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AI Goes Where the Adults Are in Charge
AI Goes Where the Adults Are in Charge

I’ve been writing about artificial intelligence long enough to know when the hype runs ahead of reality. This isn’t one of those moments. Microsoft’s decision to pour $7.5 billion Canadian dollars over the next two years—and $19 billion already invested since 2023...

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Fifty Years of Steel, Sweat, and One Kid From East L.A.
Fifty Years of Steel, Sweat, and One Kid From East L.A.

The USS Nimitz pulled into San Diego this past Sunday — one last stop before she heads north to Bremerton, Washington, to wrap up her final deployment. Early next year, she’ll depart for good, beginning the long walk toward decommissioning. After fifty years, the old...

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When the World Cup Draw Was Small Enough to Fit in a Lunchroom
When the World Cup Draw Was Small Enough to Fit in a Lunchroom

There was a time — and it’s not ancient history — when the World Cup draw felt like something you stumbled into by accident. A few reporters, a couple of FIFA suits, a table with some ping-pong balls, and maybe a carafe of lukewarm coffee if the budget stretched. You...

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When Washington Pulls the Plug
When Washington Pulls the Plug

The Grain Belt Express, the $4.9 billion Loan That Vanished, and Why the Lights May Dim Because of It Washington killed the money. In July, the Department of Energy quietly yanked its $4.9 billion loan guarantee for the Grain Belt Express—the 800-mile, 5-gigawatt...

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The Shrug Heard ’Round the World
The Shrug Heard ’Round the World

When Americans say “not my problem” about Ukraine, they forget how history — and economics — actually works. Every so often, a line pops up in our politics that tells you exactly where the national headspace is. Lately, it’s this one: “Ukraine? Not my problem.” It’s...

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New Drilling off California and Florida Proposed
New Drilling off California and Florida Proposed

In the first year of his second term, President Donald Trump cracked open the federal offshore like he was breaking a piñata at a kid’s birthday party. New drilling off California, Florida, Alaska, and deep into the High Arctic — places that haven’t seen a fresh...

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Washington Bets Big on American Magnet Makers
Washington Bets Big on American Magnet Makers

The Pentagon just dropped a $700 million hammer on two little-known companies in Indiana and North Carolina—Vulcan Elements and ReElement Technologies—in a long-overdue bid to build something this country hasn’t had since disco: a real, functioning rare-earth magnet...

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Isaac Cubillos

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This is truth with grit under its nails and dirt on its boots.