again The Supreme Court Keeps the Taxing Power with ...
primetimer

Charlie the Wonderdog ending explained: Does Charlie keep his alien powers?

Charlie the Wonderdog starts as a bittersweet story about a kid watching his dog age in real time. Danny has grown up with Charlie, so every stiff step feels personal. Directed by Shea Wageman, the ...
The Daily Astorian

Commentary: You didn’t see what you think you saw

“You didn’t see what you think you saw.” That, in essence, has been the message from the Trump administration and its loudest MAGA supporters in the days following the killing of Renee Good and the ...
Orlando Sentinel

Commentary: Mark Kelly censure is dangerous retribution

In November, Senator (and retired Navy Captain) Mark Kelly and five other members of Congress released a video directed to members of the armed forces, stating, “you must refuse illegal orders.” ...
The Economist

Political parties are a feature, not a bug, of American democracy, writes H.W. Brands

KINGS EMBODY authority and impose order. Sack your king, as Americans did in their revolution of the 1770s, and you’ve got to find a new source of authority and new ways to ensure order. After a shaky ...