Maxime Marquette
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Six Months Later, the Epstein Transparency Law Still Ignored
On November 19, 2025, the American Congress passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act by an overwhelming majority, a rare moment of bipartisan
Russia's Jet-Powered Drones, the Challenge Ukraine Is Rising To Meet
Since the start of July 2026, Moscow has stepped up deployment of jet-powered drones, an evolution of the Shahed model capable of
Gallego in the DOJ's Crosshairs, Justice as a Political Weapon
Some investigations start with a routine tip, and some investigations have a timeline that speaks almost as loudly as the case itself.
Blanche Wants 60 More Days to Keep the Epstein Files Hidden
There's a choreography we know by heart now. A deadline looms in the Epstein case, and at the last minute, the Department
Trump, the man who turned the White House into a cash machine
Every year, the release of presidential financial disclosure documents is a routine, almost mundane administrative exercise. In 2026, that exercise took a
Wildfires in the South, Summer 2026 Arrives a Month Early
It isn't even mid-July yet, and already seven departments in southern France find themselves placed under very high risk of wildfires for
Trump's AI Cybersecurity Executive Order Sets a Key Deadline for July 2, 2026
On June 2, 2026, American president Donald Trump signed Executive Order 14409, titled "Promoting Advanced Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Security." The text,
Hackers Linked to China Increasingly Target Employees at AI Start-ups
The latest report from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, published in early June 2026, delivers a chilling verdict: state-linked actors tied to China now
NATO set to name Russia a threat and pledge €70 billion to Ukraine in Ankara
On July 7 and 8, 2026, Turkey will host a NATO summit for only the second time, twenty-two years after Istanbul. This