Responding to Trump’s Latest Attack, Pope Leo Says His Critics Should Speak ‘Truthfully’

JPM Says US Defense Base Faces 'Evolve Or Die' Moment As Warfare Forever Changes For several quarters, we have described the Trump administration's massive push to reshape the military-industrial complex, from DOGE-driven efforts inside the Department of War to reset the procurement process, to a broader pivot toward fast-moving "war unicorns," like Anduril, rather than bloated legacy defense primes. The urgency of that transition is now capturing Wall Street's attention. JPMorgan analysts frame it as a major inflection point: America's defense industrial base must shift away from slow-moving, costly production...

US-backed Ukrainian drone attacks on Russia on Thursday killed at least four people, according to local authorities, including a three-year-old boy in the Voronezh Oblast. Voronezh Governor Alexander Gusev said 36 Ukrainian drones were shot down over the region and that the boy was killed when one crashed and caused a fire in his home. […]

"Chicom Among Us": Maryland GOP Lawmakers Sound Alarm Over Chinese-Born Delegate's AI Disclosure Bill Rooting out Chinese communist spies appears to be moving higher on the agenda at the U.S. Justice Department, with Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche now at the helm. On Monday, the DoJ indicted Arcadia, California, Mayor Eileen Wang for working with the Chinese government. The larger concern is that Chinese communists have penetrated deeply into many levels of the U.S. government, as well as corporate America. Spies are like cockroaches: if there's one, there are likely many more. You...