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Foreign-Born Population Grows, But Relative Size Not Unprecedented
Foreign-Born Population Grows, But Relative Size Not Unprecedented
While the number of immigrants in the U.S. as well as their share of the population has generally been rising, Statista's Katharina Buchholz points out that the level of the foreign-born population is not unprecedented.
As of 2024, the latest year available through U.S. Census data, 14.8 percent of the U.S. population was foreign-born.
Data aggregated by the Migration Policy Institute shows that throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the foreign-born population of the U.S. had been just as high, before reaching a low of just...
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Mar 24, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Drone-Attack Simulation Exposed A Grid Vulnerability
Drone-Attack Simulation Exposed A Grid Vulnerability
By Robert Walton of UtilityDive
U.S. electric utilities need new tools and regulatory authorizations to protect the power grid from drone attacks, experts and industry groups say.
The issue has taken on new urgency recently. The Department of Homeland Security reportedly urged U.S. energy companies to increase security in response to potential threats from Iran, which has successfully used drones to target American military personnel and assets since the U.S. and Israel launched a war against Iran on Feb. 28.
But power grid asset owners and operators...
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Jun 12, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Russia Is Single-Handedly Standing Against The West: Putin
Russia Is Single-Handedly Standing Against The West: Putin
"It was they who carried out the coup d'etat in Ukraine, which forced us to take the people of Crimea under protection. When they started the war, they started bombing Donetsk using warplanes" - Putin in a fresh address to Russian service members came out swinging, giving a familiar lesson in recent history.
And quite provocatively, he emphasized that Russia is now practically fighting against the entirety of the collective West in the Ukraine conflict in the Friday remarks.
"Russia is standing against the...
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Jul 20, 2026 / Tyler Durden
National Guard Deployment To DC Will Continue Until Trump's Term Ends
National Guard Deployment To DC Will Continue Until Trump's Term Ends
A new extension of the National Guard’s deployment to Washington will keep guardsmen in the nation’s capital until President Donald Trump’s term ends in more than two years.
The Pentagon confirmed on Thursday that the mission for which National Guard troops were deployed will continue until Jan. 20, 2029, or until the president terminates it.
The extension would allow National Guard members to remain in Washington until the next president is inaugurated, unless Trump ends the deployment early.
The deployment was previously...
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