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Placing troops at the polls is illegal, but steps can be taken to secure the spirit of the law if not the letter.

The Islamic State’s North African affiliate is building a logistical corridor from the Sahel to Spain.

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The D.C. Circuit relied on a dictionary for key parts of its ruling against Anthropic. Congress’s own words tell a different story about the threats the law was designed to address.

Markets price for cost. China prices for control. The risk of a rare earths cutoff is asymmetric, and the financing to rebuild American supply should be too.

Did Ukrainian strikes on Yandex silence Russian bots? The evidence doesn’t show it, and shrinking data access makes it harder to check. 

Why Brazil’s Superior Court of Justice ruling in Operation Trapiche matters beyond one terrorism case.

The Trump administration’s AI framework not yet been publicly released. This has left many open questions, including about which models it covers, who has access to the framework, and whether it preclude...