Pentagon Plan Prioritizes Homeland Over China Threat (Paul McLeary and Daniel Lippman, Politico) This marks a major departure from the first Trump administration, which emphasized deterring Beijing.

The Horrifying Assassination of Charlie Kirk (David A. Graham, The Atlantic) The shooting of the conservative activist is the latest act of political violence in the United States.

Russia’s Reckless Provocation (Tom Nichols, The Atlantic) Whether by accident or malice, the Russians are risking a wider war in Europe. Russia Tested NATO in Poland. NATO Flunked. (Phillips Payson ...

The New Math of Quantum Cryptography (Ben Brubaker, Wired) In theory, quantum physics can bypass the hard mathematical problems at the root of modern encryption. A new proof shows how.

America Must Cut Its Reliance on China—Now (David Sauer, National Interest) China dominates the rare earth industry—and has shown it is willing to weaponize its market power to wring concessions from ...

Why Does China Care About New York Politics? (James Palmer, Foreign Policy) Beijing’s influence efforts can be surprisingly small-scale. The Future of Airpower Is Denial (Kelly A. Grieco and ...

Xi Jinping’s Anti-American Party ( Economist) To see the cost of Trump’s bullying, tally the world leaders flocking to China. Trump Cedes the Clean Energy Lead to China (Christina Lu, Foreign Policy) ...

Our Own Lysenko (Nick Catoggio, The Dispatch) Giving Americans the health system they voted for. States Begin to See Job Losses from Trump’s Cuts, Housing and Spending Slowdowns (Tim Henderson, ...

Cybercriminals are increasingly using generative AI tools to fuel their attacks, with new research finding instances of AI being used to develop ransomware. I can see the picture of a president doing ...

The 12-day Iran war may be over, but the threat of Iranian reprisal attacks now looms large, and will for the foreseeable future.In addition to attacking U.S. targets around the world, Iranian ...

Energy-starved countries on the continent have reluctantly turned to coal and gas for decades. Cheap Chinese solar panels are now finally changing the calculus. Trump Is Inching Toward a Major ...

What Trump is doing now has nothing to do with “crime control” because the DC murder and crime rate is the lowest it’s been in literally decades. These out-of-state National Guard call-ups from Red ...