Editor’s note, February 28, 2026, 5:45 pm ET: This article was originally published on February 19, in the lead-up to war in Iran, and updated on February 28 after airstrikes had begun, before the news of the death of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. President Donald Trump announced early Saturday morning that the US and […]

Editor’s note, February 28, 5:30 pm ET: President Donald Trump announced on Saturday afternoon that Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed in the airstrikes. The following story was published earlier on February 28, before the news of Khamenei’s death. With the decision to once again launch major airstrikes on Iran, in conjunction with […]

Editor’s note, February 28, 5:30 pm ET: President Donald Trump announced on Saturday afternoon that Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed in the airstrikes. The following story was published earlier on February 28, before the news of Khamenei’s death. Early Saturday, the United States launched an open-ended war on Iran. And nobody really knows […]

Editor’s note, February 28, 7:20 am ET: Israel joined the US-led assault on Iran early Saturday. For more on that story, read Vox’s latest coverage. This past week, we got a vision of what the future of world politics might look like. And it wasn’t pretty. The glimpse came during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s […]

President Donald Trump ordered the entire federal government to stop using products from the AI company Anthropic on Friday to stop what he called a “radical left, woke company” from encroaching on the military’s decision-making.  The public feud between the Pentagon and Anthropic which resulted in the firm’s blacklisting has become effectively a proxy for […]