New Evacuations Orders in Southern Lebanon as Israel Escalates ‘Ceasefire’ Strikes

DoW Finalizes Deal With Top AI Firms For National Security Work The Department of War has finalized agreements with OpenAI, Google, SpaceX/xAI, Microsoft, Amazon, Nvidia, and Reflection AI to deploy AI tools in "classified settings." This means these tools will operate within secure government networks where sensitive or secret national security information is handled, according to The Wall Street Journal. Anthropic's Claude had previously been one of the few AI tools available on Palantir's Maven platform. However, after the DoW labeled Anthropic a supply chain risk, the department pushed to broaden...

The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem and the Vatican’s Custody of the Holy Land said in a joint statement on Monday that an agreement was reached with the Israeli police after the Latin Patriarch, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, was blocked from celebrating Palm Sunday Mass at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in East Jerusalem. The joint […]

Most Americans Don't Believe NATO Would Assist If The Country Were Attacked Via The Libertarian Institute Most Americans do not believe that European members of the North Atlantic Alliance would come to the United States' aid if attacked.  Politico reported that a NATO poll found that just 43% of Americans believe the bloc would assist the US if needed. While Politico was unable to view survey results from previous years, a NATO official said that American confidence in the bloc was down about eight percent.  via Associated Press The foundation of NATO is Article 5 of...