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· Trump’s Golden Dome Excuse for Greenland Grab Is “Detached from Reality,” Experts Say
· Trump’s First Year Could Have Lasting Economic Consequences
· Judge Allows Policy Restricting Lawmakers’ Access to ICE Facilities
· A Proposed Homeland Security Rule Could Empty U.S. Stadium Seats
· Pediatricians Are Disregarding the New Vaccination Schedule
· Trump’s Resource Grabs Don’t Add Up
· Why the US Military Could Lose the Contest for Materials Crucial to AI
· China Is Building “Full-Stack” Defense-Innovation Cities
Trump’s Golden Dome Excuse for Greenland Grab Is “Detached from Reality,” Experts Say (Thomas Novelly, Defense One)
Longstanding diplomatic agreements and an existing U.S. base already enable military expansion.
Trump’s First Year Could Have Lasting Economic Consequences (Ben Casselman, New York Times)
President Trump’s policies have so far done little to change the overall state of the American economy, but economists warn they will ultimately weaken the United States.
Judge Allows Policy Restricting Lawmakers’ Access to ICE Facilities (Zach Montague, New York Times)
The decision permitted the Trump administration to continue restricting inspections of the conditions inside immigration detention compounds.
A Proposed Homeland Security Rule Could Empty U.S. Stadium Seats (Stewart Verdery, Washington Post)
Asking visitors from allied countries to submit social media data could curb World Cup tourism.
Pediatricians Are Disregarding the New Vaccination Schedule (David Ovalle, Washington Post)
After the Trump administration upended childhood vaccine planning, some parents are confused and some are more determined to vaccinate their children.
Trump’s Resource Grabs Don’t Add Up (Keith Johnson and Christina Lu, Foreign Policy)
There is little justification for taking Venezuelan oil or Greenlandic minerals, but the U.S. leader insists.
Why the US Military Could Lose the Contest for Materials Crucial to AI (Macdonald Amoah, Morgan Bazilian, and Jahara Matisek, National Interest)
AI’s bottleneck is physical—competition for power, land, and metals risks sidelining US military needs as commercial AI outpaces national security planning.
China Is Building “Full-Stack” Defense-Innovation Cities (Tye Graham and Peter W. Singer, Defense One)
While the U.S. struggles to add rare-earth factories and drone-test ranges, Beijing is creating them in clusters.
