Clayton Tucker is pitching a throwback style of politics the Texas electorate hasn’t embraced in decades. Is 2026 just crazy enough for it to work?

A winemaker in Northern California is convinced that a dog once bred to herd sheep in the Scottish Highlands is the ideal pet for our uncertain times.

“Corruption hates democracy. Corruption loves autocracy.”Bill Kristol sits down with his good friend James Carville, election analyst and practitioner extrao...

On conspiracy theories, conspiracy facts, and the uncanny valley in between.

A rare London appearance by leading terroir consultant turned winemaker, Pedro Parra, for a seminar and tasting tied to the publication of the second edition of his book Terroir Footprints turned into...

Musk bought a machine for fascism, and Democrats keep feeding it. Plus an exclusive preview of the next Trillionaire Kill Chain. It’s 2026.

Ukraine relies on Starlink to operate its mid-strike drones in Russian-occupied Ukraine.

An outside group mistakenly spent nearly $25,000 to boost Collins in Portland, Oregon, rather than Portland, Maine. The buyer admitted to the error and refunded the PAC.

The makers of Claude revealed in a report last month that the Yemen-based fighters launched three weapons programmes using their AI products.

There are at least 36 affidavits signed by HSI Agents -- like the goons who just searched Ilhan Omar's house -- who have made false claims to frame Democrats or other Trump opponents.

The incident has prompted discussions about the use of artificial intelligence in scientific imagery.

Estimates suggest the eco satire starring Tom Cruise could join the list of top turkeys, including Cutthroat Island and The Marvels Digger, the ambitious eco-fable starring Tom Cruise and directed by Alejandro G Iñárritu, is heading for an even worse financial outcome than previously thought, with reports suggesting it will lose around $245m (£185m), placing it among the biggest disasters in movie history. According to a report in Variety, Digger’s estimated second weekend revenue in North America of $3.2m is a 60% drop on its opening weekend figure of $8m, meaning its current domestic gross is $14.4m, for a global total of $35.3m, with a projected final box office total of around $50m worldwide. Continue reading...

Gentle reader, I wrote this essay in 2013, but it is all the way down to the critique of pervert glasses, as Meta's version of smart glasses have been dubbed, only too timely in 2026, and the bygone ...

For decades, the Tohono O’odham Nation collaborated with DHS to stave off a border wall. Despite their cooperation, the Trump administration is barreling forward with a project that would divide their...

In this week’s Elie v. U.S., our justice correspondent gives Democrats another reason to vote in November. Plus: How Sarah Huckabee Sanders’s Medicaid unmasked the racists.

Among the newest examples is an ICE detention that took place in the same area California voters had to pass through to reach a ballot drop box.

The agency also contemplated deploying undercover agents to "initiate prosecutions" against the groups and "dismantle" them.

The agency also contemplated deploying undercover agents to "initiate prosecutions" against the groups and "dismantle" them.