SEPTEMBER 7, 2025
The second total lunar eclipse of 2025 delivers a long, blood-red moon. - WILLIAM WEST/AFP via Getty Images
Tonight (Sept. 7–8, 2025), the moon will slip into Earth's shadow for a total lunar eclipse — creating a dramatic 'blood moon'.
It's completely safe to watch with the naked eye; no filters or glasses are needed. All you need to do...
SEPTEMBER 6, 2025
Geoffrey Hinton delivers his Nobel Prize lecture in Stockholm on Dec. 8, 2024. - Pontus Lundahl—TT NEWS AGENCY/AFP via Getty Images
Computer scientist and Nobel laureate Geoffrey Hinton predicted artificial intelligence will spark a surge in unemployment and profits as companies replace workers with AI. But it’s not the technology’s fault, he told the Financial Times, attributing it instead to...
SEPTEMBER 6, 2025
President Donald Trump signed an executive order to rename the Defense Department as the 'Department of War.' - Brian Snyder, REUTERS
President Donald Trump said the U.S. "never fought to win" any war since World War II as he signed an order renaming the Defense Department the Department of War.
"We won the first world war, we won the second world war, we won...
SEPTEMBER 6, 2025
In the letter, EPA employees had criticized the Trump administration and agency, saying it has strayed from its core mission to protect human health and the environment. - Brian Snyder/Reuters/File
The Environmental Protection Agency has moved to suspend more than 100 staffers who signed a letter of dissent against the Trump administration’s policies in July, a representative of the union covering...
SEPTEMBER 6, 2025
West Point alumni group cancels Tom Hanks award ceremony event. - Jesse Dittmar/For The Washington Post
The alumni association at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point has canceled an award ceremony for actor and veterans advocate Tom Hanks, citing a desire for the Army service academy to focus on preparing future officers for war after several political controversies involving the Trump...
SEPTEMBER 6, 2025
Some golden age.
Job growth is weak. Inflation is strong. The outlook is deteriorating. And the headwinds are blowing from Washington, D.C.
Whether you blame President Donald Trump’s unorthodox tariff and immigration policies or a slow-footed Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell, the federal government is not doing the economy any favors these days.
The United States began the year...
SEPTEMBER 3, 2025
Reform U.K. Leader Nigel Farage testifies before the House Judiciary Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on September 3, 2025 in Washington, DC. - Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images
Nigel Farage told a House committee that American citizens faced the risk of arrest if they traveled to the United Kingdom after making social media posts that fall foul of British...
SEPTEMBER 1, 2025
World Liberty Financial co-founders, including Eric Trump, rang the Nasdaq opening bell last month. - Paola Chapdelaine for WSJ
The Trump family notched as much as $5 billion in paper wealth on Monday after its flagship crypto venture opened trading of a new digital currency.
The launch is akin to an initial public offering, in which the cryptocurrency, called WLFI,...
SEPTEMBER 1, 2025
Ex-US NSA Jake Sullivan.
Former American NSA Jake Sullivan has accused US President Donald Trump of sacrificing ties with India to boost his family's business deals in Pakistan. The Biden-era official called the sabotaging of ties with India "one of the most underreported aspects of Trump's foreign policy".
Sullivan, a former US National Security Advisor and attorney, was being...
AUGUST 1, 2025
China SCO. - Alexander Kazakov
TIANJIN, China — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin met on the sidelines of a regional summit in China on Monday in a show of deepening ties when New Delhi’s relations with Washington are strained over the purchase of Russian oil.
The two leaders held talks after attending the key session of the Shanghai...
