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Bernie Sanders’ new “AI wealth fund” scheme would let Washington grab half the stock of America’s leading AI companies, putting politicians and bureaucrats in the driver’s seat of the next great engine of innovation.Story SnapshotSanders proposes a one-time 50% tax on the stock of major artificial intelligence companies to fund a new federal “sovereign wealth fund.”The plan would hand the federal government voting shares and equal board seats in targeted AI firms, giving Washington...

dailyvantage.com — A hidden tunnel beneath a fake San Diego storefront moved a literal ton of cocaine toward our streets, exposing how cartel tactics exploit border gaps—and why relentless enforcement still matters. Story Highlights Federal prosecutors charged four men after agents uncovered a sophisticated cross‑border tunnel tied to a one‑ton cocaine seizure . The tunnel featured electricity, ventilation, and rail components, indicating organized smuggling infrastructure . Officials value the cocaine at more...

dailyvantage.com — A split federal appeals court has just told thousands of loyal troops that biology-based standards may be “animus,” putting military readiness and common sense on a collision course with woke legal theory. Story Snapshot A divided D.C. Circuit panel upheld a block on discharging current transgender service members while calling the Pentagon’s policy likely unconstitutional. Judges suggested the Trump-era Hegseth policy was driven by “bare desire to harm” a politically unpopular...

dailyvantage.com — A massive chemical tank rupture at a Washington State paper mill has killed at least one worker, left nine employees missing, and sent multiple others to the hospital — raising urgent questions about industrial safety and the fate of those still unaccounted for. Story Snapshot A 900,000-gallon white liquor tank ruptured at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging pulp and paper mill in Longview, Washington, releasing toxic yellow-colored smoke. At least one worker...

dailyvantage.com — A gunman opening fire just off the National Mall and wounding a teenager has revived hard questions about how America protects the presidency in an increasingly volatile political climate. Story Snapshot Secret Service officers exchanged gunfire with an armed suspect near the White House, injuring the suspect and a teenage bystander. The incident forced a brief White House lockdown and North Lawn evacuation, despite the threat staying outside the official perimeter. ...

dailyvantage.com — Global depopulation is no longer a fringe warning; it is a measurable collapse in births that now threatens family stability, economic growth, and the long-term health of nations. Quick Take Global fertility has fallen from about five children per woman in 1950 to 2.2 today, showing a long-running structural decline, not a temporary dip. Half of countries now sit below replacement fertility, and broad reviews describe the trend as worldwide and...