Seeking to Rely Less on China, U.S. Pushes a Rare Earths Partnership on a Reluctant Brazil
Seeking to reduce its reliance on China, the United States is pushing for a critical minerals deal with Brazil. The…
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The Road to the Battle of Hastings in 1066? Maybe Not a Road After All.
New research suggests that a legendary 200-mile march by Harold Godwinson, the last Anglo-Saxon king of England, may have actually…
A Look at the Escalating Battle for the Strait of Hormuz
There are several ways the United States could attempt to reopen the waterway, all of which carry substantial risks.
U.S. Pauses Sanctions on Some Iranian Oil to Get More to Market
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent estimated that the move would add about 140 million barrels of crude to the oil market.
Inside the Arrest That Led to Banksy’s Possible Unmasking Decades Later
In 2000, Banksy was a largely unknown street artist hanging around downtown Manhattan when the police nabbed him for trying…
Cal State Challenges Trump’s Order on Transgender Student Athletes
The California State University system joins a short list of universities fighting Trump orders in court. The Education Department has…
Here’s What Happened in the War in the Middle East on Friday
The Persian new year and the end of the holy month of Ramadan were marked by continuing strikes in the…
Hegseth Invokes Divine Purpose to Justify Military Might
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has imbued U.S. military actions with a Christian moral underpinning that suggests they are divinely sanctioned.
U.S. Attacks Iranian Targets to Try to Open Strait of Hormuz
The Israeli military said it had killed the spokesman for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, and Iran warned that it…