The Vigilant Outpost Beacon

• World at Large: Intel: Ceasefire permits Iran to restore 40% of drones and 70% of its prewar missile arsenal
  Mass Shooting in Kyiv Kills Six as Ukraine Faces Dual Pressures on Battlefield and Home Front
  With threat of US action on Cuba looming, US and Cuban officials met recently in Havana amid new diplomatic push
WORLD — BY COUNTRY
• United States: U.S. to Blockade Ships Entering or Exiting Iranian Ports > U.S. Central Command
  White House and Anthropic Hold ‘Productive’ Meeting, Aiming for a Compromise - The New York Times
  Meta To Unleash First Wave Of Mass Layoffs May 20 As It Eliminates 10% Of Its Workers
• China: China turns Taiwan’s own voices against it in information war
  Beijing Boosts BeiDou Satellite System To Try And Compete With GPS
  China lifts green push with plan to double clean energy by 2035
• Russia: Russian air defense forces shoot down 274 Ukrainian UAVs over past day
  Ukraine attacks Belgorod region with about 50 drones over past day
  Ukraine strikes two Russian refineries, Baltic Sea port
• United Kingdom: Starmer Fires Senior U.K. Civil Servant Over Mandelson Revelations
  Starmer rejects calls to quit as pressure mounts over Mandelson vetting
  
• India: Union Cabinet approves 2% increase in Dearness Allowance to compensate for price inflation
  Dramatic Audio: Indian Tanker Was Given Permission Before Being Fired On By IRGC
  
• France: France nears rocket artillery decision, plans ballistic missile by 2035
  
  
• Spain: Spain Erupts: Patriots Attacked By Socialist Mob Over Mass Illegal Migrant Amnesty
  
  
• South Korea: North Korea Fires Ballistic Missiles Toward Sea in Latest Weapons Tes
  
  
• Saudi Arabia Israeli army announces death of another soldier in Lebanon, nine wounded
  
  
• Israel: Netanyahu Left 'Personally Stunned' By Trump Rhetoric Prohibiting Lebanon Strikes
  Ukraine Urges Israel To Act Against Russian Ship Carrying 'Stolen' Grain To Haifa Port
  
• Continental Africa: Pope urges Angola to overcome divisions at Mass attended by 100,000 people
  
  

• White House:
  President Donald J. Trump is Accelerating Medical Treatments for Serious Mental Illness
  Congressional Bill H.R.8322 Signed into Law to extend Title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) until April 30, 2026
  In Nevada, President Trump Celebrates No Tax on Tips — Delivering Real Money to Working Americans – The White House
• State Department:
  Finland Joins Pax Silica Initiative - United States Department of State
  Designation of Nicaraguan Vice Minister of the Interior for Involvement in Gross Violations of Human Rights - United States Department of State
  
• Dept of War (DoW):
  Air Force unit executes test of Anduril’s semiautonomous combat drone
  Starlink outage hit drone tests, exposing Pentagon’s growing reliance on SpaceX
  Guard Unit 'Turns Blue,' Symbolizing Mobile Infantry Transition
• Justice (DOJ):
  Prosecutor in John Brennan investigation removed from case
  
  
• Treasury:
  US Treasury Extends Russian Crude Waiver Amid Supply Disruptions
  
  
• Senate:
  Senate Proposal to expand DOE’s to license and regulate commercial reactors and fuel-cycle facilities on federal lands
  
  
• Supreme Court:
  Court unanimously sides with oil and gas companies in suit over damage to Louisiana coast
  
  

• American Airlines Rejects United CEO’s Merger Proposal
  U.S. Air Force Faces an 1,800-Pilot Deficit as Commercial Airlines Offer $550,000 Salaries. The Pentagon Is Losing Its Most Expensive Strategic Investment
  Google's Stake In SpaceX Could Be Worth $122 Billion At IPO

• Scientists Still Don't Know How or When the Grand Canyon Formed. New Research May Hint at Its Ancient Origins
  
  
• Massive Cosmic Test Shows Newton And Einstein Still Explain Gravity Accurately
  
  

• The Iranian Drone Problem Forced a Radical Fix — The Marines Just Got a Rifle Scope that Tracks, Thinks, and Only Fires When It Knows You’ll Hit
  China Claims New Jet Engine Can Hit Mach 6 Without Changing Modes
  

• 1 million bees swarm Knoxville, Tennessee highway after crash shuts down interstate ramp for hours
  More than a quarter of private colleges are at risk of closing, a new projection shows
  

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