The Vigilant Outpost Beacon

• World at Large: Iran launches surprise ballistic missile attack on U.S. forces in the Middle East
  Fragile Iran 'Pause' Shattered As US Base In Jordan Comes Under Attack, Oil Soars
  Iran and Oman swap proposals to manage Strait of Hormuz
WORLD — BY COUNTRY
• United States: Northeast Slammed With Violent Storms and Flooding
  American Airlines nationwide ground stop lifted after IT outage disrupts flights - CBS Texas
  Senate Showdown: What to Know About Fauci’s COVID-19 Hearing
• China: China To Arm Iran With Hundreds Of MANPADS Despite US Warnings
  Xi tells Lula China backs Brazil in rejecting external interference
  
• Russia: Two civilians killed, five more injured in overnight Ukrainian attack on Crimea
  Ukrainian drone attack on bus in Russia’s Belgorod Region
  Former Ukrainian top diplomat charged with stealing foreign donations
• United Kingdom: More than half of England in drought, Environment Agency declares
  Taiwan, UK sign first drone cooperation pact
  
• India: Remove posts with derogatory content ‘targeting constitutional heads’: Delhi Police write to X
  
  
• France: Man attacks 3 women with knives in Paris before being stopped by bystander
  
  
• Japan: At least 13 killed in Japan earthquake as rescuers search for survivors in a ‘race against time’
  Japanese population drops below 120 million
  Major quake in southern Japan knocks out power, disrupts transport
• South Korea: Russia and North Korea finalising first road crossing amid concerns it serves as Ukraine war supply route
  AMD to Build AI Research Center in Korea, Open Computing Infrastructure
  Ex-Wife In Korea's $645M "Divorce Of The Century" Gets Iced Out Of AI Boom
• Canada: Advocates brace for possible influx of Haitian asylum seekers into Canada as U.S. protections end
  Toronto police investigating shooting outside U.S. Consulate
  Union president refuses to answer questions about controversial Vancouver council campaign
• Australia: Elon Musk's X says Australia social media ban crackdown undermines international law
  At least 10 people are feared dead after Gold Ridge mine collapse in the Solomon Islands
  
• Saudi Arabia Houthis Signal Red Sea Shipping Tolls In Mirror Image Of Iran's Hormuz Plan
  Saudi Arabia joins US in strikes on Iran-backed militias in Iraq
  Houthi Threats Force Saudi Crude Tanker Onto Suez Route To Asia
• Israel: ‘War criminal’: Protesters confront Netanyahu motorcade in Washington DC
  
  

• White House:
  President Trump Hosts Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy and Israel’s President Netanyahu Today
  Made in Michigan Again: President Trump’s Trade Agenda Is Supercharging American Auto Manufacturing
  
• State Department:
  U.S. Department of State and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Stopping High-Risk Life Sciences Research - United States Department of State
  
  
• Dept of War (DoW):
  U.S., Partner Forces Conduct Multilateral Maritime Cooperative Activity
  Air Force Wing Enhances Readiness, Resilience During Exercise Beverly Sentinel
  
• HHS:
  Sixth death reported from Legionnaires' disease outbreak in NYC
  
  
• DOT:
  President Donald Trump announced a sweeping makeover of Dulles International Airport
  
  
• Energy:
  Energy Department Issues Emergency Order to Secure Power Grid in 17 US States
  
  
• Commerce:
  US bans foreign-made humanoid robots, targeting China over national security
  FCC: Ban on Foreign-Made Robots Includes Robot Vacuums
  
• House:
  House passes Insider Trading Ban to limit stock trading by members of Congress
  
  
• Supreme Court:
  Appeals Court Blocks Trump Mail-In Voting Order In 23 Democrat-Led States, Setting Up SCOTUS Fight
  
  

• Meta Plunges After Capex Forecast Hiked Again, But Revenue Guidance Misses Bad
  SpaceX Erased $600 Billion in Market Value in 3 Days
  Oil extends losses as a pause in U.S.-Iran hostilities raises de-escalation hopes

• Reaction wheel failures leave Swift rescue mission spinning in orbit
  Microsoft unveils AI security tools it says outperform competing platforms
  Trump admin exempts SpaceX's Starlink from FCC ban on foreign-made routers

• The US is banning foreign robots
  
  

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