National Security
Feds Quietly Brand AI Critics a Domestic Terror Threat
New "anti-tech extremism" category sweeps protesters, peasants, and pre-crime into the same net.
New "anti-tech extremism" category sweeps protesters, peasants, and pre-crime into the same net.
Russia arrives in Beijing days after Trump with one objective: lock down commercial terms on a pipeline China signed but hasn't priced.
Defense secretary reverses Army decision, declares "no punishment, no investigation" for Apache crews
Iran's ground-painted helicopter decoy fooled Israeli targeting systems — and the IDF broadcast the evidence of its own miss to the world
Assembly of Experts elects Mojtaba Khamenei under IRGC pressure, creating hereditary succession in revolutionary republic founded on overthrowing monarchy
Khamenei loyalist accuses Trump of 'delusional fantasies' while contradictory reports suggest secret backchannel outreach through Oman
Small pro-strike celebrations at home contrast with mass protests abroad as the world reacts to Khamenei's killing
Both leaders explicitly called for toppling the Iranian government — without congressional authorization, two days after Geneva diplomacy, and before a scheduled war powers vote