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“Data embassies” and safeguarding digital assets during wartime
The drone strikes on Amazon Web Services data centers in the Persian Gulf, and Iran’s threats to target tech firms for their involvement in U.S. attacks, underline the growing risks…
US and Iran: A brief history of how decades of mistrust and bad blood led to open warfare
An Iranian walks past an anti-U.S. mural in Tehran on April 5, 2025. Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images With U.S. bombs raining down on Iran and Tehran’s leaders responding by hitting targets across the Persian Gulf and restricting transit through…
Supreme Court ruling on Colorado conversion therapy case is not a clear win for conservatives
The U.S. Supreme Court found a Colorado law banning conversion therapy for gay and transgender minors likely violates free speech. Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images In an 8-1 decision authored by Justice Neil Gorsuch, the Supreme Court held on March 31, 2026,…
What a US attorney general actually does – a law professor spells it out
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi answers questions from the media at the U.S. Capitol on March 18, 2026. Matt McClain/Getty Images President Donald Trump fired Attorney General Pam Bondi on April 2, 2026, only 14 months after she was sworn…
Toxic dust from California’s shrinking Salton Sea is harming children’s lung growth – our study tracked the impact in 700 kids
The Salton Sea is shrinking and releasing toxic dust from its lake bed. Jennifer Davis/iStock/Getty Images Plus Southern California’s Salton Sea was once a resort playground, with sunny beaches, celebrities and people waterskiing on the vast inland lake in the…
Amazon is betting on speed in a market that may not need it
Amazon has placed its bet on a service that has struggled to thrive in the West. On March 17, the company started testing a 30-minute delivery service in select locations…
Irresponsible parental gun ownership could become a factor in custody disputes
Colin Gray enters the Barrow County courthouse on Sept. 6, 2024, in Winder, Ga. AP Photo/Brynn Anderson The first parents convicted of involuntary manslaughter for a mass school shooting committed by their child were Jennifer and James Crumbley. The Crumbleys…
Pam Bondi’s extreme political loyalty to Trump wasn’t enough to save her job
President Donald Trump participates in a roundtable discussion in Memphis, Tenn., with Attorney General Pam Bondi on March 23, 2026. AP Photo/Bruce Newman After President Donald Trump fired Attorney General Pam Bondi on April 2, 2026, news reports suggested that…
75 years after she led a student strike that helped end school segregation, Barbara Rose Johns now stands in the US Capitol where Robert E. Lee once did
A statue of civil rights activist Barbara Rose Johns is unveiled in Emancipation Hall at the U.S. Capitol on Dec. 16, 2025, in Washington. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images The 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence isn’t the only important anniversary…