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Ten noncitizens have been arrested in North Carolina for illegal voting. In California, an appeals court rejected a federal effort to challenge noncitizens on their voter rolls. President Donald Trump is now offering a $1 million dollar bounty for anyone willing to turn in voter fraudsters. And in Alaska—where one of the candidates for Senate was just involved in a car crash—the Trump administrati...

We recently saw a commercially viable flying car, in the form of the new Tesla Roadster’s demonstration. It was able to drive upside down, fly up into the air, and land softly. That suction ability that allows it to drive upside down was covered in two separate patents: one from 2025 and one from 2026. Using this as a jumping off point, let’s go through nine other interesting patents that are curr...

After months of back and forth, the United States and Denmark have signed a new agreement regarding Greenland, which in-effect allows President Donald Trump to expand U.S. military presence on the island without having to buy it. Let’s go through what this new deal allows for point by point, as well as the implications it has for the United States in the decades ahead. Views expressed in this vide...

On Aug. 28, President Donald Trump signed an executive order at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. By doing so, he established the United States Space Academy to recruit, train, and retain America’s best and brightest. This, alongside the growing demand in the private sector, represents the huge potential growth of the space industry in the years to come.

For the first time in history, the U.S. military has confirmed the use of a directed-energy laser system that took out three suspected cartel drones. This was soon followed up by the Department of War announcing the recipient of a half-billion-dollar contract for the Army’s first-ever directed-energy program of record. The contract signals the start of the next evolution in modern warfare: laser w...

Recently, I was playing in the woods with my son when we decided to go the path least taken. Two roads diverged in the wood, and we took the one less traveled—the one that was overgrown, the one that had bushes everywhere. When we came out and got back to the car, I checked my legs, and found that I had a few new friends. Several ticks were stuck to my leg, sucking out my blood. Not a big deal. I...

Recently, I was playing in the woods with my son when we decided to go the path least taken. Two roads diverged in the wood, and we took the one less traveled—the one that was overgrown, the one that had bushes everywhere. When we came out and got back to the car, I checked my legs, and found that I had a few new friends. Several ticks were stuck to my leg, sucking out my blood. Not a big deal. I...

Right now, our friendly neighbors to the north (in the Canadian Province of Alberta) are in the process of breaking away from Canada. The first major milestone has already been achieved—a referendum will be put to the people later this month. Meaning, on Monday, Oct. 19, of this year, the people of Alberta will be asked whether the province should remain in Canada or begin the process of secession...

If you happen to love cereal, then there is something that you should know. Recently, there have been some positive developments within the Make America Healthy Again movement’s effort to improve the safety and quality of American cereals. Specifically, Kellogg’s announced that by the end of this year, all of their cereals will be free from petroleum-based artificial food dyes. Meaning, brands lik...

The city of Nashville, the global home to country music, is anything but “boring.” That was until Elon Musk’s The Boring Company began to dig tunnels underneath it. The first of these tunnel loops is set to go live in about five months and promises to alleviate congestion and make traveling from downtown to the airport simpler. The state is now expanding this project so locals within Nashville can...

Apple settled a class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California for a cool $250 million. And it’s worth mentioning that over half of that money is actually earmarked for customers. Meaning that if you’re like me (and you’ve purchased an iPhone recently) then there’s a good chance you can get a piece of that settlement. Let me briefly give you the history of...

A few months ago, when President Donald Trump began floating the idea of taking over Cuba using military force, many people were understandably surprised. Since then, however, the State Department has put out reports and statements making the case for why Cuba is such a threat to the United States, calling the regime “an espionage superpower.” A recent report says the Cuban regime has waged a 70-y...

There are some big moves happening in the gold market. Last week, the Central Bank of the Netherlands confirmed that they moved 86 tons of gold out of North America—moving it to London. Earlier this year France did something similar, removing all of their gold reserves from the U.S.—in favor of keeping them at home. Germany did the same as well a few years ago. Their central bank moved the 111 ton...

Anthropic recently settled a $1.5-billion civil suit over the illegal downloading of millions of books used to train its large language model. It was the single largest copyright infringement settlement in U.S. history. This past weekend, over 30 music companies filed a class-action lawsuit alleging Anthropic illegally downloaded song lyrics from the same torrent sites and intentionally removed co...

Let’s delve into the history of the “prank video” format, and how it’s developed to where it is today, where TikTok stars are going into businesses pretending to work there in order to get access to unauthorized staff-only areas.

Humanoid robots from China—are they taking over, or just falling over? Are they our cute companions? Or, are they watching us in our homes through secret backdoors left open by the China-based manufacturers? Let’s look at these important questions together.

How badly do you want that perfect beach body? Some are willing to get liposuction and have someone shuffle their own fat around. But how about getting one’s body enhanced by injecting fat from dead people? Is that a bit much? Well, that’s what’s happening in the cosmetics industry. Now, you might ask: Why do they need to use fat from cadavers? Why not just liposuction one area, and move it to ano...

Scientists in the U.S. recently announced that for the very first time, they were able to use AI to create viruses never before seen in nature. Don’t worry, though: these new viruses were designed to target specific strains of E.coli bacteria that have become resistant to natural antibacterials. This development marks a major milestone in the field of synthetic biology, and it opens the door to po...

Today, we do a round up of three stories. First, a former acting U.S. attorney was found dead in his office in a federal building in California. Second, the USPS just issued new rules regarding mail-in ballot envelopes. Last, the State Department has issued travel advisories regarding three countries. Let’s go through it all together.

In just 48 hours, a coordinated cyberattack disrupted the digital controls of water systems across more than 30 Minnesota communities, forcing operators to switch to manual backup to keep pumps, valves, and treatment systems running without any data theft, financial loss, or ransom demands. The incident, which remains—officially, at least—without a named suspect, highlights the longstanding vulner...

Leprosy appears to be not only spreading in central Florida, but according to the CDC, it might now be endemic to the region. Let’s explore why that is, as well as what it means for the safety of Americans.

A first-of-its-kind study reveals that one out of eight apps marketed to U.S. military service members (and their families) contain foreign code—some from China and Russia—that could be remotely updated to leak sensitive data to adversaries. This alarming finding arrives just as reports confirm foreign adversaries are already using cell phone location data to target American troops in the Middle E...

It turns out that Anthropic—the giant AI company behind the Claude chatbot—has been secretly destroying millions of books in the process of feeding them into the AI system. Slicing off the spines. Cutting the pages. Scanning them. And then discarding the remains. All to avoid paying copyright fees to the creators. The initiative was called Project Panama—and it was supposed to be a secret. We only...

China launched the world’s first geosynchronous synthetic aperture radar satellite in 2023, giving it continuous all-weather surveillance over roughly one-third of the planet (including the Asia-Pacific and Indian Ocean), later pairing it with a high-resolution optical spy satellite. Let's discuss the critical mineral chokehold that allowed China to achieve this milestone, as well as the alternati...

Havana Syndrome refers to a mysterious set of symptoms—headaches, dizziness, tinnitus, and cognitive issues—that has affected more than 1,500 U.S. intelligence and diplomatic personnel since 2016. The latest case, which was the most high-profile to date, is that of the former CIA Director James Woolsey, whose wife said that he was suffering from Havana Syndrome in the years leading up to his recen...