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A man builds nunchucks out of seltzer cans to defend himself against his roommate, who likes to take his seltzer. Iran gives Trump an ultimatum on JD Vance Map shows next states to get hit hardest by ...
War on the Rocks

Why Did the United States Lift Sanctions on Assad’s Chemical Weapons Scientists?

On June 30, 2025, as part of the process of normalizing relations with Damascus following the overthrow of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, the Trump administration overhauled the sanctions imposed ...
The National Interest

America Must Confront Sudan’s Chemical Weapons Program

The Sudanese government has regularly used chemical weapons against its domestic opponents, believing that it can act with impunity. The United States should show otherwise. The world ought to be ...
CNBC

Unitree plans Shanghai IPO, testing interest in humanoid robots

Chinese startup Unitree Robotics on Friday filed an initial public offering application to the Shanghai Stock Exchange, seeking to raise 4.2 billion yuan ($610 million), according to the prospectus, ...
Wall Street Journal

Israel Hits Russian-Iranian Weapons Smuggling Route in the Caspian Sea

An Israeli strike on a naval outpost in the Caspian Sea targeted Russia’s support for Iran in the war, hitting a supply line that the countries have used to move ammunition, drones and other weaponry, ...
The New York Times

I Spent Two Decades Securing Nuclear Materials. Here’s What It Would Take to Get Iran’s.

Mr. Weber was the assistant secretary of defense for nuclear, chemical and biological programs from 2009 to 2014. Since the United States and Israel began their most recent bombing campaign in Iran, ...
BGR

The Current US Military Laser Weapons Are Nothing Compared To What's In Store

Laser weapons are such an entrenched sci-fi trope that it's easy to forget just how real this tech can be (and is). While we're not exactly close to seeing real-life "Star Wars" space battles, the U.S ...
C&EN

White House moves to kill chemical safety board, despite industry support

For the fourth time, President Donald J. Trump has proposed eliminating the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB), an independent body that investigates the causes of significant ...
Yahoo! Sports

With Chuck Norris, you just had to be there to understand

A person who shall remain nameless texted me this morning. Her students, all women in their early twenties, were perplexed about something. They saw this news that Chuck Norris had died. It came ...
The New York Times

Trump Officials Bypass Congress to Sell Weapons to U.A.E., Kuwait and Jordan

Some of the proposed sales, valued at more than $23 billion, were under review, while others were never sent to Congress. The administration is pushing them through without congressional approval. By ...
Time

Trump Says His Goal Is to Stop Iran Getting a Nuclear Bomb. But the Result Might Be Lots More Nukes Across the Globe

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters about U.S.-Iran negotiations, which he said must result in Tehran giving up its nuclear ambitions, before boarding Air Force One at Palm Beach International ...