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PoliticsPlowshares into swords: Trump’s $1.5 trillion defense surge is the largest since World War II — and no one can explain how to pay for it
By Nick LichtenbergApril 3, 2026
AIMIT created duplicate AI workers to tackle thousands of different tasks. The verdict? Most of the time AI is still just ‘minimally sufficient’
By Tristan BoveApril 3, 2026
By Fortune EditorsApril 3, 2026
EconomyJamie Dimon says the U.S. was right to go to war with Iran: ‘Why the western world put up with all these proxy wars for 45 years is kind of beyond me’
By Tristan BoveApril 3, 2026
AIThe AI kill switch just got harder to find: LLM-powered chatbots will defy orders and deceive users if asked to delete another model, study finds
By Sasha RogelbergApril 3, 2026
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By Brooke SeipelOctober 3, 2024
By Lila MacLellanOctober 3, 2024
NewslettersSam Altman’s quest for cheap AI power will be fueled by Middle East billions. But the true cost goes beyond money
By Sharon GoldmanSeptember 24, 2024
Middle EastSupply chain mystery surrounds how Hezbollah’s pagers and walkie-talkies were turned into miniature bombs
By Christiaan HetznerSeptember 19, 2024
By Michael del CastilloSeptember 3, 2024
FinanceOil price surges after assassination of Hamas leader in Iran, sparking new fear of war and inflation
By Christiaan HetznerJuly 31, 2024
By Christiaan HetznerJuly 30, 2024
By Peter Vanham and Nicholas GordonJune 20, 2024
NewslettersElon Musk and Larry Fink—ideological opposites—find common ground: the pursuit of shareholder democracy
By Peter Vanham and Nicholas GordonJune 12, 2024
By Peter Vanham and Nicholas GordonJune 5, 2024
MagazineI went to a ‘fitness hotel’ in Dubai, where execs shell out thousands for grueling workouts, luxe recovery sessions, and Michelin-starred feasts
By Rainbow NelsonJune 1, 2024
PoliticsCivil disobedience and calls for financial divestments ‘have an important place in democracy’—but many schools also have donors to worry about
By Sunny NagpaulJune 1, 2024
SuccessApple cofounder Steve Wozniak was expelled from the school where he just delivered his commencement speech—’be leaders, not followers’
By Sunny NagpaulMay 11, 2024
PoliticsColumbia created new rules after historic 1968 protests. Its administration just broke them to authorize police on campus, university report concludes
By Sunny NagpaulMay 7, 2024
SuccessEx-Googler and Palestinian-American fired for opposing Project Nimbus speaks out: ‘This was not my idea of what the American workplace should be’
By Chloe BergerApril 23, 2024
By Niamh RoweApril 16, 2024
LeadershipFrom celebrity chef to a direct line to the White House, here’s how José Andrés became the face of food philanthropy and a major player in international politics
By Sunny NagpaulApril 5, 2024
By Leo SchwartzMarch 6, 2024
LeadershipSaudi Arabia needs a second airline because it’s ‘not as easy as it should be’ to get to ‘the home of Cristiano Ronaldo,’ says the CEO of the country’s next carrier
By Lionel LimFebruary 28, 2024
PoliticsIsrael’s economy sinks 20% as the war decimates consumer spending and real estate investments
By Paolo ConfinoFebruary 20, 2024
NewslettersBillionaire investor Bill Ackman said diversity policies have ignored Jews. He’s not entirely wrong
By Ruth UmohNovember 22, 2023
CommentaryJared Kushner, Arab and Israeli officials outline day-after solutions for the first time since the Oct. 7 attacks at Yale’s Middle East Peace Dialogue
By Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven TianNovember 20, 2023
Politics‘This is not cancel culture’: Ron DeSantis defends directive to ban pro-Palestinian group at Florida universities
By Steve MollmanOctober 29, 2023
TechElon Musk says SpaceX will offer Starlink in Gaza to international aid groups: ‘A communications blackout does seem questionable’
By Steve MollmanOctober 28, 2023
PoliticsFormer National Intelligence Counsel chair sees ‘no happy ending’ for Gaza hostage situation
By Gregory F. Treverton and The ConversationOctober 26, 2023
Politics20-year intel, FBI vet lays out what Israel’s ground war will run into: Suicide attackers, roadside bombs, IEDs, snipers, and more
By Javed Ali and The ConversationOctober 25, 2023
By Paige Hagy and Nick LichtenbergOctober 24, 2023
PoliticsHezbollah’s reaction to the Israel-Hamas war could finally answer whether the group cares more about Lebanon or being a proxy for Iran
By Asher Kaufman and The ConversationOctober 22, 2023
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