Pentagon Taps AI Giants for $200M Defense Contracts Amid xAI Controversy

In a landmark move, the U.S. Department of Defense has awarded contracts to leading American artificial intelligence firms—including Elon Musk’s xAI, OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic—each valued at up to $200 million. The contracts, announced Monday by the Pentagon’s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO), aim to harness “agentic AI…

U.S. Deports Five “Criminal Illegal Aliens” to Eswatini in Rare Move

The Trump administration has deported five individuals labeled as “criminal illegal aliens” to the Kingdom of Eswatini, marking a highly unusual third-country transfer. The announcement was made on Tuesday by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which described the men as so “uniquely barbaric” that their home countries—Vietnam, Laos, Yemen,…