Huntsville, Alabama, long known as “Rocket City,” is once again at the forefront of American space and missile defense efforts as the annual Space & Missile Defense Symposium opens this week. The gathering is expected to draw more than 9,000 attendees, including top Pentagon officials and major defense contractors, at a moment when the United States is accelerating work on advanced systems to counter growing threats from China and Russia. The future of space-based military op

Across the United States, the rapid buildout of massive AI data centers is colliding with local communities, creating a political headache that is increasingly hard for lawmakers to ignore as the 2026 midterm elections approach. What started as enthusiastic courting of Big Tech investments has turned into widespread resistance, with residents swarming planning meetings, launching petitions, staging protests, and filing lawsuits to block new facilities. Seven in 10 Americans n

In communities from rural North Carolina to suburban Texas and coastal California, a rare political consensus is emerging: widespread opposition to Flock Safety’s network of automated license plate readers (ALPRs). These AI-powered cameras, which scan vehicles’ plates, make, model, color, bumper stickers, and other details before feeding the data into a searchable national database, have become one of the most ubiquitous and contested surveillance tools in the United States.W