Anthropic Rushes Staff To D.C. After A National-Security Order Yanked Fable In Three Days

US Forces Kill Senior ISIS Leader In Syria, After Large-Scale Troop Withdrawal The US military is still conducting attacks inside Syria, at a moment its close regional ally Israel is gobbling up territory in the south, and Golan region, with IDF ground forces holding territory within dozens of miles of Damascus. "A senior Islamic State leader was killed by an airstrike last week, Central Command announced on Wednesday, as the region grapples with a fraught security landscape amid U.S. base closures in Syria and the escape of ISIS personnel from detainment," Defense News...

While Israeli officials continue to try to present their ongoing war in Lebanon as aimed exclusively at attacking Hezbollah, the focus is increasingly on religion-driven forced population in southern Lebanon, and the destruction of Shi’ite villages. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz was quite open about that being a long-standing military goal, saying “it was clear […]

America: Land Of The (Not Really) Free Authored by Ron Paul via the Ron Paul Institute, Two weeks ago, President Donald Trump commemorated income tax payments being due by having DoorDash deliver food from McDonald’s to the White House. The delivery was intended to highlight the first year of tax-free tips. Removing tax on tips was part of the 2025 Big Beautiful Bill (BBB). As the sponsor of the first No Tax on Tips legislation introduced in Congress, I was obviously pleased to see this change in tax laws included in the...