Circle says USDC settled $36 trillion in first half of 2026
Circle said USDC settled more than $36 trillion in H1 2026 and that partners received most of its revenue as...
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AI Giants Work Hand-in-Hand With the Pentagon, Contracts Reveal
The acrimonious breakup between Anthropic and the Department of Defense played out largely in public. But despite the high-profile salvos...
Ecocide in Iran
“We won,” President Donald Trump declared in March, less than two weeks after launching his war of choice against Iran. Claiming that nation was “very...
The Pentagon’s Obsession With China Puts Hawai‘i at Risk
The Pentagon is reportedly overhauling its nuclear strategy, focusing on shorter-range tactical nukes rather than longer-range, higher-yield missiles, for possible...
Pete Hegseth’s Crisis of Masculinity
On Wednesday at 11:07 p.m. ET, the president went on Truth Social to share an important piece of information with...
Trump’s National Killer Police Force
Within the span of a week, federal immigration agents shot and killed two people in Maine and Texas, and another...
GOP Rep. Called Israeli–U.S. Defense Tech Integration “Dangerous.” The House Passed It Anyway.
The House passed a $1.15 trillion defense authorization bill Wednesday with a controversial provision expanding U.S.-Israel military technology cooperation intact,...
Trump’s Formula for Forever Wars
President Donald Trump blew up the temporary ceasefire after the U.S. launched a series of airstrikes against Iran over the...
Families sue Maduro in US, accuse ex-president of directing police unit tied to extrajudicial killings
Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is facing a new legal challenge in the United States after the families of five...
Anthropic Says We Must Stop Authoritarian AI. But What About Its Authoritarian Investors?
Anthropic’s high-profile spat with the Pentagon gave it a killer marketing advantage, burnishing its public image as a principled AI...
Hegseth Asks for More Money as Iran War Costs Skyrocket
Despite a ceasefire that has been in effect for more than a month, the cost of the U.S. war with...
China’s undersea cable threat raises $10T fears as Trump-Xi talks loom
The U.S. economy is under threat from adversaries like China targeting undersea cables with the ability to "inflict devastating economic...
Somali pirate and Houthi alliance targets $1T oil trade route with revived hijack tactic
A surge in Somali piracy is fueling fears of a Red Sea "security vacuum" across the region as analysts warn...
We Called Out the Pentagon for Undercounting U.S. Casualties in Iran. They Keep Doing It.
The Pentagon continues to peddle misleading U.S. casualty figures from the Iran war, even after The Intercept reported on what...
Iran-linked influence campaign pushes anti-Israel messaging disguised as US voices: report
A new analysis of social media activity during the opening days of Operation Epic Fury suggests that much of the...
