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How AI could make wars go nuclear
The Americans were closing in, the situation was getting more dangerous by the minute — and President Xi Jinping was waiting for my recommendation. The standoff began in May, when the US announced a package of anti-aircraft and anti-ship missiles to Taiwan that would significantly upgrade the island’s ability to repel a Chinese invasion. We…
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Trump official’s Epstein gaffe floors analyst: ‘Not the hill he wants to die on’
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent attempted to flip the script on a Democratic senator who has doggedly investigated Jeffrey Epstein’s financial network, but an analyst questioned his strategy. President Donald Trump’s Treasury secretary used his opening statement to accuse Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), who has been leading a congressional probe into Epstein’s finances, of slandering the…
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Russia’s drone tech is a looming terror risk — now available on eBay
A decade or two ago, air travelers were right to worry that terrorists, emboldened after 9/11, might seek to take down airliners with shoulder-launched surface-to-air missiles. That threat has receded — but a new one is emerging from the battlefields of Ukraine, one that’s far more insidious and difficult to tackle. A threat that you…
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Jeff Bezos Is Funding a Wild Hunt for the Brain’s ‘Core Algorithm’
Rob Williams knows how to pitch Jeff Bezos: You write a press release as if your product has already been built. Bezos reads it and gives a thumbs up or down. Williams went through this process a lot as an executive on Amazon’s “S-team,” in charge of software products such as Alexa, until his departure…
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Trump’s grim secret condition for resuming bombing campaign leaks
President Donald Trump has privately told aides he would consider resuming bombing campaigns against Iran under one specific condition, and it has the fragile ceasefire teetering on the edge. Trump privately told aides he would consider ending the ceasefire if Tehran becomes responsible for the deaths of American troops, according to U.S. officials cited by…
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Shohei Ohtani has another two-way gem as Dodgers blank the Diamondbacks
PHOENIX — Shohei Ohtani needed just one well-spotted fastball to Corbin Carroll to get out of the only real jam of his start against the Diamondbacks on Wednesday. Ohtani zipped it in at knee level, and Carroll drilled it into the ground, right to second baseman Alex Freeland. As the Dodgers defense turned a quick double play,…
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Why My Family Left Iowa
LGBTQ activists react to the unanimous decision by the Iowa Supreme Court recognizing same-sex marriage as a civil right on April 3, 2009 in Iowa City, Iowa. —David Greedy—Getty Images My children, now in kindergarten and third grade, are finally old enough to be good company in restaurants. There’s no tripping of waiters, very rarely…
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Alpha School’s Ritzy New York City Campus Costs $65,000 a Year—but Isn’t Actually a School
In the fall of 2025, top executives from Alpha School gathered a group of wealthy New York City parents at a series of information sessions in Lower Manhattan to pitch them on the company’s new campus. The events, some of which were hosted by Alpha cofounder MacKenzie Price and its billionaire principal, Joe Liemandt, were…
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CalFresh eligibility is changing. Here’s what you need to know
Some Californians will now have to clear an additional hurdle to maintain their eligibility for food assistance, courtesy of Republicans’ One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Starting June 1, many CalFresh recipients who are between the ages of 18 and 64 and do not have a disability will have to meet an additional work or community…
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How Americans got hooked on “drive-thru” healthcare
A generation or two ago, when Americans had an important but nonemergency medical need, many of them would have called on their family doctor, somebody who had treated them for years. It was a little like going to a family restaurant: The purveyors knew you, knew your tastes and personal quirks, and they were part…