Trump Invokes Defense Production Act As US Moves To Rebuild Weapons Stockpiles

After Putin's Guarded Iran War Comments, Medvedev Enters The Chat Earlier this week President Putin weighed in on America's Iran operations, and as we detailed his comments were predictably a bit guarded. He had compared the war and the Hormuz Strait closure - and subsequent impact on global energy - to the massive widescale impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. But fundamentally he highlighted the "unpredictable" nature of the conflict in terms of where it's headed, as Washington appears to be searching for an offramp on its terms. On Friday Dmitry Medvedev weighed...

$139 Million Drug Bust Exposes Broker-Style Cross-Border Trucking Operation By Phil Brink of FreightWaves Canadian and U.S. agencies uncovered a broker-style operation using commercial transportation connections to move illegal drugs. Authorities display evidence seized during Project Bay, including suspected cocaine, methamphetamine and opium. The operation recovered nearly 1.7 metric tons of drugs and 17 firearms. (Photo: Ontario Provincial Police)  Canadian authorities seized nearly 1.7 metric tons of illegal drugs during a cross-border investigation named Project Bay. The haul included suspected cocaine, methamphetamine and opium. Authorities estimated the products’ street value above $139 million....

How A Musk Victory Vs. Altman Would Reset America's AI Roadmap A courtroom victory for Elon Musk in his high-stakes federal trial against Sam Altman and OpenAI would deliver one of the most disruptive blows to the artificial intelligence sector in its brief but explosive history - potentially forcing the $850-billion-plus company to unwind its for-profit empire, ousting its top leaders, and handing Musk a symbolic and financial hammer to reshape the global race for AGI while weakening one of its fiercest competitors. The case is now being argued in a...