American Naval Academy Cadets Prepare For War With Stoic Philosophy

Trump Tells "Less Shackled" Pulte To Fire Intelligence Officials As Senate Blocks FISA Extension When has the Senate ever not increased government spy powers? When President Trump installs Bill Pulte as acting DNI and instructs him to start kicking hornet nests, apparently.   In a WSJ interview published Friday, Trump revealed he has directed incoming acting Director of National Intelligence Bill Pulte to begin the process of firing a large number of employees as part of a major shake-up of the U.S. intelligence community. Trump described the Office of the Director of National...

Oklo, NVIDIA, And Los Alamos Working On Plutonium-Powered AI  Oklo announced an agreement with NVIDIA and Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) to advance critical nuclear infrastructure, AI-enabled research, and nuclear fuel R&D at Los Alamos.  The partnership aligns Oklo’s advanced reactor platform, NVIDIA’s AI infrastructure, and LANL’s deep expertise in materials science and nuclear fuels. Together, the trio aims to accelerate deployment of resilient, high-assurance energy while supporting the federal government’s Genesis Mission. Initial projects focus on physics- and chemistry-based AI models for fuel validation, materials science and fabrication R&D on plutonium-bearing...

Is Turkiye Plotting A Coup In Brotherly Azerbaijan? Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, A now-deleted Azeri article over the weekend, whose initial publication was perceived by many Turks as having been state-approved, prompted a complaint from the Turkish Embassy in Baku and worsened mutual suspicions among these fraternal people of what the other's government is up to. The Turkish Embassy in Baku released a statement over the weekend denying a local media report that former spy chief-turned-Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan's picture with members of the "Youth Assistance Foundation" during his latest...