Trump’s Plan B for Tariffs Rests on Shaky Foundations

The Section 301 case outlined by U.S. trade officials is neither coherent nor defensible.

The View From Europe

Belgian Defense Minister Theo Francken on Hegseth, Hormuz, and NATO.

‘Everything Depends on Our Attitudes’

Belgian Defense Minister Theo Francken on Hegseth, Hormuz, and NATO’s future.

Danish treatment of Greenlandic mother may be ‘ethnic discrimination’, says UN

Exclusive: Letter sent to government about case of Inuit woman whose baby was removed after now-banned testThe United Nations has warned Denmark that the treatment of a Greenlandic mother whose newbor...

Iran is accelerating efforts to dig out missiles and munitions

Iran is taking advantage of the ceasefire with the U.S. to dig out its weapons, according to a U.S. official and two other people familiar with the matter.

Top GOP super PAC: Senate majority at risk

The Koch-backed Republican super PAC Americans For Prosperity (AFP) warned in a memo that the GOP-controlled majority in the Senate is at risk unless senators focus on the cost of living. AFP’s senior...

Pentagon calls timeout on War Powers

Senate Republicans are calling on the Trump administration to clarify how it is interpreting the 60-day clock under the War Powers Act in its military campaign against Iran.Why it matters: The 60-day ...

‘A new chapter’: first commercial flight from US since 2019 lands in Venezuela

Four months after US capture of Nicolás Maduro, officials hail repairing of ties as airliner touches down in CaracasUS and Venezuelan officials have hailed a new era in diplomatic relations as the fir...

Calls grow to ban Palantir in Australia after manifesto described by UK MP as ‘ramblings of a supervillain’

Spy tech firm says it’s just ‘a software company’ amid pressure for a ban on new contracts with government agenciesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, fr...

German artist Georg Baselitz dies aged 88

Prominent contemporary visual artist explored range of techniques across six decades of workGeorg Baselitz obituary The German artist Georg Baselitz, whose expressive paintings and sculptures stirred ...

Why So Many People Already Own Shares of Elon Musk’s SpaceX

Even before the rocket company holds a major initial public offering, many people own stock in it through so-called special purpose vehicles.

Viral videos show people run through Scientology building

A Church of Scientology building in the heart of Hollywood removed its door handles and restricted public entry this week as videos showing young people running inside have gone viral on social media.

Companies must now quickly respond to stalking warrants in Oregon as new law takes effect

A new law takes effect in Oregon on Friday that forces communications and social media companies to promptly comply with search warrants linked to stalking and domestic violence cases

Live updates: Iran war clock hits 60 days; Trump signs bill funding most of DHS

Friday marks 60 days since President Trump officially notified Congress of the U.S. military’s operations in Iran. Democrats and some Republicans have voiced concerns about the conflict if it exceeds ...

Congress passes short-term FISA extension

The House passed a 45-day clean extension of Section 702 of FISA — the government's warrantless surveillance authority —  after the Senate failed to accept the House's long-term extension of the progr...

Congress keeps kicking surveillance reform down the road

Congress has reauthorized Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act - but only for another 45 days. The extension is meant to give legislators more time to negotiate reforms to the cont...

DOJ Releases New Video of Assassination Suspect 'Casing' Hotel

The Justice Department released chilling new surveillance video of the man charged with trying to assassinate President Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. Prosecutors say it shows...

House passes FISA reauthorization, Senate roadblock awaits

The House on Wednesday passed a three-year extension of Section 702 of FISA — the government's warrantless surveillance authority — after weeks of internal GOP negotiations.But the bill is unlikely to...

U.S. Navy F/A-18 'Flexes' Service Life

Kris Osborn, Warrior Maven Infrared tracking, digital cockpits, and advanced targeting transform the classic F/A-18, keeping this carrier-attack workhorse lethal and relevant

Congress punts FISA renewal to June

The latest House action came after the Senate declared the previous bill dead on arrival because it included a ban on the Federal Reserve’s ability to issue a digital currency. Instead, the upper cham...

Congress kicks the can down the road on surveillance law (again)

It’s the second extension of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act in 10 days, and a regular ritual for the Hill. The post Congress kicks the can down the road on surveillance law (...

