2026-05-25

The Canadian PM, who ran the Bank of England during the Brexit vote, likened the Alberta referendum to that disaster. His point: separatism reads safer in theory than it plays in practice.

Memorial Day. Wreath-laying at Arlington. Trump delivered remarks and, online, took a swipe at critics. The holiday memo line: "Ha."

The deal could leave Tehran more hardline, more confident, and with resources to restart its nuclear program. Trump's negotiators may be finding out what "winning" costs when the other side doesn't blink first.

Palestinian girl died in an Israeli strike on a displacement camp in Khan Younis. Her father's grief is the story the metrics don't capture.

Greek swimmer Kristian Gkolomeev broke a world record at the Enhanced Games. Official sports bodies will not recognize it. The rules are clear; the Games are not.

Sen. Graham called Trump's proposal to add Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and other Gulf states to the Abraham Accords "simply brilliant" on Monday. He made the argument while Iran talks were underway. Signals matter more when money doesn't.

Leo noted that some AI-powered weapons systems are becoming "practically beyond human control." He's not wrong. Neither is he the one who built them.

The encyclical "Magnifica Humanitas" arrived Monday. Leo's argument: without moral limits set by governments, AI becomes a mechanism for control, exclusion, and worse. He named the risk before most tech people admitted it exists.