Artificial intelligence is a major subtheme of the U.S. intelligence community’s annual report on threats—one increasingly described in strategic, not just technical, terms.In its 2026 Worldwide Threat Assessment, released on Wednesday, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence calls AI a “defining technology for the 21st century,” notes that…

A “historic” energy deal is now on the table between the United States and Venezuela, tying the arrest of former leader Nicolás Maduro to a sweeping effort to reopen the country’s oil industry to foreign investment.The Trump administration said it is facilitating talks with oil companies to rebuild Venezuela’s badly…

Back when I first got into the gun business in the mid-1990s, my gun-handling and shooting skills were, to put it charitably, extremely—well, let’s go with “mediocre.” I was enthusiastic, read everything I could on the topic and knew all manner of facts and statistics, but I just didn’t have…

When I first started tracking whitetail bucks in the big woods, things always seemed to go the same way. I’d find a buck track, and then I’d meticulously follow it through the forest all day long without ever seeing the buck that made it.It frustrated me because I thought I…

Award-winning and best-selling authors are also veterans, and there is more to look forward to in 2026. Even though no statistical datasets reliably exist that track how many veteran authors are published, veterans make up less than ten percent of the U.S. population. While veteran authors are a small subset of…

Last week, Minnesota Congressman Pete Stauber introduced a resolution that would undo a three-year-old mining moratorium on over 225,000 acres in the Rainy River watershed—upstream of the famed Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCA). The move not only threatens one of America’s most iconic wild places but has broader ramifications for…

00:00:00 Speaker 1: Podcast. 00:00:10 Speaker 2: Welcome to Meet Eater Trivia and the only game show where conservation always wins. I’m your host, Spencer new Arth and today we’re joined by Giannis, Brody Randall, Marge, Alex Roman and Corey. This is a ten round quiz show with questions from…

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