Seattle officials celebrated the opening of a new homeless housing units this week, but the milestone has also highlighted the growing gap between Mayor Katie Wilson’s campaign promises and the city’s progress on homelessness ahead of the FIFA World Cup. The newly opened Bayside Enhanced Shelter, unveiled Sunday by Wilson and city leaders, will provide […]
A dramatic new twist has emerged in Texas’ high-profile U.S. Senate race as one of Attorney General Ken Paxton’s closest legal allies has publicly endorsed his Democratic opponent. Houston defense attorney Dan Cogdell, who spent nearly a decade representing Paxton through some of the most serious legal and political challenges of his career, announced that […]
President Donald Trump has formally submitted acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s nomination to the U.S. Senate, beginning the confirmation process for the former Trump defense attorney to permanently lead the Justice Department. The White House announced Monday that the nomination had been transmitted to the Senate for consideration. Blanche has served as acting attorney general […]
A Philadelphia-area law enforcement intelligence center is facing mounting scrutiny after reports revealed authorities were monitoring social media posts, memes, and other protected speech critical of artificial intelligence and AI data centers. According to documents obtained by The Intercept, the Delaware Valley Intelligence Center issued an internal bulletin highlighting online activity from individuals and groups […]
After a suggestion that AI might be the “holy grail” of future special operations, the general in charge of the U.S. military’s most elite combat forces had another pre-modern metaphor for the technology. “This extends all the way back from the first stone thrown from the first sling,” Navy Adm. Frank M. Bradley, the commander […]
PAUL’S DEFENSE BRIEF (PDB): Outside China, analysis of Taiwan remains overwhelmingly focused on mechanics of a potential maritime blockade or military takeover, for understandable reasons. A Chinese invasion of Taiwan would rank among the most economically and militarily disruptive events of 21st century. Yet emphasis on how Beijing might use force to seize Taiwan has come at expense of an equally significant question […]
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) is escalating his public feud with embattled Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner, offering an unlikely bargain as scrutiny continues to mount over the Democrat’s past online activity and personal conduct. Appearing on Fox News, the Pennsylvania Democrat challenged Platner to release messages tied to a Kik account that has become a […]
A federal judge has struck down President Donald Trump’s controversial $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas, ruling that the administration lacked the legal authority to impose the charge without congressional approval. U.S. District Judge Leo Sorokin of the federal court in Boston issued the ruling Monday in a lawsuit brought by 20 Democratic state attorneys […]
President Donald Trump repeatedly sparred with NBC’s Kristen Welker during a contentious interview in Wisconsin before ultimately cutting the conversation short amid disagreements over the economy, energy prices, election integrity, and the ongoing war with Iran. The interview, conducted Friday at a Wisconsin farm where Trump was promoting his economic agenda and discussing agricultural issues, […]
A new federal lawsuit may uncover what really happened in the Obama administration’s notorious Colombian prostitution scandal. The non-profit public interest law firm Judicial Watch announced in a statement that “it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit for records related to the Obama-era 2012 U.S. Secret Service prostitution scandal in Cartagena, Colombia (Judicial […]
Multiple innocent bystanders were wounded Sunday evening after a violent knife attack erupted inside New York City’s Penn Station, sending terrified commuters scrambling for safety in one of the nation’s busiest transportation hubs. Authorities say the attack unfolded around 7 p.m. inside the New Jersey Transit concourse beneath Madison Square Garden. Law enforcement officials quickly […]
The Data Center Fear Factory And The Money That Quietly Runs It
A friend forwarded me an article last week that I have not been able to shake. It ran in The Dossier under the byline of Jordan Schachtel, and it carried a title that reads like a receipt: “$7,600 Per Doomer Dispatch.” The claim is not a metaphor. By the Tarbell Center’s own public accounting of […]