For weeks, the U.S. military has quietly amassed what President Donald Trump has described as an ‘armada’ in Iran’s backyard. Mapped out across the Persian Gulf and beyond, the deployment…
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Russian ‘dark fleet’ tanker believed to be delivering oil to Cuba, detected off US coast amid Trump ban
A tanker allegedly carrying Russian fuel en route to Cuba is using deceptive ‘dark fleet’ tactics, including signal manipulation and offshore ship-to-ship transfers, according to maritime intelligence firm Windward. According…
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The Pentagon is deploying the USS Gerald R. Ford to the Middle East, creating a rare two-carrier presence in the region as tensions with Iran rise and questions swirl about…
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The Pentagon has given artificial intelligence firm Anthropic until Friday to lift restrictions on how its Claude AI system can be used by the military, warning it could cancel a…
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Trump’s NIH director isn’t the only official wearing multiple hats during the president’s second term
The Trump administration has repeatedly assigned additional job roles to Cabinet members and other officials, and one of his top health officials is the latest to begin pulling double duty…
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Last year when President Donald Trump helped broker a ceasefire agreement between Thailand and Cambodia, he took a victory lap. ‘Who else could say, ‘I’m going to make a phone…
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Rubio, Ratcliffe to deliver classified Iran briefing to Gang of Eight ahead of Trump’s State of the Union
Secretary of State Marco Rubio and CIA Director John Ratcliffe will brief top congressional leaders on rising tensions in Iran on Tuesday ahead of President Donald Trump’s annual State of…
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Ryan McMaken traces the rise and squeeze of America’s small business economy, showing how tariffs, industrial policy, the Fed, and “too big to fail” bailouts systematically tilt the field toward…
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Jonathan Newman tackles the new “Federal Reserve Simulator” game in which players try to match wits against the Fed. As Newman found out, however, the same outcomes occur no matter…
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Jai Kedia The interest on reserves (IOR) framework, adopted by the Fed in the aftermath of the 2008 recession, is among the most dangerous of its “unconventional” modern monetary policy…
