On a special episode (first released on June 23, 2025) of The Excerpt podcast: How might the Golden Dome missile defense system proposed by President Donald Trump protect the US from missile strikes?

Unlike similar tech, the system doesn’t rely on utility water and power, which are often strained during fires. There are little data on whether the tech is effective, but some experts say it’s needed ...

Posters for the proposed Golden Dome for America missile defense shield are displayed in the Roosevelt Room at the White House. Mark Schiefelbein / AP President Donald Trump picked a design for his ...

Pentagon officials are aiming to test President Trump’s space-based Golden Dome missile defense system to safeguard the US in the fourth quarter of 2028, according to a report. That timeframe lines up ...

On May 20, President Donald Trump launched the Golden Dome missile defense initiative. I was in college when President Ronald Reagan launched the Strategic Defense Initiative—initially mocked by its ...

There can be wisdom in cliche. More than 120 years after philosopher George Santayana wrote, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it,” his well-known phrase remains an essential ...