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ESSAY: Open Weights, Amodei's Rebuttal, and the AI Safety Narrative War
On July 27, 2026 , Dario Amodei , CEO of Anthropic , published a piece stating his company has "never advocated for a ban…
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…
ANALYSIS: Hydro-Québec weighs writing off $250 million owed by Indigenous communities
On July 24, 2026, retired Quebec Superior Court judge François Rolland handed Hydro-Québec a report containing eight recommendations on its bill-collection practices in certain…
FACT CHECK: A book blames seven Ukrainians for Nord Stream. No state confirms it
Seven Ukrainians , one rented yacht , two hundred fifty thousand dollars: that is the price journalist Bojan Pancevski attaches to the sabotage of…
ANALYSIS: The Pentagon reopens the file on its military footprint in Europe
U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Elbridge Colby announced, on July 28, 2026 , via X, the launch of a review of the American…
ANALYSIS: Washington eases the chip leash on China, under strict conditions
A case-by-case review , not a blanket ban and not an open door: that is the exact posture Washington adopted on July 27, 2026…
DECODING: A deal shields the Trump family from IRS audits
A deal struck between Donald Trump and his own government blocks the Internal Revenue Service from auditing his family, according to a review published…
FACT CHECK: Every casualty count in this war comes from an interested party
Between 3,468 and more than 9,676 dead: that is the spread revealed by a simple review of the published casualty tallies for the Iran-US-Israel…
PORTRAIT: Golden Dome, Decoding a Program Told in Three Acts
Some programs are best understood not as a single announcement but as a story told in three separate acts, each with its own date,…