Federal inaction on AI regulation has produced a patchwork of state AI laws, undermining U.S. competitiveness and threatening the country’s leadership of a potentially civilization-defining technology. Since 2024, more than 145 AI-related laws have been enacted at the state level, with Colorado, California, Texas, and Utah adopting divergent regulations.

By James O’Shea

President Trump’s military raid that removed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro may have been tactically impressive. Yet his promise that the US will reap billions from a Venezuelan oil bonanza runs up against harsh economic realities. Venezuela’s oil industry has collapsed after decades of mismanagement.

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Just eleven months after Donald Trump’s historic return to the White House, midterm polling is beginning to constrain the political space needed to advance the MAGA agenda, as voter anxiety mounts over how he is handling the issues that got him elected. The starkest evidence of pressure comes from polls that tested his support.

By James O’Shea

The war of words and weapons between the US and Venezuela involves much more than a conflict over drug trafficking and democracy; it’s a test of how effectively President Donald Trump can project power in America’s own hemisphere without creating more problems than he solves.

By James O’Shea

As America’s big AI companies unveil plans to build multibillion-dollar data centers, their digital ambitions to support miraculous AI technologies face a far more mundane roadblock: electrical power. Creating and sustaining AI systems requires massive amounts of electricity. To meet the demand, AI companies are embarking on an unprecedented investment spree.

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Crypto didn’t grow in a straight line. It arrived in fits and starts, first as an experiment, then as a fast-moving market. In a short span, it carved out its own place in global finance. Yet the crypto world is still young, operates with no oversight, and sits just outside the boundaries governing traditional markets.

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Zohran Mamdani’s remarkable win in New York City has rewritten the political playbook, but the real test is only just beginning. His transition from state assemblyman to mayor is not an ending but a beginning, where ideals collide with the reality of power and where slogans must evolve into policy.

By James O’Shea

Americans extol the First Amendment in terms usually reserved for the Ten Commandments. It is a revered article of governance, making the nation a global beacon for freedom of expression. Yet many Americans struggle to specify the freedoms the amendment grants. Now, seasoned political strategists appear ready to exploit this gap between reverence and familiarity.

By James O’Shea

The United States is undergoing a metamorphosis. A generational change is taking place behind the scenes in American society. The shift is percolating through the culture, ideals, values, as well as the economy. It is gradually beginning to set the deeper political tone that will determine America’s future as a nation.

By James O’Shea

American democracy is undergoing one of its most disruptive experiments in the modern era. In just eight months back in office, Donald Trump has unleashed a torrent of executive orders that stretch the boundaries of presidential power, reshaping the balance between the executive and Congress while reverberating across global alliances anchoring the world order.

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America’s AI Governance Gap

Trump’s Venezuela Dilemma: Military Victory, Economic Quagmire

Midterm Pressures Constrain Trump’s Political Agenda

Trump’s Caribbean Gambit and Limits of US Power

Power Constraints Challenge the AI Boom

Crypto Shock Exposes Global Financial Fragilities

Zohran Mamdani’s Victory: The Hard Part Has Just Begun

America’s Free Press Faces a Supreme Reckoning

The Socialist Awakening of Young America

Trump’s Executive Revolution

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