Trump Administration Tests 90-Day Rule with Aggressive Voter Roll Purges

The Trump administration is pursuing aggressive voter roll purges through a nationwide review of state voter registration files, using a federal immigration database to flag suspected non-citizens for removal. The Justice Department argues the effort can continue up to Election Day, challenging the National Voter Registration Act’s 90-day quiet period on systematic removals. State experience […]

Babar Fell First Ball. Hardie Didn’t Flinch. PSL Won.

The ball left Mohammad Ali’s hand. Babar Azam pushed forward. Edge. Caught. Gone. First over. Golden duck. The captain. The face of the franchise. The man whose wicket was supposed to anchor the chase, not ignite the collapse. The Lahore crowd inhaled sharply—half in disbelief, half in the grim recognition that finals do this. Finals […]

US Begins Guiding Ships Through Hormuz as Iran Threatens Attacks

The United States military began guiding ships through the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, launching a coordination mission to help stranded commercial vessels transit the world’s most critical energy chokepoint. Iran warned that any foreign military force approaching the strait would be attacked. Pakistan separately brokered the return of a seized Iranian vessel and its […]

Rose Dugdale: The Debutante Who Stole a Vermeer for the IRA

Rose Dugdale was presented to Queen Elizabeth II as a debutante, groomed for a life of country houses and social duty. On 26 April 1974, she led an armed raid on Russborough House in County Wicklow, Ireland, stealing 19 paintings, including a Vermeer, a Goya, and a Velázquezall for the IRA. She died in March […]

UK Suspends Airport Slot Rules as Jet Fuel Shortages Threaten Summer Flights

The UK suspends airport slot rules under new government contingency plans announced Sunday, allowing airlines to cancel flights up to two weeks in advance without losing valuable takeoff and landing slots at Heathrow, Gatwick, and other major UK airports. The policy change responds to potential jet fuel shortages triggered by the Strait of Hormuz disruption, […]

Pentagon AI Deals: Seven Tech Giants Signed, Anthropic Excluded Over Guardrails

The US Department of Defense announced Pentagon AI deals with seven major technology companies on Friday, granting SpaceX, OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, Nvidia, Amazon Web Services, and Reflection contracts to deploy artificial intelligence tools across classified military networks. Conspicuously absent from the Pentagon AI deals was Anthropic, whose Claude model had previously been the only AI […]

Trump Rejects Iran Peace Proposal as US Gas Hits $4.45

US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that a new Iranian peace proposal to end the Iran war is unlikely to be acceptable, stating that Iran has “not yet paid a big enough price for what they have done.” The rejection of the Iran peace proposal came as the average US gas price reached $4.45 […]

KKR Raises $10 Billion for AI Infrastructure Firm Led by Former Amazon Cloud Chief

Private equity firm KKR & Co. has raised over $10 billion to launch Helix Digital Infrastructure, a company that will design, construct, own, and run data centers, power facilities, and connectivity systems for artificial intelligence workloads, according to sources familiar with the matter. The company will be helmed by a former senior executive from Amazon […]

US to Withdraw 5,000 Troops from Germany After Merz Criticism

The Pentagon announced plans to withdraw approximately 5,000 US troops from Germany over the next year, days after German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said the United States was being “humiliated” by Iran. Berlin described the move as “anticipated,” signaling that the government had expected a retaliatory response to Merz’s public criticism of American military strategy. The […]

US Warns Shipping Firms of Sanctions for Paying Iran Hormuz Tolls

The United States Treasury Department warned global shipping companies on Friday that making payments to Iran for safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz could trigger sanctions, extending the financial pressure campaign against Tehran as the strategic waterway remains contested. The alert from the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) specified that prohibited payments include […]