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DHS Threatens to Halt Customs Processing at Airports in Sanctuary Cities
Major airports across the country could soon freeze customs processing and cancel all international flights if sanctuary cities continue bucking federal immigration enforcement operations.
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East Texas Could Be the Key to Developing Critical Lithium Supply for the U.S. Military
Texas lawmakers proposed a bill to allow private-sector lithium mining companies to work on certain military bases.
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Flesh-Eating Screwworms Head for American Livestock
Southern states are bracing for a potential invasion of the New World screwworm that could disrupt livestock markets and raise already high meat prices. Federal officials eradicated the parasite decades ago, but it’s inching closer to the U.S. border.
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The Open Signal: How Mobile Phone Location Data Can Expose and Endanger American Troops
The architecture of the commercial mobile ecosystem favors exposure over concealment. As long as warfighters carry devices designed for convenience inside an economy designed for surveillance, the United States will remain vulnerable to enemies who can turn a phone’s signal into intelligence and intelligence into a strike.
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After the Canvas Breach, Security Takes Center Stage for SaaS Providers
When a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform fails, it doesn’t just fail one customer; it fails whole sectors. That’s the security problem hiding inside organizations becoming more and more dependent on SaaS providers.
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Solar to Overtake Coal on Texas Grid This Year for the First Time Ever
The Trump administration likes to cast renewables as a socialist scam, but solar has soared in the competitive markets of the Lone Star State.
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Scaling Intelligence: The Security Foundations Beneath America’s AI Ambitions Are Cracking
Artificial intelligence diffusion is stress-testing the assumptions that underpin U.S. cybersecurity. Inspecting those foundations isn’t a precaution against scaling AI—it’s the precondition for doing it with confidence.
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The Iran War Is Destroying Oil Demand. Could It Also Spark a Shift to Clean Energy?
As the oil crisis deepens across the globe, households and industries are using less fossil fuel — maybe permanently.
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U.S. Should Substantially Boost Support for Manufacturing USA Program, Issue National Industrial Manufacturing Strategy, Says New Report
To better compete globally, the United States should develop a comprehensive industrial strategy to align resources for manufacturing and maximize the national security and economic impacts of the collaboration among the key actors — small and large industry, engineering and science expertise, state and local government, and economic development stakeholders — needed to advance progress in manufacturing technology.
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Reusable Emergency Housing Provide Their Own Power, Water
A startup making emergency housing cheaper and faster to deploy won this year’s MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition. Uplift Microhome’s modular housing units can provide their own power and water, for faster deployments.
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Defense Department Delays 54 Wind Projects in Texas, Citing National Security Concerns
After years of trying to stop offshore wind projects, the Trump administration is now pausing routine federal permits for 165 land-based projects, including dozens in Texas.
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Trump’s Personal Investments and Government by Deal
President Trump’s latest financial disclosures show that he retains financial interests in companies while exercising extraordinary discretion over these companies and the sectors in which they operate through his administration’s policies. The executive branch shouldn’t be taking equity stakes in private companies, trading export permissions for revenue, or treating merger reviews and foreign sales like a television game show. Markets require general rules to function properly, not personalized bargains. Trump’s financial disclosures are a reminder of why.
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Technologies for Identifying Deepfakes, Cyberattacks and Drone Threats
Artificial intelligence, advanced sensor technologies and immersive simulation are opening new possibilities for law enforcement and public security agencies.
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Climate Finance in the Multipolar Era
Amid continuing conflict in the Middle East, geopolitical shifts, and policy changes in Washington, climate finance has entered a new era—one driven less by multilateral commitments and more by geopolitics, energy security and mounting climate impacts.
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Wall Street Is Betting Big on Clean Energy Tech
Fervo Energy’s IPO could raise $1.8 billion in one of the largest renewable energy public offerings ever, signaling growing investor confidence in clean energy.
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The long view
U.S. Needs New Drought Assessment Framework as Droughts Become More Severe and Unpredictable
Droughts in the United States are becoming more intense and unpredictable, and the nation needs to develop a new drought assessment framework to better understand and address them. A new framework should be developed which distinguishes between short-term operational needs, such as drought monitoring and emergency response, and long-term planning for water management, infrastructure, and climate adaptation.