AMERICANTHINKER (American Thinker) - 25 Years After: Revisiting Trump’s Role as a Champion for New York
AI-generated illustration By Matt Kane His push to rebuild the Twin Towers — and the Freedom Tower design he never got credit for.
AMERICANTHINKER (American Thinker) - Securing The Skies Before The Next 9/11
ChatGPT for American Thinker By Arik Arad Following 9/11, we hardened airport checkpoints and flight deck doors, but today’s commercial airliners are no longer just mechanical machines, they are flying data centers.
AMERICANTHINKER (American Thinker) - How Terrorists Change History
ChatGPT for American Thinker By W. Galt Terrorist attacks do not only kill people, they change the trajectory of Western democracies.
AMERICANTHINKER (American Thinker) - Remembering That Devastating Day
Image: Michael Foran via Wikimedia Commons , CC BY 2.0 . Michael Foran By Elise Cooper A quarter of a century has passed since the horrific events of September 11th. As the years passed, people’s memories of that gruesome day have also faded.
AMERICANTHINKER (American Thinker) - September 11. 2001
National Archives By Robin M. Itzler A quarter-century ago, the United States was attacked by Islamist terrorists who used planes as their weapons.
STRIPES (Alex Wilson) - Military clinic in Japan says staffing, not policy change, is limiting civilian care | Stars and Stripes
The staffing shortages at Sasebo Naval Base are limiting appointments for DOD civilians, raising concerns about access to ongoing care and prescriptions.
AXIOS (Adriel Bettelheim) - How AI makes biological research more dangerous
This week's dire warnings about unchecked artificial intelligence destroying humanity are refocusing attention on how models already are being used in dangerous bioscience experiments — and the lack of safeguards. Why it matters: There's growing alarm about emerging risks from advances like AI-designed viruses. But it's hard to erect guardrails when there's no ironclad way of even knowing how some AI systems will act. - AI-enabled bioweapons are one of the worst-case scenarios researchers have raised for the kind of catastrophic danger that could wipe out humanity. Driving the news: On Thursday, Anthropic disclosed that it disrupted five potential instances of actors using its models in ways that could support the development of…
AXIOS (Brittany Gibson) - Inside the RNC's legal fight over "election integrity"
Less than two months before the midterms , Republicans are fighting roughly 200 legal battles to try to impact elections, including several cases in which the GOP isn't officially participating but is paying legal fees or advising on strategy. Driving the news: The Republican National Committee's vast roster of cases includes efforts to tighten voter ID rules in Montana, decrease ballot drop-off locations in Georgia, increase scrutiny of voter lists in New Jersey and Delaware, and boost access for election observers and challengers elsewhere. - Five RNC officials described the scope of the party's nationwide "election integrity" effort to Axios. They said strict enforcement of voting laws and preventing noncitizens from registering and…
AXIOS (Maria Curi) - What's next for the AI safety debate
A week of extraordinary warnings about AI is shifting the fight in Washington from whether to regulate to how far policymakers are willing to go. Why it matters: Washington and industry's failure to put basic guardrails around AI came into plain sight this week, spurring fresh momentum for regulatory action. Lawmakers were quick to re-up their AI bills following a stark warning that went viral from a former Anthropic researcher who said he quit the company over safety concerns. - The post thrust the topic into public consciousness with more than 150 million views and fueled debate, but congressional leadership and President Trump have largely been quiet. - Those are the players to watch for a true change in the U.S. AI policy…
AXIOS (Ben Berkowitz) - Diesel hits $6 a gallon for the first time, fueling more inflation
The national average price of a gallon of diesel jumped over $6 for the first time ever, AAA said on Friday. Why it matters: The fuel that runs the economy is getting more expensive by the day, costing businesses and consumers alike billions of dollars. - While the $6 threshold is more psychological than anything else, it points to months of continued pain for drivers, shippers and shoppers. Data: AAA; Chart: Ben Geman/Axios Driving the news: At $6.0556 a gallon, diesel is about 14% more expensive than it was a month ago and over 60% more than a year ago. - That is starting to show up in other prices, as has long been feared; inflation data out Thursday showed sharp spikes in transportation and warehousing costs, for example. Stunning…