The Vigilant Outpost Beacon

• World at Large: Iran-Oman Hormuz Route 'Agreed To' As Iran Warns Against US 'Interference'
  Drone carrying explosives at German airport marks ‘new level of danger’
  ABC News investigation claims Facebook is paying controversial creators to produce rage-bait content
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WORLD — BY COUNTRY
• United States: Erica Schwartz confirmed as CDC director after bungling confirmation hearing
  DSA candidate Will Lawrence wins Dem nomination in battleground MI-7 district
  Democratic Socialists Openly Call For The Erasure Of US Constitutional Government
• Russia: Ukraine hits refineries deep inside Russia as Moscow strikes train station and ship | Euronews
  Ukraine’s military hits one of Russia’s biggest oil refineries in long-range drone attack
  Russia Quietly Buries Two Generals as Mystery Deepens Around Deadly Moscow Explosion
• United Kingdom: Cambridge professor at centre of plagiarism row resigns
  Woman Arrested After Allegedly Stabbing Four Men With a Pair of Scissors
  
• India: Pakistan restricts international media reporting
  Google’s $15 billion India data centre project battles water, wildlife concerns
  
• France: France's new law aims to shield consumers from intrusive calls
  
  
• Germany: World War II Nazi ships and mammoth bones appear as Europe's rivers dry up
  
  
• Japan: Japanese prime minister vows to maintain non-nuclear status
  Japan tests US-Tomahawk missile as it moves away from Post-WWII status
  
• South Korea: Missile launched by North Korea was short-range — Seoul
  Seoul says North Korea launches unidentified projectile toward Sea of Japan — agency
  
• Canada: Wildfire destroys about 230 homes in western Canadian Indigenous community, officials say
  Canada ready to ‘get tougher’ if U.S. trade deal isn’t reached before deadline, Carney says
  Former Iranian conscripts seeking asylum in Canada fear deportation
• South and Central America: Venezuelans Rage as Blackouts Intensify
  Brazil to become regular borrower in China, treasury official says
  
• Saudi Arabia Iraq-Syria Pipeline to Bypass Hormuz Could Be Revived Within 3 Years
  
  

• White House:
  Trump declines Ukraine's request for additional Patriot missiles, Financial Times reports
  
  
• State Department:
  
  
  
• Dept of War (DoW):
  Department of War Signs Framework Agreements With Northrop Grumman to Ramp Production of PAC-3, THAAD Components"
  Southcom Establishes Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere
  
• Justice (DOJ):
  Civil Rights Division Secures Settlement with OpenAI for Discriminating Against U.S. Workers
  Justice Department Announces Monitoring of Polling Sites in Four Michigan Cities
  The Fraud Division Announces Charges Against 19 Defendants for Medicaid Home Health Aid Schemes
• DOT:
  FAA Probing Safety Incident In D.C. Involving President’s Marine One Helicopter
  US Department of Transportation Clears the Way for High-Speed Rail with Overdue Reforms
  
• Senate:
  US Senators demand crackdown on wildfire "prediction markets"
  
  
• House:
  Scandal Leaves North Carolina G.O.P. With No Candidate and Little Time
  Michigan Democratic primary seen as latest test for party's progressive wing
  
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• SpaceX dives 10% after AI spending surge rattles investors
  
  

• Thousands of servers can be backdoored by exploiting buggy motherboard controllers
  Anthropic’s AI used fake identities, malware in rogue attack on GitHub project
  NASA Will Attempt to Observe Rocket Part’s Lunar Impact
• SpaceX rocket slams into the moon
  
  

• The AI Notetaker Has Been Invited to All the Meetings
  
  

• Florida Python Challenge winner slayed 96 snakes
  Forgotten fossil from 1950s is actually a new species of Ice Age frog
  Mike Lindell steps down as CEO of MyPillow to focus on governor bid

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