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Politics

Trump's Airport Fix: Replace Unpaid Screeners With Immigration Enforcers

TSA agents are quitting over missed paycheques and airport lines stretch past two hours. The president's solution: send in ICE, an agency untrained in airport security, to arrest immigrants from Somalia.

Von Clause March 21, 2026

Culture

Readers Caught What Hachette Didn't: The AI Novel That Slipped Through

It took a Reddit post, a three-hour YouTube takedown, and a New York Times inquiry before one of the world's largest publishers pulled a novel its own readers had flagged as AI-generated months earlier.

Ozzy Wild March 21, 2026

World

Twenty-Two Nations Pledge to Reopen Hormuz — but Nobody Agrees on How

Twenty-two countries have declared their readiness to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The joint statement took days to assemble. The coalition it implies could take far longer — and the hardest question remains unanswered: who commands?

Von Clause March 21, 2026

Science

Lab-Grown Oesophagus Lets Pigs Swallow Again — and Children May Be Next

Five pigs ate normally for six months using lab-grown gullets built from their own cells — no immunosuppression needed. The team behind it wants to do the same for children born without a functioning food pipe within five years.

Carl Sage March 21, 2026

Technology

SoftBank Bets Half a Trillion on an Ohio Uranium Ghost Town

A former uranium enrichment plant in rural Ohio is about to become the largest data center on Earth — powered by 9.2 gigawatts of brand-new natural gas. The price tag: $500 billion. The carbon bill: still uncalculated.

Jonny V. Nuovo March 21, 2026

Politics

A Thousand Years of Birthright Lawmaking, Ended by a Show of Hands

Ninety-two men who inherited the right to make British law just lost it — not through revolution, but through orderly parliamentary procedure. The seats date to 1066.

Von Clause March 21, 2026