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In a major armed conflict, even the most advanced militaries will not be able to stop all incoming attacks everywhere, forcing them to decide what they’re willing to lose, a hard choice. Loading audio narration… The wars in Ukraine and the Middle East are previewing possibilities for future fights as…
As CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch some 20 years ago, Michael Jeffries helmed an international retail giant whose advertising was steeped in racy images of beachside adventure and shirtless young men. Loading audio narration… On Tuesday, Jeffries, 81, must appear in a Long Island courtroom for a sex trafficking case…
The world’s military budgets totaled $2.6 trillion in 2025, and the US accounted for more than a third of that.The US has the world’s most expensive military, spending nearly $1 trillion on defense. That’s over three and a half times China’s reported defense budget, the next largest.From spending on nuclear…
In the final season of Mad Men, Peggy has an idea for a burger chain commercial that her bosses like. Then doubts herself. She goes back to her empty yellow legal pad, jots down a new concept from scratch, and returns to eat at the restaurant, even though she’d already…
Anthropic has filed suit to block the Pentagon’s effective blacklisting of the company and its products. Loading audio narration… On Monday, Anthropic sued the Department of Defense, the Executive Office of the President, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and several other federal agencies. Last Thursday, the Pentagon said it had formally…
Iranian missiles and drones are flying across the Middle East, forcing the US, Israel, and the Gulf states to expend numerous costly interceptors on air defense operations in just a few days and draw on critical weapons stockpiles.Air defense battles get expensive — fast. Official figures for the Middle East…
The US and Israel’s fight with Iran shows just how key air defenses have become in higher-intensity modern wars, conflicts increasingly defined by long-range missile and drone attacks.The conflict, which killed Iran’s Supreme Leader, has been heavily focused on air defenses, either knocking them out to permit air operations or…
The Pentagon is pulling back on plans to cut ties with Scouting America, as long as the nonprofit organization adopts policies that echo new military directives, including eliminating diversity, equity, and inclusion programs and banning transgender youth from the Scouts.In a video posted to X Friday, Secretary of Defense Pete…
