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Three ways South Korea can buy alliance insurance

The case for South Korea hedging its relationship with the United States may have become harder to dismiss. Washington’s trade policies and the economic consequences of the US-Israeli war on Iran have raised the cost of close alignment at the same time they have weakened

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“A half-century after it was published, The Soul...

“A half-century after it was published, The Soul of a New Machine does a better job challenging AI hype than most current criticism .” I thought something similarly (about the web) when I read Kidder’s book 25 years ago, during the aftermath of the dot com bust.

Bongino says he planted fake details to catch 'snakes' in FBI

Dan Bongino, the former deputy director of the FBI, said on a podcast released Tuesday that he would occasionally spread false information to identify “snakes” within the agency that he believed were leaking details to the media. Bongino told Sean Hannity on the Fox News host’s

‘Unchosen’ Debuts With 10.4 Million Views in Six Days

“Unchosen” debuted as the most-watched TV series on Netflix during the week of April 20-26, hitting 10.4 million views in its first six days of availability after its April 21 premiere. It was outdone by a few titles on the movies chart, though; the thriller “Apex” debuted at

Trump Prepares to Put His Face on U.S. Passports

Donald Trump’s picture could soon be on every new U.S. passport. The State Department is finalizing a plan to put the president’s face in the travel document, The Bulwark reports , citing two sources with knowledge of the passport redesign, one of whom provided pictures . The

Project 2025 Series Wins National Headliner Award

FactCheck.org has won a National Headliner Award for online beat reporting of government and political coverage. Our series on “How Project 2025 Has Unfolded Under Trump” won first place in that category. The post Project 2025 Series Wins National Headliner Award appeared