The Vigilant Outpost Beacon

• World at Large: US-Iran peace hopes fade as President Trump scraps talks: "We Have All The Cards"
  US State Dept orders global warning about alleged AI thefts by DeepSeek, other Chinese firms
  Gunfire and blasts rock Mali as attackers hit capital and other cities, residents say
WORLD — BY COUNTRY
• United States: President Trump unhurt and suspect in custody after shots fired at White House correspondents' dinner
  Cole Tomas Allen ID'd As Suspect In White House Correspondents' Dinner Shooting
  FBI Concerned about 15 Stolen Crop-Spraying Drones In New Jersey
• China: US sanctions China’s ‘teapot’ refinery for buying Iranian oil
  
  
• Russia: Ukraine loses over 1,100 troops in special military op zone over past day
  Russia says it shot down almost 400 Ukrainian drones as Moscow and Kyiv escalate aerial barrages
  Russian attacks kill 5 and wound more than 30 in Ukraine’s Dnipro; 1 killed in Russia
• United Kingdom: Sovereignty of Falklands rests with the UK, Britain tells the US
  
  
• France: Macron reaffirms efforts to reopen Strait of Hormuz, as TotalEnergies warns of energy shortages
  
  
• Japan: Philippine officials say 2 Americans among suspected communist rebels killed in clash with troops
  
  
• South Korea: South Korea prosecutors seek 30-year jail term for ex-President Yoon in drone case, Yonhap says
  
  
• Canada: Suspect charged following shooting incident at White House Correspondents’ Dinner
  Man dead after shooting in Toronto parking lot, police search for suspects
  
• South and Central America: Top US Diplomat Takes Post In Caracas As Part Of Post-Maduro Transition Plan
  Santa Marta Summit Aims to Push Fossil Fuel Phase-Out as Indigenous Voices Demand Urgent Action
  
• Saudi Arabia Trump Admin Pitching US Companies To Rebuild Gulf Infrastructure Hit By Iran, Arab Officials Say 'Tone-Deaf'
  
  
• Israel: Netanyahu admits to prostate cancer treatment, which he underwent without informing public
  
  
• Continental Africa: Pirates hijack fuel tanker off Somali coast
  
  

• White House:
  President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump to Welcome His Majesty King Charles the III of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Her Majesty Queen Camilla for a State Visit
  Trump attends White House Correspondents' Dinner for 1st time as president
  Trump Administration Adds Firing Squad Executions to Death Penalty
• State Department:
  State Department ramps up international law enforcement to protect children online
  
  
• Dept of War (DoW):
  Pentagon uses GenAI.mil to create 100K agents
  Pentagon Email Seeks Ways To Suspend Spain From NATO, Brussels Says Not Possible
  
• Treasury:
  US won’t renew waivers for Russian, Iranian oil, says Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent
  
  
• HHS:
  FDA Accelerates Action on Treatments for Serious Mental Illness Following Executive Order
  The WHO Is Building A Supranational Vaccine Authorization Mechanism
  FDA Grants Quick Review Psychedelic Drugs, First Approvals Could Come As Soon As Summer
• DOT:
  U.S. Department of Transportation Launches Initiative to Reduce Traffic Congestion and Address Roadway Bottlenecks
  
  
• Energy:
  Oklo, NVIDIA, And Los Alamos Working On Plutonium-Powered AI
  Department of Energy Seeks to Partner with Private Sector for Used Nuclear Fuel Recycling
  
• Commerce:
  Commerce sets preliminary anti-dumping duties on solar imports from India, Indonesia, and Laos
  Commerce goes direct to hyperscalers with $4.1B cloud pact
  
• Interior:
  Interior Department starts emergency drought measures to prop up Lake Powell
  
  
• Senate:
  Democrats could actually retake the Senate. Here are the races to watch.
  
  
• Supreme Court:
  Federal Appeals Court Allows Texas To Enforce State Immigration Law
  
  

• The Petroyuan Myth: War Failed To Shake The Dollar
  Google will invest as much as $40 billion in Anthropic
  

• The sun just fired off two massive solar flares
  NASA scientist says a mysterious "fifth force" may be hiding in our solar system
  To Keep the Voyager 1 Spacecraft on Its Interstellar Journey, NASA Turned Off One of Its Few Remaining Instruments
• AI just discovered new physics in the fourth state of matter | ScienceDaily
  
  

• The Race to Make the World’s Most In-Demand Machine
  ‘Shutdown, Restart’—Microsoft Changes Windows11 To Ease PC Users’ Frustrations
  United Airlines New Boeing 787 Makes Emergency Landing on First International Flight

• Malaria Is Still Endemic In 80 Countries
  Archaeologists discover 7-foot-tall statue of legendary Egyptian pharaoh
  

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