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Australia sets launch for sweeping gun buyback after Bondi Beach terror attack: 'Sensible gun reform'

Australia answers terror with another gun buyback. Disarming citizens is not the same as hunting terrorists.

What Trump's tech strategy means for the military, deterring China, and the future of AI

Trump's tech strategy is about beating China on AI and defense innovation. Gaps still need steel.

Court Blocks Biden's 'Ghost Gun' Rule

A federal court blocked Biden's ghost-gun rule on constitutional grounds. Agencies are not Congress.

Silicon Valley is losing the data center fight, risking a repeat of a classic failure

Local groups are killing data centers at 71% opposition. That is how you lose the AI race at zoning.

OpenAI lays out new security changes after its AI hacked Hugging Face

OpenAI's model helped hack Hugging Face. Labs are now rewriting the guardrails in public.

Cruz sounds alarm over $400M Hamas-era provision in Board of Peace plan

Cruz flags a $400M Gaza claims pot as fungible fuel if Hamas still breathes.

Kushner gives Hamas stark ultimatum: Disarm or Israel gets US backing to 'finish the job'

Kushner to Hamas: disarm for real, or Israel finishes the job with U.S. backing.

Iran war forces America to confront the strategic cost of deterring China

USS George Washington may leave the Pacific for Iran duty. China is watching the empty water.

Exclusive: Israel seizes vast Iran terror axis arsenal with surprising foreign origins

IDF warehouses show Iran armed Hamas and Hezbollah with a junkyard empire of rockets and drones.

Bab el-Mandeb Strait faces growing threat as Houthi attacks raise fears of a second Hormuz

Houthis turned Bab el-Mandeb into a murder lane. Iran's proxy wants a second Hormuz.

Iran Calls Trump 'Delusional,' Declares 'Post-American Order' After He Claims Hormuz as 'New U.S. Territory'

Tehran screams "post-American order" because Trump treats Hormuz like a U.S.-secured lane.

China becomes first nation to recover orbital launch rockets with 2 distinct paths

LandSpace's Zhuque-3 hit orbit and recovered a stage. China's reusable race just got louder.

Chinese navy's combat software guru Zhao Xiaozhe disappears from academy website

A PLA Navy combat-software vice admiral vanished from China's engineering academy roster. Purge math matters.

Chinese coastguard proposes turning South China Sea isles into robotic fortress

China sketches drone fortresses on South China Sea isles. That is gray-zone war with autopilot.

A US Navy destroyer was stranded in South China Sea without power for four days

USS Benfold went dark four days in the South China Sea. Readiness is deterrence.

Minnesota Man Once Praised As 'Outstanding Refugee' Now Faces Charges In Alleged Medicaid Fraud Case

Minnesota crowned an "outstanding refugee." Prosecutors now say his clinic billed Medicaid for phantom care.

Trump admin sued over visa time restrictions for foreign students, journalists

A coalition sued DHS for capping student visas and shortening foreign-press stays. Time limits are the point.

Italy-Spain border feud exposes Europe's deepening immigration divide

Italy and Spain are fighting over border controls because open Schengen romance hit reality.

69 live animals found stuffed in pillowcases in hidden car compartment after border arrest: Feds

Sixty-nine live animals in pillowcases at the border. Smugglers treat the line like a warehouse.

Liberia agrees to accept 1,200 third-country deportees from US within a year

Liberia takes 1,200 third-country deportees. That is ICE with partners, not slogans.