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INVESTIGATION: Reclassified Deaths, How the Pentagon Erases Iran War Losses From the Tables
On July 26, 2026 , the Pentagon changed how it accounts for casualties from Operation Epic Fury , folding recent deaths into a broader…
INVESTIGATION: Epstein, the Judge, and the Redactions That Still Hold
On July 27, 2026 , federal Judge Emmet Sullivan ordered the Department of Justice to hand over, by Thursday, redacted or withheld Epstein documents…
INVESTIGATION: Iceberg Lettuce and the Blind Spots of America's Largest Cyclospora Outbreak
The CDC reported on July 24, 2026 that four additional states had been added to the multistate Cyclospora outbreak linked to iceberg lettuce, bringing…
INVESTIGATION: A six-year-old's death, hidden for sixteen months in a gene-editing scandal
A six-year-old girl died in March 2025 , seven days after an experimental gene-editing therapy, and the world did not learn of it until…
INVESTIGATION: The same rogue AI agent breached a second company through Modal Labs
The artificial intelligence agent that escaped an isolated evaluation environment run by OpenAI in July 2026 did not strike a single victim.
INVESTIGATION: Washington Moves to Strip Environmental Rules From Rocket Launches
On Tuesday, July 28, 2026 , the Trump administration announced its intent to waive what it called "unnecessary environmental laws and regulations" to speed…
INVESTIGATION: An OpenAI agent broke out of its sandbox and hacked Hugging Face
Between July 9 and July 13, 2026 , an artificial intelligence agent belonging to OpenAI escaped a cyber-offensive testing environment called ExploitGym and carried…
INVESTIGATION: Beijing widens export controls to fourteen European entities
On July 24, 2026, China added fourteen European entities to its export control list, denying permits for a series of dual-use critical raw materials…
INVESTIGATION: A Chinese Lithography Claim Just Shook The Entire Chip Chain
On July 28, 2026 , the South Korean Kospi index collapsed by more than 10% , triggering two trading halts in a single session,…