America’s Arsenal of Democracy, Take Two

America’s Arsenal of Democracy, Take Two

The Pentagon is calling Detroit’s CEOs. Stockpiles are dangerously depleted. And Washington is dusting off a World War II playbook. But 2026 is not 1942 — and the obstacles are far more complex than swapping a car door for a missile casing. The Crisis That...
Trump’s Beijing Summit Delivered Optics.

Trump’s Beijing Summit Delivered Optics.

Three days, two leaders, one Boeing deal — and most of what mattered went unresolved. The world’s most consequential diplomatic summit of 2026 closed with warm rhetoric, a headline number on aircraft orders, and China winning the things that actually counted....
Big Tech is Spending $725B on Artificial Intelligence

Big Tech is Spending $725B on Artificial Intelligence

The industry is betting the house on artificial intelligence — pouring record capital into infrastructure while cutting the workforce, ignoring security fundamentals, and quietly reshaping the internet’s plumbing. This week’s tech news isn’t five...
Trump Flies to Beijing With His Billionaires

Trump Flies to Beijing With His Billionaires

The state visit is billed as a trade reset. But China’s real asks — on Taiwan, on technology controls, on the Strait of Hormuz — will be decided behind closed doors while the world watches a Boeing deal get announced. The mainstream coverage of Donald...
Inflation Accelerates to 3.8% in April

Inflation Accelerates to 3.8% in April

The April CPI came in hotter than expected on all fronts — headline, core, and energy — cementing the end of the Fed’s easing cycle and raising the first serious discussion of rate hikes since 2023. Markets took it calmly. They probably shouldn’t have....