Over eleven weeks this summer, the FBI seized more than 700 drones the largest federal drone enforcement operation in American history. Agents worked restricted airspace around World Cup stadiums in eleven cities, tracked operators to their homes, and filed federal charges. It was, by any measure, the most concentrated counter-drone effort the country has ever mounted. What it caught was...
August 11, 2026
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France Bans Cold Calls. Would the United States Follow — and Who Would Pay the Bill?
France’s ban on unsolicited telemarketing calls takes effect Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026, replacing the country’s opt-out registry with a rule that requires businesses to obtain a consumer’s consent before dialing. Individuals who place illegal calls face fines up to €75,000 (about $87,000) per call. Companies face up to €375,000 (about $435,000) per call. The law, backed by President Emmanuel Macron’s...
85 Days Out: The DSA Is on the November Ballot, and Both Parties Think That Helps Them
Eighty-five days before Americans vote on November 3, the sharpest unresolved question in American politics is not which party controls Congress. It is which faction controls the Democratic Party — and whether the answer costs Democrats the majorities they are otherwise favored to win. The Democratic Socialists of America entered this cycle with two members in the U.S. House of...
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The Great Equalizer Comes Home: Cheap Drones, Crowded Skies, and No Way to Tell Friend From Foe
Over eleven weeks this summer, the FBI seized more than 700 drones the largest federal drone enforcement operation in American...
France Bans Cold Calls. Would the United States Follow — and Who Would Pay the Bill?
France’s ban on unsolicited telemarketing calls takes effect Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026, replacing the country’s opt-out registry with a rule...
85 Days Out: The DSA Is on the November Ballot, and Both Parties Think That Helps Them
Eighty-five days before Americans vote on November 3, the sharpest unresolved question in American politics is not which party controls...
Five Months In: Walmart’s Vizio Account Requirement and the Race to Buy Consumer Data
Since mid-March 2026, Walmart has required owners of select new Vizio televisions to sign in with a Walmart account before...
The Canary in the Coal Mine: Retail Margin Debt Hits a Record $1.5 Trillion
American investors now owe their brokers a record $1.5 trillion. That figure comes from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority’s margin...
14.5 Million Empty Homes, Fewer Than 800,000 for Sale: What LendingTree’s Vacancy Report Actually Says About Prices
Intro LendingTree released a national housing vacancy study on July 7, 2026, finding that roughly 14.5 million U.S. homes —...
Fauci Invoked the Fifth More Than 100 Times. The Real Fight Is Over Whether His Pardon Let Him.
Dr. Anthony Fauci sat before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Wednesday, July 29, delivered an opening...
A Rate-Hike Call, a Margin Call, and a $16 Billion Block Trade: What the Citadel–Situational Awareness Timeline Does and Does Not Show
Within a span of four trading days at the end of July, three things happened in sequence. A senior strategist...