DEFCON 4 is, obviously, one step above default peacetime. The code name for DEFCON 4 is "Double Take" -- the kind of situation that makes you say "Wait a minute" and look at something again more ...

President Donald Trump’s "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" may be in trouble. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) told CNN on Friday ...

DEFCON 2. DEFCON 2, one step from nuclear war, is implemented when an enemy attack is expected. Troops are poised for combat at this time.

As world leaders scramble to prevent the Israel-Hamas war from escalating, it is often forgotten just how close the Yom Kippur War came to all-out nuclear war.

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is facing calls to testify about his relationship with GOP megadonor Harlan Crow — but legal and ethics experts believe such calls could ignite a "DEFCON ...

Kenneth L. Hardin: We’re at DEFCON Level One with our local youth. Published 12:00 am Sunday, April 14, 2024 ...

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With so few people testing the limits of the technology, analysts struggled to discern whether an A.I. screw-up was a one-off that could be fixed with a patch, or an embedded problem that required ...

One of the most prominent initial supporters of NIL has walked back his opinion after watching the transformation of college football. ... We are now moving toward DEFCON Two, and I think DEFCON One.

Kevin O'Leary at the American Music Awards at the Microsoft Theater in November 2015 in Los Angeles. Kevin O'Leary said he wants 400 percent tariffs implemented on China.

DEFCON 4 is, obviously, one step above default peacetime. The code name for DEFCON 4 is "Double Take" — the kind of situation that makes you say "Wait a minute" and look at something again more ...