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Opinion

AI Gets the Grid. Families Get the Queue.

The government's new grid priority scheme puts AI data centres at the front of the power queue. Housing — which it has pledged to build at record pace — is not on the list.

Opinion

Hawks and Doves Are Both Getting Iran Wrong

Eliot Cohen makes a sharp case that war supporters are ignoring strategic malpractice while opponents are ignoring the problem that got us here. He's right on both counts.

Opinion

While the West Fights Iran, China Quietly Wins

Two U.S. carrier strike groups moved from the Pacific to the Arabian Sea. China's crude is still flowing through Hormuz. And Trump just asked to postpone the Beijing summit.