Treasure Island, a small barrier-island city along Florida’s Gulf Coast, has never been the kind of place that enjoys big political drama. It is a community of beachgoers, snowbirds, local business owners, and families who chose to live somewhere that feels smaller and slower than the rest of the Tampa Bay area. But in recent weeks, that calm has been disturbed by a noisy and confusing fight over a proposed public safety building. City officials say they have found themselves spending more time responding to rumors than actually working on the project. In a public response, the city pushed back…

When Moldovan President Maia Sandu arrived in Helsinki, the agenda looked familiar: a visit to a friendly European capital, talks about cooperation, handshakes and brief statements. But when she sat down with Finnish television channel Yle, in a conversation later reported by Interia, she chose to talk about something that rarely appears on official itineraries—the slow, invisible war for the public’s mind. New artificial intelligence technologies, Sandu warned, are making it easier for Russia to manufacture and spread false messages that appeal directly to public fears. She described this development with the urgency of a president who has watched her…