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doubled. As the planet warms and lethal heat events become more severe and more frequent, there’s an urgent need to make dangerous heat more recognizable.

The Future of American Cybersecurity  (Paul Rosenzweig, Lawfare)
What Europe and the world can expect while Trump is in power.

The Secret Ingredient to AI Dominance? Nuclear Power  (Hilary Lane, National Interest)
In the past, the secret ingredient for domination was either gold, silver, or oil. Now, in the new world of artificial intelligence, the key is nuclear power. So, let’s get cooking.

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Harvard Should Prepare to Move Abroad  (Maciej Kisilowski, Foreign Policy)
CEU’s experience in Hungary shows that no amount of prestige or endowment can shield a university from determined state hostility.

Why Nuclear Power Is a Strategic Necessity: Lessons from the Strait of Hormuz  (Todd Royal, National Interest)
Nuclear power is a strategic necessity for the United States to meet the energy demands of the future while insulating themselves from the geopolitical dangers of the present.

Microsoft Aided an Adversary’s AI Ambitions  (Lars Erik Schönander and Luke Hogg, National Interest)
Microsoft’s China ties advanced authoritarian AI, exposing risks of US tech collaboration with adversaries.

‘They’re Not Breathing’: Inside the Chaos of ICE Detention Center 911 Calls  (Dhruv Mehrotra and Dell Cameron, Wired)
Records of hundreds of emergency calls from ICE detention centers obtained by WIRED—including audio recordings—show a system inundated by life-threatening incidents, delayed treatment, and overcrowding.

AI Agents Are Getting Better at Writing Code—and Hacking It as Well  (Will Knight, Wired)
One of the best bug-hunters in the world is an AI tool called Xbow, just one of many signs of the coming age of cybersecurity automation.

What Happened to the War Powers Act?  (Julian E. Zelizer, Foreign Policy)
A 1973 bipartisan coalition promised to restore constitutional balance, but Trump’s recent actions show things didn’t work out as planned.

The Plan to Vaccinate All Americans, Despite RFK Jr. (Lena H. Sun and Rachel Roubein, Washington Post)
An extraordinary effort is underway to outmaneuver the health secretary and create a parallel system of recommending and perhaps even providing vaccines.

Here Is All the Science at Risk in Trump’s Clash With Harvard  (Emily Badger, Aatish Bhatia and Ethan Singer, New York Times)
The federal government spends billions funding research at Harvard, part of a decades-old system that is little understood by the public but essential to American science.
This spring, nearly every dollar of