When America celebrated its bicentennial, the country was struggling though a divisive era. Its semiquincentennial in 2026 will have a similar backdrop, but with weaker institutions https://t.co/rJB8QIlXUl ...

Donald Trump’s “words and actions strongly suggest he may use the formidable powers of the presidency—and possibly even the armed forces—to resist 2026 electoral results he dislikes”, write Jack Goldsmith and Bob Bauer in a guest essay https://t.co/j65sskYMyUIllustration: Iris Legendre ...

Translating the Bible is an arduous task. AI can speed things up, but struggles with names, abstract concepts and metaphors https://t.co/3m3AOllFox ...

Despite widespread fears of job losses owing to the rise of artificial-intelligence agents, it is not all gallows humour https://t.co/qs0d8TOArv ...

China tends not to announce its trade measures as explicit punishments, an obfuscation that gives it plausible deniability when countries complain. Yet the timing and focus of its sanctions leave little doubt about their intent https://t.co/eq7JEHpsUw ...

At the heart of the United States’ military build-up in the Caribbean is an island which it first seized from Spain in 1898 https://t.co/8atVggsNJV ...

Incursions at airfields may be Russia’s latest hybrid threat https://t.co/inwQiRP8og ...

From “black British music” to “A Complicated Woman”, our selection has something for everyone https://t.co/yM0b69Sb4d ...

“We’re being followed by members of the security services. We keep bumping into the same men in dark suits, and we’re frankly not allowed to leave this tour.”On “The Weekend Intelligence”, Nicolas Pelham and @ARobertsjourno reflect on a trip to Iran https://t.co/XDvlLa0kME ...

The attack is one of the worst shootings in modern Australian history, even if the final toll will take some days to come clear. And but for the immense courage of bystanders, it might have been even more lethal https://t.co/zfyfRPvsaw ...