Saudi Arabia’s East-West pipeline was closed this week after serving as one of the largest buffers against this year’s historic Strait of Hormuz energy shock. Together with the UAE’s bypass pipeline, the two routes carried approximately 5 million additional barrels a day around the Strait in the second quarter, compared to their fourth quarter 2025…
Something remarkable happened inside the artificial intelligence industry last week. A researcher who spent three years at OpenAI and Anthropic, resigned from Anthropic while warning that the companies developing the world’s most powerful AI systems are moving too quickly toward increasingly capable systems without adequate safeguards. Days later, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called on the…
On Monday the President posted that the only guardrail artificial intelligence needs is “a STRONG AND SMART (High IQ!) PRESIDENT.” The reflex in Washington and in the labs is to treat this as an obstacle. It is better understood as a warning. Since the Supreme Court decided Trump v. Slaughter in June, every federal agency…
Cancer is the leading cause of death among Americans ages 45 to 64. Two major reasons why are that we find most cancers too late and our cancer-screening system remains remarkably narrow. Start with the status quo, which nobody should defend. Routine screening exists for only a handful of cancers. Together, recommended screening programs catch only about one…
On Tuesday, the Senate failed to secure the 60 votes required to pass a procedural motion advancing the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act. Coming on the heels of a 294-134 House victory and years of bipartisan collaboration, watching this landmark piece of legislation stall on a procedural vote is deeply frustrating to many of us in the…
Jisoo scores two new U.K. hits with “Click,” the first taste of her forthcoming debut solo album. The tune brings her to new solo lows on both rosters where it launches.
A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Kennedy Center to provide 30 days notice before making “any changes” to construction plans, including potential demolition, which President Donald Trump has threatened.