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They're Coming for Our Kids: How Extremists Target Children Online

OPINION — September is National Preparedness Month - when we check our emergency kits, review evacuation routes, and prepare for natural disasters. [...] More

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How China Built AI Dominance on Stolen American Silicon

How China Built AI Dominance on Stolen American Silicon

DEEP DIVE — Federal prosecutors in Texas, in December, unsealed charges and related details exposing a sprawling scheme that quietly siphoned some of [...] More

Human Agency in a Technology-Mediated World

EXPERT PERSPECTIVE — Occasionally, a speech does more than mark a leadership transition or outline institutional priorities. It captures, with [...] More

An MH-6 Little Bird helicopter, piloted by members of the U.S. Army's 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR), flies overhead during a capabilities demonstration at Special Operations Forces (SOF) Week at the Tampa Convention Center on May 8, 2024 in Tampa, Florida.

Global Intelligence Report for Wednesday, December 24, 2025

07:20 America/New_York Wednesday, December 24 [...] More

Modeling the Earth with AI is Now a Strategic Intelligence Imperative

EXPERT OPINION / PERSPECTIVE — We are currently witnessing a mobilization of technical ambition reminiscent of the Manhattan Project, a realization [...] More

X’s Location Feature Exposes a Real Problem, but Does Not Fix It

OPINION — A new location transparency feature on X is revealing foreign influence on American discourse just as federal agencies designed to deal [...] More

Members of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and US Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) patrol near a Lowe's hardware store in New Orleans, Louisiana, on December 3, 2025.

Global Intelligence Report for Monday, December 22, 2025

07:23 America/New_York Monday, December 22 [...] More

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with US special envoy Steve Witkoff and US President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner (both not pictured) at the Kremlin in Moscow on December 2, 2025.

Global Intelligence Report for Thursday, December 4, 2025

07:15 America/New_York Thursday, December 4 [...] More

France's President Emmanuel Macron (R) and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky attend a joint press conference at the Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris on December 1, 2025.

Global Intelligence Report for Tuesday, December 2, 2025

07:26 America/New_York Tuesday, December 2 [...] More

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth arrives for a briefing in the U.S. Capitol with Congressional leaders and Secretary of State Marco Rubio on military strikes against alleged drug trafficking boats in the Caribbean, on Wednesday, November 5, 2025.

Global Intelligence Report for Monday, December 1, 2025

07:28 America/New_York Monday, December 1 [...] More

Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andriy Yermak attends the 'Ukraine. Year 2025' forum on February 23, 2025 in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Global Intelligence Report for Friday, November 28, 2025

11:52 America/New_York Friday, November 28 [...] More

Steve Witkoff, U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East, attends a meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office at the White House on July 14, 2025 in Washington, DC.

Global Intelligence Report for Wednesday, November 19, 2025

07:24 America/New_York Wednesday, November 19 [...] More

France's President Emmanuel Macron (R) and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (L) sign an agreement at the Villacoublay air base, in Velizy-Villacoublay, near Paris on November 17, 2025.

Global Intelligence Report for Monday, November 17, 2025

07:23 America/New_York Monday, November 17 [...] More