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View More NewsA review of Thomas Jefferson Survives: American Independence in His Time and Ours by Peter S. Onuf and Francis D. Cogliano; 256 pages; Liveright (June 2026)The three essays in this new volume about Thomas Jefferson hope to show that Jefferson remains relevant to our time while they rescue him from trite generalisation. “Across generations,” write historians Onuf and Cogliano, “Americans have reinvented and reimagined Jefferson according to their contemporary needs and concerns, effectively taking him out of history and making them their contemporary.”A historiography follows that illustrates how Jefferson has often been used and misused as a flag of convenience, and…
The U.S. Commerce Department would have more authority to shield domestic artificial intelligence technology from the supply chains of foreign adversaries in a bill introduced Tuesday by two Republican senators who’ve been at the center of crypto legislation in this congressional session: Tim Scott and Bill Hagerty.The new bill would give Commerce the ability to block “transactions involving technology designed, developed, manufactured, or supplied by persons owned, controlled, or directed by foreign adversary countries.” But it’s being pushed by the two Republicans as this session of Congress is winding toward the summer break and midterm elections, leaving it little opportunity…
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A review of Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith by JD Vance; 288 pages; HarperCollins: New York (June 2026)The novelist Evelyn Waugh was once asked how he reconciled his lousy personal behaviour—which included drunkenness, antisemitism, and cruelty to friends and foes alike—with his Catholic faith. No one could imagine, Waugh replied, how vile he would have been were he not a Catholic. That retort came to mind as I read US vice president JD Vance’s new book, Communion, about his conversion to Catholicism. Since joining the Church of Rome in 2019, Vance has not exactly been a paragon of virtue. Once…
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Latest NewsPublishedJun 30, 2026The project, supported by Visa, Mastercard and many crypto companies, could be in a position to challenge Tether’s USDT and Circle’s…
Websites of at least six exiled Belarusian news outlets and one journalists’ association have been targeted since March by distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, which…
Still, he argued that the Circle’s 16% selloff on Tuesday went too far.”I think it is an overreaction,” he told CoinDesk.Circle selloff (TradingView)He pointed…
Nasdaq has selected Pyth, an onchain financial data network, to distribute its proprietary market data to blockchain applications and other software platforms.The partnership initially…
This week, editors Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, and Nick Gillespie are joined by Sarah Isgur, senior editor at The Dispatch, to discuss Elon Musk becoming the world’s first…
President Donald Trump said over the weekend that the U.S and Iran had reached a peace deal and will sign it on June 19.…
Chipmaker Nvidia has reportedly become the latest company to tap the AI debt boom with a planned $20 billion bond offering, underscoring the relentless…
In brief A federal judge dismissed xAI’s trade secret lawsuit against OpenAI without leave to amend. Judge Rita Lin found xAI failed to show…
The United Kingdom announced on Monday that it will become the second country to ban social media for children 15 and younger. Speaking at…
BitMine Immersion Technologies (BMNR), the largest Ethereum-focused treasury company, continued its purchase streak after raising fresh capital through a preferred stock sale.The firm acquired…
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has hired a new chief data innovation officer with deep experience in blockchain forensics in what could…
In brief Mobile battle royale game Pudgy Party has shut down and ceased development. The Pudgy Penguins team said that it has shifted focus…