Our time is short. These three didn't waste it on division

Here is the most baffling paradox of 2026: Most Americans agree on most things most of the time — and yet, our feeds and screens scream civil war.Our eyes and our front porches tell a different story....

cPanel zero-day exploited for months before patch release (CVE-2026-41940)

A critical authentication bypass vulnerability (CVE-2026-41940) in cPanel, a popular web-based control panel for managing web hosting accounts, is being exploited by attackers in the wild. What’s more...

‘Trivial’ exploit can give attackers root access to Linux kernel

CSOs must ensure their Linux-based systems block unauthorized privilege escalation until distros release patches to plug a serious kernel vulnerability affecting all Linux distributions shipped since ...

Email threat landscape: Q1 2026 trends and insights

In early 2026, email threats increased with a rise in credential phishing, QR code phishing, and CAPTCHA-gated campaigns, highlighted by Microsoft’s disruption of the Tycoon2FA phishing platform which...

Anti-DDoS Firm Heaped Attacks on Brazilian ISPs

A Brazilian tech firm that specializes in protecting networks from distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks has been enabling a botnet responsible for an extended campaign of massive DDoS attacks ...

New infosec products of the month: April 2026

Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past month, featuring releases from Advenica, Aptori, Axonius, Broadcom, GlobalSign, Intruder, IP Fabric, Mallory, Secureframe, Siemens, Sitehop...

Nine-year-old Linux kernel flaw enables reliable local privilege escalation (CVE-2026-31431)

Security researchers at Theori have disclosed a high-severity local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability (CVE-2026-31431) in the Linux kernel. The flaw, nicknamed “Copy Fail”, has affected virtual...

OpenAI’s Big Reset + A.I. in the Doctor’s Office + Talkie, a pre-1930s LLM

Will the rising tide of A.I. adoption lift all boats?

OpenAI tells ChatGPT models to stop talking about goblins

The AI firm said that unlike previous model bugs, the issue "crept in subtly".

This startup’s new mechanistic interpretability tool lets you debug LLMs

The San Francisco–based startup Goodfire just released a new tool, called Silico, that lets researchers and engineers peer inside an AI model and adjust its parameters—the settings that determine a mo...

Elon Musk’s A.I. Claims of Danger Face Limits in OpenAI Trial

One of Elon Musk’s abiding fears is that A.I. could one day threaten humans. But the jurors deciding his suit against OpenAI probably won’t hear about it.

Musk vs. Altman: What Is This Really About?

In a landmark trial between Elon Musk and OpenAI’s Sam Altman, the origins of OpenAI are being examined. The Times’s technology reporter Cade Metz explains what’s behind it all.

Musk says he ‘was a fool’ to provide OpenAI’s early funding.

Washington has a new Anthropic problem

Anthropic is both a risk and a necessity to AI progress, at least in the White House's telling.Why it matters: That tension is shaping AI policy in real time, as the White House realizes it needs the ...

Colombia’s Anti-Fossil Fuel Conference

The country is trying to push for a green transition despite gridlock at U.N. climate talks.

Iran War Nears 60-Day War Powers Deadline

But U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth argues that the cease-fire has paused the clock.

Giorgia Meloni’s Populist Formula Failed

The Italian prime minister hasn’t convincingly delivered the renewal she once promised.

High-Rises Amid the Rubble in Syria

Who is Sharaa’s investment campaign really for?

BAE faces £120m lawsuit over decision to scrap support for aid aircraft

EnComm Aviation says the firm’s action has cut off vital support for crisis-hit countries including South Sudan and the DRCBritain’s biggest weapons manufacturer, BAE Systems, is facing a £120m lawsui...

Antigua and Barbuda prime minister set to win fourth term in election

Gaston Browne is on course to win 15 of the 17 seats in parliament after calling snap electionGaston Browne, the prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda, is set to win a fourth term in the country’s sna...

Australian hiker missing in Nova Scotia national park not heard from for two weeks

Denise Ann Williams, 62, was last heard from on 15 April, when she told her family she was travelling to the west coast of Cape Breton Island in Canada’s eastA search is underway in Canada for a 62-ye...