The White House is reportedly lobbying Congress to kill the GAIN AI Act. If accurate, this represents one of the more baffling policy reversals of the Trump administration’s second term — an administration that has otherwise demonstrated remarkable clarity about using American technological advantages as instruments of statecraft.The confusion stems from widespread misunderstanding about what the GAIN AI Act actually does. Critics characterize it as protectionist overreach that would starve allies of advanced chips.
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Iran launched hundreds of drones and missiles at Israel last April — and the attack might have been designed to fail.The strike was a show of force built for spectacle rather than destruction, revealing a new rung on the escalation ladder where some states can act like they’re at war without paying the usual price. This is performative aggression — a game of bumper cars in a world long defined by the more familiar and high-stakes game of chicken.
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And he just made news again this week when he became the highest-level Trump administration official to visit Kyiv for the White House’s secret peace talks in effort to end…
Altman, War Zone The visit of the high-ranking officials come as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky faces increasing pressure at home and abroad.
Salvanto, CBS Those prioritizing economy say Trump is not spending enough time on it, as ratings of economy, his handling of inflation slip.
Olay, War
During a media interview at the Pentagon that spanned a handful of topics yesterday, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said plans to declare Venezuela’s state-embedded criminal network…
Schmitt, NY Times
The nation’s top military officer on Monday will visit Puerto Rico and one of the several Navy warships dispatched to the Caribbean Sea to combat drug trafficking as the…
Germany has unveiled a new variant of the Panzerhaubitze 2000 (PzH 2000) 155mm tracked self-propelled howitzer at the KNDS Deutschland facility in Munich, thethe PzH 2000 A4, has the country has made investments not seen in decades in modernising its ground forces. The new variant’s primary improvements are its greater digitisation, and superior network integration and electronic systems, with Defence Minister Boris Pistorius particularly highlighting its new digital backbone and improved fire controls.
The Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) has unveiled the new Wing Loong X drone, which is the world’s first unmanned aircraft capable of detecting, tracking, and engaging submarines independently. The aircraft integrates sonobuoy dispensers, lightweight torpedoes, and integrated maritime surveillance sensors to facilitate this, with its development considered a response to the reported significant concentration of U.S. and allied attack submarines in the Western Pacific aimed specifically at challenging Chinese security interests.
The Indian Air Force has deployed Su-30MKI ‘4+ generation’ fighters to participate in Exercise Garuda 25 at Mont-de-Marsan Air Base in France from 16 to 27 November, during which they have operated closely alongside French Air Force Rafale and Mirage 2000 fighters. Cockpit images released from Mont-de-Marsan Air Base drew significant attention to the exercises, and showed six Su-30s in tight mixed formations alongside Rafales, supported by a French Air Force A330 MRTT Phenix tanker.