After public backlash, the Trump administration changed its tactics from ‘siege’ to ‘soft feet’. Now, ICE is everywhere

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The US has already grown used to the horror caused by abortion bans. And Republicans have sought to quash the stories

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The second Trump-Xi summit seems to have wrapped up with no clear deliverables on any of the major issues at hand, whether AI safety, trade barriers, or of course, Taiwan.

Meanwhile, the US government appears to be paralyzed

OpenAI’s software didn’t just attack HuggingFace.

NEW YORK—Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi avoided mentioning U.S. sanctions on Tomoko Akane, president of the International Criminal Court, at the U.N. General Assembly, while emphasizing Japan’s commitm...

The threat of appearing as a vassal state is growing ever more real for middle powers

BBC Verify examines Russian-linked operations spreading false information about the UK, Ukraine and other nations.

Four hours is a long time to spend inside the mind of the world’s richest man – and that’s because his mind turns out to be a twisted, miserable nightmare

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The Security Bureau has said it is "taking relevant follow-up actions" after a state-backed newspaper flagged a years-old Netflix documentary about pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong.

Some rules are meant to be broken.

Russian intelligence services have been preparing targeted killings in the United States and European countries seen as supporting Ukraine, US federal authorities...

Microsoft's AI CEO challenges AI researchers taking a Frankenstein approach to artificial intelligence.

Trump says the agreement will give the US "permanent control over security, and all other needs, in Greenland", though specifics have not been confirmed by Danish officials.

The delusions of summitry and the limits of personalist diplomacy.